BA Film and Creative Writing

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Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    3 Years

About the course
Our course combines hands-on practical filmmaking, creative writing workshops, and theoretical and contextual studies

We encourage you to forge links between theory and practice, and to make critically-informed choices in your own creative work through the knowledge you gain of film history, literary classics and writing across a range of genres


At Essex we offer an unusual approach to the practice of writing, combing innovative and traditional methods in order to develop your writing skills and abilities to judge your work critically, while expanding your knowledge across different modes and genres

In our Centre for Creative Writing we encourage a culture of experiment and creativity, enabling you to feel part of a community of writers


For your modules in filmmaking and screenwriting, you are taught by film professionals with extensive industry experience

You gain hands-on practical training in all aspects of film production, including camera work, editing, lighting, scriptwriting, and production management

You produce group films (learning how to work together as a team) as well as personal projects – by the end of your three or four years at Essex you’ll have built up a fully rounded portfolio of work, enabling you to showcase your creative potential for future employers

Your second-year module on screenwriting forms the keystone of your course, bridging the two parts

You will also have the opportunity to write a script as part of your final-year independent study

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Hazel Day

4.0
03/09/2018
What I would highlight: London is very expensive but to my knowledge the most international city. Thanks for the same.
What could be improved: I loved it.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

  • Production
  • Film Production
  • Screenwriting
  • Approach
  • Teaching
  • Creative Writing
  • Innovation
  • Radio
  • Magic
  • Project
  • Writing
  • Poetry
  • Writing Skills

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Approaches to Film and Media
Introduction to Film Production
Writing for the Radio
Creative Writing Skills
Understanding Employability: Preparing for Your Future
Contemporary Texts and Contexts
Year 2
Approaches to Text
Introduction to Screenwriting
Fiction Filmmaking
Creative Writing: Theory and Practice
Documentary Filmmaking
Final year
Creative Writing: Oulipo and the Avant Garde (optional)
Film Animation (optional)
Advanced Film Production (optional)
Myth and the Creative Process (optional)
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Teaching will mainly take the form of lectures and classes of about 20 students
Emphasis on practical exercises and creative approaches
Hands-on experience of camerawork and film production
Explore film theory through use of film and literature
A typical timetable involves a one-hour lecture and a one-hour class for each of your modules every week
Assessment
Your final mark for each module is determined half by coursework and half by examination
A mark for class participation is included in your coursework mark
Coursework includes essays, exhibition reviews and virtual portfolios, coursework reports, individual and group presentations, book reviews, viva voce examinations, and an independent research project (a dissertation)
Written examinations are also taken for the majority of modules at the end of each academic year
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Additional information

We are ranked Top 20 in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2015) Study abroad Your education extends beyond the university campus We support you extending your education by providing the option of an additional year at no extra cost The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend the third year studying abroad or employed on a placement, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course Our Department has an exchange scheme with universities in Denmark, France, Finland, Greece, Germany, Spain and Italy through the ERASMUS programme This provides our students with the opportunity to view the world, and film, from another perspective Studying abroad also allows you to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised Placement year When you arrive at Essex, you can decide whether you would like to combine your course with a placement year You will be responsible for finding your placement, but with support and guidance provided by both your department and our Employability and Careers Centre Our expert staff The Centre for Film and Screen Media and Centre for Creative Writing are part of a unique literary conservatoire at Essex that offers talented students the support and confidence to respond both critically and artistically to the study of film and writing Our distinctive environment is possible because we are a community of award-winning film-makers, and media specialists; our staff over the years have included Oscar winners and BAFTA winners We have long been home to poets, novelists, translators, dramatists and actors, alongside literary critics, drama scholars and film theorists Our creative writing teaching staff are experienced and established writers who have a breadth of experience across literary genres, from novels, prose and plays, to poetry and song Specialist facilities View...

BA Film and Creative Writing

£ 9,250 + VAT