Filmmaking BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Brighton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    3 Years

At Sussex, you’re taught by media/film producers and film scholars who help you develop both critical and practical skills around filmmaking. We combine theory and practice so you become a critically informed practitioner who can work across a range of disciplines.
You'll learn to produce both documentary and fiction films and develop a range of skills in producing, directing, cinematography, editing and sound. You'll also gain a critical understanding of film history and film theory.
And with 24/7 access to specialist facilities – including a news room, edit suites and sound-proofed studios – you can access the equipment you need whenever suits you.
Brighton is also one of the UK’s fastest growing hubs for digital and creative media – perfect for work experience and career opportunities.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

Recent Media and Film graduates have found jobs as:
video editor and production assistant, Made Better Media
intern, Virgin EMI
video producer, Cherryduck.

You must have GCSE (or equivalent) in English at grade 5 (or grade B).
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

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Subjects

  • Access
  • Drama
  • Design
  • Film Theory
  • Media
  • Cinema
  • Production
  • Music
  • Documentary Video
  • Screenwriting
  • Film Production

Course programme

Year 1 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Creative Film Production: Screenwriting
  • Creative Production: Documentary Video
  • Film Analysis
Spring teaching
  • Creative Film Production: Screen Drama
  • Global Cinema B
Options

Autumn teaching
  • Popular Music Cultures
Spring teaching
  • Creative Production: Communication Design
  • Creative Production: Documentary Video
  • Creative Production: Photography
  • Creative Production: Sound Design
  • Culture and the Everyday
  • Working with Film
Customise your course

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Year 2 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Film Theory B
Options

Autumn teaching
  • American Cinema B
  • Creative Media: Animation 1
  • Creative Media: Documentary Video
  • Creative Media: Screen Drama
  • From Opera to Film
  • Professional Practice
Spring teaching
  • Advertising and Social Change B
  • American Popular Music
  • British Cinema B
  • Chinese Cinema B
  • Creative Media: Advanced Script Writing
  • Creative Media: Animation 2
  • Creative Media: Documentary Video
  • Creative Media: Screen Drama
  • Debates in Screen Documentary B
  • Digital Cultures B
  • Film Music after 1950
  • Gender, Space and Culture
  • Journalism in Crisis B
  • Screenwriting
  • Sound Design in Context
  • The Musical B
  • TV: Fictions and Entertainments B
Customise your course

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Study abroad or Placement

Study abroad (optional)

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.

Placement (optional)

A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.

Year 3 at sussex

Autumn teaching
  • Project Development
Spring teaching
  • Final Creative Project
Options

Autumn teaching
  • Consuming Passions
  • Documentary, Reality TV and 'Real Lives'
  • Film and Revolution (A)
  • Hollywood Industry and Imaginary
  • Media, War and Terrorism
  • Sexualities and the Cinema
  • The Film Festival Circuit
  • Theorising Media Practice
  • Viewing Women
Spring teaching
  • Adaptation: Filming Fiction
  • Celebrity, Media and Culture
  • Comedy and Cultural Belonging
  • Eastern European Cinemas: myth and memory
  • Everyday Life and Technology
  • Hollywood Comedian Comedy
  • Performing the Urban: postcolonial perspectives
  • Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
  • The Cinematic City

Additional information

International students Fee :  £20,750 per year

Filmmaking BA (Hons)

£ 9,250 VAT inc.