BA (Hons) Film Practice

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BA (Hons) Film Practice has been developed for students with a passion for independent cinema – both documentary and fiction, who want a hands-on, industry-oriented programme, with a practical emphasis in digital production.

The backdrop to this course is the College's state-of-the-art media facilities that boast a multi-camera studio and Final Cut Pro editing suites. Students also benefit from LCC's excellent location which has easy access to the British Film Institute, Tate Modern and The Cinema Museum. The College is also home to the Stanley Kubrick Archive from where films are screened for seminars and guest lectures.

You'll be thrown into a hands-on learning experience in which you'll explore the entire film production process from development to post production. This rigorous and focused curriculum reflects the strategies, disciplines and realities of contemporary professional digital film production and takes place in a nurturing and encouraging environment.

You'll also benefit from seminars with agents, development executives and exhibitors, who have been generous in offering to students invaluable opportunities to build professional networks and to receive career advice. In addition, you’ll develop key transferable skills such as entrepreneurship, project management and teamwork to support you in forging a successful career path.

Over the 3 years of your study, there will be collaborations with other students on 6 films; during which you'll experience all the roles that are critical to the production process.

In order to complete these projects you'll make full use of a large amount of professional digital recording equipment and post-production facilities. In particular, you'll be pushed to produce work that has a life beyond its academic assessment. And, you’ll be guided in making submissions to international film festivals and competitions in order to secure work experience at UK film festivals and to start building your professional CV.

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Monday 24 September – Friday 7 December 2018

Monday 7 January – Friday 15 March 2019

Monday 15 April – Friday 21 June 2019

Course units

In common with all courses at the University of the Arts London, this course is credit rated. The course is 3 years, levels 4-6. Each year requires you to achieve 120 credit points. To be awarded the BA (Hons) Film Practice qualification, you need to accumulate a total of 360 credits.

Units summary:

• Introduction to Film Practice (20 credits)
• Contextual Studies 1: Modernism (20 credits)
• Sound Design (20 credits)
• Contextual Studies 2: the Global Village (20 credits)
• Digital Production (40 credits)

Units summary:

• Development (20 credits)
• Collaborative Project (20 credits)
• Work-Based Learning (20 credits)
• Contextual Studies 3: Creative Intent and Genre (40 credits)
• Story (20 credits)

Units summary:

• Major Project (80 credits)
• Dissertation (40 credits)

The course provides practical experience covering the entire production process from development to post production, in a supported environment with industry professionals. This approach reflects the pressures of production deadlines and is designed with an emphasis on creativity and core skills, such as entrepreneurship, project management and teamwork.

The course provides a challenging and stimulating educational experience that will enable students to develop a range of creative, intellectual, vocational and transferable skills that are of direct application to both the commercial world and to further study.

Coursework upholds a methodological approach to professional film production, while developing individual abilities and skills needed for employment. It is designed to create a culture of encouragement around the students and provide opportunities to explore the skills needed around freelance work, such as financing, marketing and management.

Students are encouraged to produce work that has a life beyond assessment and are supported in the submission of work to international film festivals and competitions such as Reed, Film Nation, Mishorts and London Short Film.

Students are also supported in securing work experience at UK film festivals such as Sheffield Documentary, Sundance, BFI and London Independent Film Festival.

The course places great importance on providing students with the opportunity to meet practitioners from all aspects of the film industry, including directors, AD's, producers, development executives, exhibitioners, location managers, casting agents, talent agents, production designers, art directors, cinematographers, sound-recordists, sound designers, gaffers and grips. Qualified professionals will give advice on how best to realise career aspirations.

The courses' close ties with industry assure a strong professional practitioner turnout for the graduation industry screening in London's West End.

The information outlined is an indicative structure of the course. Whilst we will aim to deliver the course as described on this page, there may be situations where it is desirable or necessary for the University to make changes in course provision, for example, because of regulatory requirements or operational efficiencies, before or after enrolment. If this occurs, we will communicate all major changes to all applicants and students who have either applied or enrolled on the course.

Please note that due to staff research agreements or availability, not all of the optional modules listed may be available every year.

In addition, the provision of course options which depend upon the availability of specialist teaching, or on a placement at another institution, cannot be guaranteed. Please check this element of the course with the course team before making a decision to apply.

We will update this webpage from time to time with new information as it becomes available. In the meantime, if you have any questions, use our online course enquiry form.

BA (Hons) Film Practice Programme Specification (PDF - 235KB)

Staff Joint Course Leaders

Klaus Fried, Polly Nash

Tim Harrison

Peter Matthews