BA Film and Creative Writing
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Bachelor's degree
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Colchester
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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
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Hazel Day
Subjects
- Production
- Film Production
- Screenwriting
- Approach
- Teaching
- Creative Writing
- Innovation
- Radio
- Magic
- Project
- Writing
- Poetry
- Writing Skills
Course programme
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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BA Film and Creative Writing