Filmmaking

Discover the power of compelling storytelling as you turn ideas into moving images. Develop your creative voice and master the technical craft of filmmaking.

Got a story to tell? On this hands-on, immersive filmmaking degree, you’ll work in professional-standard studios as you develop your creative voice and master the technical and collaborative craft behind drama, documentary, and experimental film.

From your very first concept to final cut, you’ll learn how to shape ideas into powerful visual experiences that connect with audiences. You’ll explore directing, cinematography, sound, editing, and production, gaining a deep understanding of how films are made and why they matter.

Taught by industry-experienced tutors, the course mirrors professional working practices and encourages collaboration, experimentation, and independent thinking. You’ll work across every stage of the filmmaking process, build confidence in your creative decisions, and graduate as a technically skilled, imaginative filmmaker ready for the screen industries, or to forge your own creative path.

As part of this filmmaking course, you’ll:

• Develop your creative practice through film theory, critical thinking, and hands-on production

• Learn to understand your audience – who they are, how they watch, and how to engage them through powerful visual storytelling

• Discover and refine your creative voice, exploring the responsibilities of filmmaking while developing a confident, distinctive approach to your work

• Collaborate with fellow students on productions that reflect real-world industry workflows

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Based at The Northern Film School in the Leeds School of Art, right in the heart of Leeds city centre, you'll work in professional-standard studios designed to mirror the screen industries.

You’ll have access to:

• 220-seat Dolby Atmos cinema

• Professional digital film production equipment (cameras, lighting, and sound)

• Four film studios and a dedicated green screen studio

• Foley and ADR recording studios

• Immersive sound mixing and 5.1 edit suites

• Colour grading and editing suites

• Production offices and collaboration spaces

• Props, design, and costume store

• Film and script archive

Teaching expertise
You’ll learn from filmmakers. Our tutors bring a wealth of professional experience across drama, documentary, and experimental film, with specialist expertise in screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, sound, and post-production.

Collaboration sits at the heart of the course, helping you become a self-reliant, adaptable, and technically confident creative who can thrive as part of a professional production team.

Professional recognition

This degree is recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries. It carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark, identifying it as one of the courses best suited to prepare you for a successful career in film and television.

Why study the BA Filmmaking course at Leeds Beckett University?

• Industry-recognised by ScreenSkills

• Strong links to the creative industries in Yorkshire, across the UK, and internationally

• Taught by industry-experience filmmakers, with collaboration at the heart of every production

• Study in Leeds - the birthplace of film, home to one of the UK's oldest cinemas and Channel 4’s national headquarters

• Access to professional, industry standard filmmaking facilities at the Leeds School of Art

<strong> Year 1 Core Modules: </strong>

• Contextualising Practice 1
• Making Stories 1: Hearing, Listening, Seeing – Introduction to Moving Image & Sound
• Creating Documentary: Observed Realities
• Creating Fiction: Imagined Realities

<strong> Year 2 Core Modules: </strong>

• Contextualising Practice 2: Experimental Film
• Making Stories 2: Experiments with Form & Narrative
• Collaborative Practice 1: Research & Development
• Filmmaking 1: Production (study abroad students only)
• Filmmaking 2: R&D (study abroad students only)

<strong> Year 3 Core Modules: </strong>

• Contextualising Practice 3: Dissertation/Independent Project
• Collaborative Practice 2: Professional Futures
• Major Project