Develop your writing and filmmaking skills while learning about the films, writers and directors that have shaped the medium, with our BA (Hons) Writing and Film degree in Cambridge. You’ll learn to tell stories which engage audiences whether you want to write poetry, drama, short fiction, or make films and documentaries. You’ll explore and develop professional writing techniques related to film including screenwriting and film journalism. You’ll get invaluable feedback on all of your creative writing work professional writers, including our teaching staff and Royal Literary Fund fellows (link to: https://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowships/anglia-ruskin-university/?rlf_history=1), and from your fellow students. This will offer you the unique opportunity to consider a range of responses to your work, as well as sharpening your own critical skills. Investigating filmmaking practices from all over the world, and learning the language of film from the perspective of a filmmaker, you’ll make your own short films in video, animation or 16mm format, with full training in camera operation, sound recording and editing from professional filmmakers. If you specialise in filmmaking, you’ll put your well-practised skills to the test in a project that, once complete, will be screened at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse. The best may also be selected for showing at the Cambridge Film Festival. You’ll learn to write knowledgeably and critically about film with opportunities to get involved in Cambridge’s exciting arts scene, including the annual Cambridge Film Festival (link to: https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/). Our optional modules allow you to further explore your interests or specialise for a particular career. In Years 2 and 3, you can also learn a language on our Anglia Language Programme and what’s more, you can choose to study abroad as part of your course and expand your cultural horizons and get funding to cover the cost. Our links with local and national organisations will help you make contacts and find work placements in the industry. Our recent students have found internships and placements with companies such as the BBC, Cambridge Festival of Ideas, Film & Video Umbrella, Cannes Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival, Take One magazine, Watersprite Film Festival, CBBC, ITN Productions, London Studios, MTV, New York Film Academy, Pinewood Studios, StudioCanal UK (formerly Optimum Releasing) and Sight & Sound magazine.

Core Modules Year 1: Film Language and Concepts. Creative Moving Image. Introduction to Imaginative Writing. Screenwriting: The Short Film. Fundamentals of Publishing. Year 2: Writing Short Fiction. Ruskin Module. Classical Hollywood Cinema.Theorising Spectatorship. Writing for the Stage. Year 3: Work Placement (Cambridge School of Creative Industries). Year 4: Writing Poetry.Film Journalism. Optional Modules (Subject to availability) Year 2: Documentary Film Theory. 16mm Filmmaking. Film Criticism and Reviewing. A Module from the Anglia Language Programme. Independent Cinema: US and Beyond. Non-Fiction Filmmaking. From Script to Screen. Writing Historical Fiction. Cinema and Sound.A Module from the Anglia Language Programme. Year 4: Undergraduate Major Project. Undergraduate Major Writing Project. Screenwriting: Writing and Selling the Feature Film.Professional Practice in Film.Experiments in Film and Moving Image. Avant-Garde Cinema.Special Topics in Film Studies. Multiplexed: Contemporary Popular Cinema.Narrative in Global Cinema. Writing Speculative Fiction. Scriptwriting : Multi-Platform Storytelling. Major Project in Film Practice

You’ll show your progress through many methods, reflecting the varied nature of the course. These will include writing portfolios, critical commentaries, presentations, journals and log books, critical essays, film reviews and analyses, internet, print and video production, and commissions. You’ll also take part in 'crits', in which you’ll present and defend your work. Each year you’ll prepare a Personal Development Portfolio, which includes a CV and personal statement. This will give you the chance to reflect on your progress to date, the skills you’ve developed and any extracurricular activities that will help you when looking for work.

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: WP85

Institution code: A60

Campus Name: Cambridge Campus

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://aru.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/writing-and-film

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Student satisfaction : 68%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 50%

Go onto work and study: 65%

England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1

Please note the fee for the placement year is £1250 (This is a provisional fee and subject to change) https://aru.ac.uk/student-life/preparing-for-university/help-with-finances/undergraduate 2022 international fees are to be confirmed

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