Drama and Film

Drama and Film

By studying Drama and Film, you'll benefit from exceptional teaching and industry links that will help you to launch your career. Covering a wide range of subjects and developing your practical skills as well as critical thinking, this dynamic course allows you to explore your own style and creativity and follow your passions and ambitions in the visual and performing arts.

We'll challenge you with theoretical and practical study, empowering you to shape your degree around your areas of interest. You'll work alongside fellow students, creating new work and new ways of seeing established works. Our team of academics, professional practitioners and technical specialists will support you every step of the way as you analyse, create and critique, developing your understanding of drama and film, becoming a more confident performer with the skills to kickstart your career.

Your future

The School of Arts works hard to maintain strong relationships with professionals and venues, helping to launch your career in the creative and cultural industries. You’ll be taught by leading actors, comedians and film makers with first-hand experience of what it takes to carve out a successful career in the industry. Their continued involvement in the industry will help you as you start to build your own network.

Our graduates have developed careers as: journalists, authors, literary managers, directors, performers, scriptwriters for television, stand-up comedians, casting agents, event managers, arts administrators, community theatre officers for local councils, and drama teachers.

Location

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The following modules are what students typically study, but this may change year to year in response to new developments and innovations:

Stage 1

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Making Performance 1: The Fundamentals;
Film and Media Practice #1;
Making Performance 2: Staging Texts;
Film Theory;
Making Performance: The Festival;
Film Editing.

Stage 2:

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Screenwriting;
Documentary Filmmaking;
Creative Careers.

Optional modules may include the following:

World Cinema;
Acting;
Introduction to Musical Theatre Dance;
Popular Performance Project;
Theatre and Adaptation;
Costume and Fashion;
Disability and the Arts;
Performance Design and Technologies;
Writing for Performance;
Cinematography;
Sound, Music and Cinema;
Genre Filmmaking.

Stage 3:

You will take one of the modules 'creative project' or 'dissertation'. You will then choose 4 of the optional modules

Compulsory modules currently include the following:

Creative Project;
Dissertation.

Optional modules may include the following:

Film, Politics & Identity;
Physical Theatre - Ensemble Devising;
Directing Theatre, Staging Ideas;
Stand-up Comedy;
Psychology of the Arts;
Arts Internship;
Community and Participatory Performance ;
Film & TV Adaptation;
Film Criticism;
Film Marketing and Distribution;
Microbudget Filmmaking;
Screen Space and Location Scouting;
Specialist Areas in Film Studies;
Factual Entertainment.