Filmmaking BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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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.
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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
Autumn teaching
- Creative Film Production: Screenwriting
- Creative Production: Documentary Video
- Film Analysis
- Creative Film Production: Screen Drama
- Global Cinema B
Autumn teaching
- Popular Music Cultures
- Creative Production: Communication Design
- Creative Production: Documentary Video
- Creative Production: Photography
- Creative Production: Sound Design
- Culture and the Everyday
- Working with Film
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 sussexAutumn teaching
- Film Theory B
Autumn teaching
- American Cinema B
- Creative Media: Animation 1
- Creative Media: Documentary Video
- Creative Media: Screen Drama
- From Opera to Film
- Professional Practice
- 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
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 PlacementStudy 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
- Final Creative Project
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
- 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
Filmmaking BA (Hons)