Film & TV (Swansea College of Art)

Designed to provide you with the necessary creative abilities and professional skills relevant to working in the film industry, this course aims to give you an understanding of the many roles in the production process. The course provides a multitude of opportunities to create practical production work while providing you with the underpinning theoretical knowledge and understanding to thrive creatively.

A range of carefully designed practical film modules aims to give you an understanding of film form and the current film industry together with the creative tools and professional skills to realise your personal visions.

This degree provides a framework upon which you can build appropriate academic, artistic, technical and professional skills relevant to working in either the film or education sectors. It will provide you with an intensive series of practice-based modules that allow you to develop higher-order skills in directing, editing, writing and cinematography. There are also theoretical modules to help you consolidate the learning from your creative output. The course collaborates with a variety of professional partners and offers opportunities for students to work with live clients and on industry-standard briefs as part of their learning. We offer a variety of on-location opportunities for students to thrive in a degree experience that goes beyond the realms of the classroom.

“The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.” Francois Truffaut