Film and Television Practice

This largely practice-based course offers you the unique opportunity to study film and television in the heart of London. We have a strong track-record of delivering high quality film and television courses that combine academic rigour with the professional and entrepreneurial skills required to jumpstart your career.

This course will provide you with the cutting-edge digital skills and experience film and television professionals require in an intensely competitive international industry. you will benefit from our connection to a plethora of production and post-production houses in London’s Soho and on our doorstep and enjoy regular visits and masterclasses from top industry professionals.

You will learn how to design and create original content across a wide range of genres from drama and documentary to television formats. The rapidly changing nature of moving image production will be rigorously explored through scholarly study and extensive hands on creative and technical practice.

You will have the opportunity to work on both individual and group projects over the three years, developing a set of highly transferable skills enabling the creative expression of your ideas. You will have access to the latest developments in virtual production, green screen, motion capture. You will also have opportunities to collaborate with students from other disciplines within the school of arts and creative industries such as sound and music and acting and performance.

What to expect
In your first year you will acquire foundational skills in film and TV production as well as learning how to analyse how films and TV programmes are constructed. Having access to a range of bespoke masterclasses delivered by British Film Institute (BFI) staff members you will start building your professional network and your portfolio from your first year.

In your second year you will be able to specialise in Cinematography, Writing, Directing and Producing, or Editing and Post-Production. Employability is central to our delivery and work experience is embedded into the course in your second year.

In your final year you will further hone your skills. On completing the course you will have transformed into a highly skilled and experienced professional and will graduate with an impressive portfolio to showcase your skills to employers.

Year 1

Physical Film Making - Core
Fundamentals of Film and Television - Core
Approaches to Film and Television - Core
Documentary practice - Core
Editing and Montage - Core
Sounds for Film and Television - Core

Year 2

Screen Analysis - Core
Professional Employability - Core
Production practices - Core
Collaborative Practices - Optional
Sound on Film - Optional
Screenwriting - Core for Writing and Directing and Producing Specialism
Directing and producing - Core for Writing and Directing and Producing Specialism
Lighting and electrical - Core for Cinematography Specialism
Director of photography - Core for Cinematography Specialism
Editing Drama - Core for Editing and Post-Production specialism
Post Production for Drama - Core for Editing and Post-Production specialism

Year 3

Research Project - Core
Final Film - Core
Brief-led Practice - Optional
Film reviewing and curation - Optional
Pre-Production – Core for Writing and Directing and Producing Specialism
Camera Department – Core for Cinematography Specialism
Advanced Editing and Visual Effects – Core for Editing and Post-production specialism