Film Production

On BA (Hons) Film Production, you'll take your ideas to the big screen. The course reflects the specialist departmental structure of the film industry and prepares you for employment by introducing you to the skills and responsibilities of established industry roles. You’ll also be collaborating with your peers throughout the creative process - developing ideas, realising designs, and understanding how screenwriting, producing, production design, sound, cinematography, editing, and directing factor into the process.

What you will learn
You will gain generalist knowledge of film, specialist knowledge of roles and their skillsets, and build-up the competencies required of modern professionals – passion, creativity, technical ability and commitment. The course is designed to cultivate this learning through a wide range of team-based film production experiences, supporting projects driven by imaginative storytelling as well as technical innovation.

Reflecting the ethos of the University, this course emphasises practical learning within an academic environment. The programme is 'hands-on' and students gain a solid grounding in established analogue filmmaking processes (shooting on celluloid) as well as modern digital processes. In addition to the practical, ‘hands-on’ making of films, students study cinema (fiction and non-fiction filmmaking) to build their repertoire and articulation of film knowledge. The specialist nature of the course helps students understand the creative and commercial realities of film production - the expectations and opportunities in our industry. You will be encouraged to develop your reflective and evaluative skills through the critique of your own and others’ practice, as well as the critical study of film as text and narrative work.

Making films is a collaborative process. The collaboration central to Film Production often includes other courses across the University. Film Production is closely aligned to the Costume, Acting, Make-Up and Animation programmes and others. These collaborations help foster a strong film community throughout the University.

The course will equip you to engage positively in the workplace and navigate the opportunities that exist within the industry. The course also prepares students for postgraduate study in related disciplines and offers certified training across the specialisms as part of the curriculum.

By the end of the course you will be able to...
• Understand the film production process in its broad cultural context and appreciate the links between research, theory and creative practice.
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of your specialist practice within the film production process.
• Manage self-directed learning, provide practical solutions to problems, and develop the necessary team-working skills required in professional practice.
• Enter industry having gained a critical understanding of film production procedures alongside technical competences.
• Engage in reflective and innovative work demonstrating audio-visual literacy and cultural awareness.

Coursework and practical work