Professional Writing and Film BA (Joint Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Bangor
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bangor (Wales)
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
September
This exciting new degree is aimed at students who want to combine a mastery of a range of ‘non traditional’ modes of writing (such as digital fiction and screenwriting) with the study of others forms of media (for example television and radio, film and video, software and computer games, design, professional writing and journalism).
The BA Professional Writing and Film combines the study of writing with a critical investigation of topics such as the nature of the moving image, topics in film theory and the analysis of visual culture, as well as allowing you to take specialist film modules in areas such as America on Film, Film Authorship, and Film Genre.
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About this course
The course aims to enable understudies to: Be able to read and analyse a moving image text in a structured and informed way
Have access to a technical and critical vocabulary relevant to the discussion of audio visual imagery
Understand the workings of shot structure and scene composition
Be able to analyse short film clips, paying attention to their formal techniques
Be able to assimilate visual information and use that information to construct a written argument
Creative Studies and Media courses have seen graduates involved in both academe and in industry, including work in:
Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Publishing;
Performance and the Theatre, both on and behind the stage;
Print and/or Broadcast Journalism;
Actors, presenters and in television programme production;
Advertising and the Marketing industries;
Radio, as presenters, as well as in programme production;
Digital, Web and New Media production;
Multi media industries.
260 300 points
B in English A level
Applicants will be asked to submit a brief portfolio of writing.
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Subjects
- IT
- Screenwriting
- Writing
- Joint
- Media
- Professional Writing
- Digital Communication
- Creating Narratives
- Race and Gender
- Genre Fiction: Theory & Craft
- Introduction to Practical Journalism
- Professional Writing and Film
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Writing for Film & TV
- Topics in World Cinema
- Understanding Documentary
- British Cinema
- Stanley Kubrick: Auteur
- Composing for Film/Media
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Professional Writing and Film BA (Joint Hons)