Film and Television (with integrated foundation year)

If you want to break into the film and TV industry, we can help. Our dynamic, practical film and television course with an integrated foundation year will immerse you in a diverse range of projects where you will develop high-level technical, creative and industry skills, plus the confidence to make the leap into the professional world.

Course Overview

The practical nature of our film and television degree ensures you will develop a complete range of production skills covering all aspects of the film and TV making process, from idea to finished product. This will help prepare you to become a filmmaker, scriptwriter or TV producer.

Throughout this BA (Hons) Film and Television with an Integrated Foundation Year, we will focus on developing your ‘voice’ as a creative. This is done through weekly practical tasks that build to a cohesive set of production skills.

Together, these will equip you with all you need to make great content and enhance your employability in film and television. Short films, multi-camera TV productions, documentaries, scriptwriting and experimental/music videos alongside regular workshops from professional practitioners will help you find your voice.

Our production facilities and specialist staff provide all the tools and support you need to bring your creative ideas to life. Between them, our staff have over 20 years' experience in this exhilarating and vibrant industry.

Our students regularly win awards and attain festival success. What better way is there to kickstart a career in film and TV?

On this course you will...

• Study within a safe, creative and vibrant environment that allows for individual approaches to filmmaking. There is an emphasis on practical learning with practical tasks and collaborative work.

• Develop close but meaningful working relationships with industry partners and critical friends to enhance learning and experiences for our students.

• Benefit from a flexible programme that reacts to industry/market needs when shaping the course.

• Have access to industry-standard equipment with managed access to kits where individual personal projects are encouraged.

• Prepare for the employment of tomorrow by learning future-proof, broader skill-base, transferable skills and adaptation – learners must show resilience, confidence, and ingenuity.

This full time 4-year degree in film and TV production has been designed to ensure that you not only graduate with writing, shooting, and editing technical skills, but also as a creative practitioner with your own unique voice. Each year will build on the skills you developed in the previous year as you take on more challenging projects of bigger scale.

Our foundation course will teach you the core academic skills you need to progress onto the full degree programme.

We see your time with us as an opportunity to embark upon a voyage of discovery. One where you are given the freedom and confidence to discover yourself, who you are and who you wish to become. One where you are guided through and towards possibilities that you never even considered were even options for you. Whether that be in the creation of new ideas to developing a love for technical proficiencies. A discovery where you stand at the very centre of your education.

Year One

• Media in Context
• Professional Practices
• Media Narratives
• Published Media Products
• TV and Film Production
• Student Initiated Photographic Project

Year Two

• Media Craft Skills
• Lens and Edit Craft
• Cultural Contexts
• Applied Storytelling
• Collaborative Practice

Year Three

• On Set
• Scene Craft
• Script and Narrative
• Unscripted TV Idea and Concept
• Professional Development

Year Four

• Research Portfolio
• Promotion and Pitch
• Graduate Project
• Festival and Exhibition

The range of assessment modes used by Film and Television include:

• critical reflection
• group work
• individual presentations
• practical productions
• essays
• graduate project
• research portfolios
• reflection of creative actions
  Our Film & TV programme will use an innovative model of combining industry proven Mentors with experienced academics. Online academic sessions will be available for you to access at a time that suits you, while others will be at set times, offering the benefits of face to face learning with online learning. The range of assessments is used because this enables different aspects of your learning to be tested.