Screenwriting (Scriptwriting) with Integrated Foundation Year

The first year of the course introduces you to the fundamentals of filmmaking and screenwriting practice. It will help the development of your creative, critical and craft skills in preparation for progression to the 1st year of the BA (Hons) Screenwriting fast-track degree at Central Film School.

The BA (Hons) Screenwriting degree focuses on the fundamental skills needed for the pre-production, production, and post-production of a film, and the theory and practice that underpins the skill sets of professional filmmakers and writers.​

Programme Overview

• 1 year full-time foundation year followed by a 2-year intensive fast-track programme including summer terms

• High proportion of scheduled contact hours provides new writers with substantial one-to-one development time

• Taught by working industry professionals, including script development executives from the British Film Institute, the Script Factory, BBC and a range of production companies.

• Professional actors will stage much of the students’ work.

• Progression: Students who graduate from this programme may pursue a career as Script Editor or Script Readers for film, TV, games, online content and print.

• Access equipment and facilities outside of class time

Students work alongside our Practical Filmmaking students which creates exciting opportunities to see their scripts on film or to get involved in other areas of filmmaking outside of the set curriculum.

70% of Central Film School graduates go on to work and /or further study 15 months after the course.

We are committed to providing our students every opportunity possible to speak directly with filmmakers of all kinds to learn about their journeys to becoming successful professionals in their chosen field.

Professional Perspectives

We organise a series of events throughout the year where screen professionals tell their stories. In these sessions, a Guest Speaker is invited into the school to speak about their career and experience in the industry.

The Professional Perspectives series has recently welcomed guests such as:
Jason Flemyng – Actor: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Boiling Point, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Matt Jones – TV Screenwriter & Producer: Doctor Who, Shameless, Skins, Lucky Man
Lucy Pardee – Casting Director: Aftersun, Rocks, American Honey, Dirty God
Tim Haines – TV Drama and Documentary Maker: Walking with Dinosaurs, Primeval, The Loch
Richard Hewitt: Film Producer: Bohemian Rhapsody, The Theory of Everything, Never Let Me Go, The Aeronauts

Foundations in Film Practice, Screen Industries Research, Writing Short Scripts, Professional Practice, Group Project, Visual Storytelling, Screen Studies, Introduction to Writing Drama, Writing Coverage, Genre Analysis, Writing Episodic Drama, Writing for Interactive Storytelling, Adaptation for the Screen, Major Feature Film Project

A variety of written assessments including short scripts, treatments, reports, essays, pitch bibles etc. and presentations

No written exams

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS