Solent's BAFTA albert-accredited BA (Hons) in Film and Television is designed for students who want to create screen content that matters - whether that's directing compelling dramas, producing documentaries that spark change, crafting screenplays that captivate audiences, or becoming the critical voices analysing contemporary screen culture. This degree gives you both the creative skills to make professional film and TV content and the analytical insight to understand its cultural power.
You'll work in some of the largest HD television studios in the south of England, equipped with multi-camera setups, green screen, and virtual production technologies. You'll edit in industry-standard post-production suites using Adobe Creative Cloud and professional workflows. You'll learn from practitioner-academics who bring real-world industry experience and cutting-edge research directly into your teaching. And crucially, you'll have the flexibility to follow your passion - whether that's filmmaking, television production, screenwriting, criticism, or research.
What makes this course different is how we integrate practice with understanding. Your creative work isn't just technically competent - it's informed by cultural context, audience awareness, and critical thinking about representation, ethics, and social impact. You'll explore how political, social, and historical forces shape what appears on screen, while developing the practical skills to create content that reflects today's diverse screen landscape. Through collaborative projects, live briefs, and hands-on production work, you'll build the teamwork, communication, and creative problem-solving skills that employers actively seek.
By final year, you'll complete an independent Final Major Project tailored to your career ambitions—a short film, television pilot, feature screenplay, documentary, or critical portfolio that showcases your unique voice and professional readiness. With BAFTA albert accreditation backing your qualification, industry networking opportunities throughout, and professional development workshops preparing you for the transition from student to working creative, you'll graduate with a portfolio that opens doors and the confidence to walk through them.
Who is this course for?
If you're the person who watches a film and immediately wants to talk about how it was made, why it matters, and what it means - this course is for you.
Maybe you're already making short films on your phone, writing scripts in your spare time, or running a YouTube channel where you analyse screen content. Perhaps you love the idea of directing but aren't sure yet whether your passion lies in fiction, documentary, or television production. Maybe you're fascinated by how film and TV shape culture, politics, and identity, and you want to create content that contributes to those conversations. Or you might simply know you love screen storytelling and want to explore all its possibilities before specialising.
This course welcomes curious, motivated students who see film and television as more than entertainment - as powerful cultural forces worth both making and questioning. You don't need to arrive with all the answers or a fixed career path. You need intellectual curiosity, creative ambition, and the willingness to collaborate, experiment, and develop your voice across multiple forms of screen practice.
What does this course lead to?
Many graduates build portfolio careers combining freelance production work with teaching, criticism, or entrepreneurship. With streaming platforms, broadcasters, and production companies hungry for diverse voices and skilled storytellers, your career opportunities span traditional broadcast, digital platforms, corporate production, and independent filmmaking.
YEAR ONE
CORE MODULES
Brief Encounters: Short Form Storytelling and Single Camera Production
Crafting Storyworlds: Writing for Film, TV and Beyond
The Assembly: Post-Production for Modern Media
Bootcamp: Film and Television Production
YEAR TWO
CORE MODULES
Virtual Production
Factual Production: Non-Fiction Storytelling in the Digital Age
Cinematic Television: Prestige Production Practices
The Critic's Toolkit: Multi-Platform Film and Television Journalism
FINAL YEAR
CORE MODULES
Working in the Creative Industries
Reel Impact: Socially Sustainable Production for Screen Industries
Final Major Project: Pre-Production and Preparation
Final Major Project
You may be assessed at the end of each block by:
Video essays
Portfolios
Feature articles
Group presentations
Live and simulated client briefs
Individual and group projects
As part of this course, you will study one module at a time, giving you the chance to build a deeper understanding and see the results of your hard work more quickly. With regular assessments and feedback, rather than exams all at once, you’ll also benefit from improved focus, and a more manageable workload.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
For information about applying to Solent as an International applicant, please visit https://www.solent.ac.uk/how-to-apply/entry-requirements/help-for-international-students
• Direct entry to years 2 (Level 5) or 3 (Level 6)
We welcome applications from students currently studying a Foundation Degree, DipHE, HNC, HND or modules of an undergraduate degree course at another university, who wish to enter directly into Years 2 or 3 of one of our undergraduate degree courses.
• Level 5 (year 2) entry
To directly enter the second year of this course you will need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 120 undergraduate credits at Level 4 or a CertHE in a related subject area.
• Level 6 (year 3) entry
To directly enter the third year of this course you need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 240 undergraduate credits (at Levels 4 and 5), a DipHE, Foundation Degree or HND in a related subject area.
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| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | with 5.5 in each individual component. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 80 | with a minimum of 20 in each individual compoenent. |
We understand that each student is unique. At Solent we encourage individuality and have adopted a balanced approach to Admissions, by considering exam results alongside portfolios / interviews or auditions.
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