Screenwriting

Develop your best work and prepare to proceed into the screenwriting industry
Our BA (Hons) Screenwriting course allows you to find your own voice, hone your creativity, and gain the skills and disciplines required for a future career in the screenwriting industry.

Examine the art and craft of screenwriting
This course teaches you the key aspects of contemporary screenwriting practice, as you develop your skills and knowledge to produce vibrant and original screenplays in line with the requirements of the industry.

You will explore structure, genre, character, and tone through project work and analysis as you shape your own style and process.

Build your portfolio of work
Throughout the course, you will learn to produce a portfolio of work that aligns your skills with your commercial and professional objectives to enhance your career prospects.

See your work come to life
Throughout your degree, you will collaborate with our BA (Hons) Digital Film Production students to help produce your work, see your ideas come to life, and enhancing your vital employability skills.

Learn from expert and industry-experienced staff
Our team of professional and experienced screenwriters are here to help you create your best work and prepare you to proceed into the screenwriting industry at a professional level.

Hear from industry professionals
We regularly welcome a wide range of industry insiders to hold talks and deliver guest lectures to provide you with a unique insight into the professional world.

You will learn to write:

• A TV "Bible"

• TV Drama scripts

• Short film and feature scripts

• Feature film treatments

• Film pitches

• Professional synopsis and outlines

• Charity campaign scripts

On this course you will:

• Gain an in-depth knowledge of writing for the screen across a variety of genres and forms.

• Learn from our expert team of industry-experienced screenwriters.

• Grow your confidence to share and constructively discuss you own work with peers and tutors.

• Collaborate with Digital Film Production students to see your screenplays come to life.

• Join a community of writers who can support and learn from each other.

Partnerships
As a part of the Department of Creative Industries you will benefit from our industry partnerships with companies including HyperX, DXRacer, Twitch, ARRI, and AVID, and be able to access to industry standard software such as Nuke, Maya and Houdini.

Year One
In your first year, you will learn the foundations of screenwriting and film studies as you begin to examine the craft of smaller screenplays such as those for short films and audio dramas.

Year Two
Your second year allows you to begin to branch out and explore more wider areas of screenwriting, such as writing for games and TV, the psychology of screenwriting, and narrative design.

Year Three
In your third year, you will work towards you final major screenwriting project that acts a culmination of your learning throughout your degree. You will also look to expand your knowledge of genre, form, and writing for a mass audience as you develop your employability by building your online portfolio of your creative work.

Your screenwriting modules will be assessed in a number of innovative and professional-relevant ways, including:
-Script Drafting and redrafting
-Presentations
-Reflective essays
-Essays on relevant practices or film studies.
-Work shopping in groups.