With our BA Film and Television course, pursue your passion for films and apply what you learn through practical filmmaking.
You will blend practical work with the theoretical study of film from the late nineteenth century to the modern day. Alongside this, you can investigate television from its origins in the mid-twentieth century to contemporary engagements with new media and digital platforms.
The focus is on your development into a critically informed filmmaker. You will gain academic knowledge and practical skills, with opportunities to collaborate on films and television programmes in the final two years. In addition to learning the histories and meanings of film, you will receive technical training in a range of creative techniques, such as editing, sound and lighting design, and television studio production.
In the first year of the degree, you will have the opportunity to watch, interpret and debate a wide range of film and television, including documentary, Soviet cinema and the work of Alfred Hitchcock. This enables you to build up a strong foundational knowledge of, and appreciation for, how stories and images work. Alongside these studies, you will learn key production and post-production skills, and start to explore what it means to apply critical ideas in a practical context.
In the second year, you will delve into work within and beyond classical and conventional narrative traditions. Optional modules allow you to investigate a variety of areas in detail, from genre and authorship in Hollywood and international cinema, to avant-garde, art film, political and feminist cinema. You will also have the opportunity to select theatre modules, such as Performance and Nation. Throughout this year you will engage with group-based practical work in either film or television, work that develops your ability to creatively respond to different movements, practitioners and historical periods – allowing you to develop your own distinctive storytelling and practical skills. This builds towards a 6-minute film or television piece developed across the second half of the year.
In your final year, you'll deepen your knowledge and understanding of the subject through research-based modules. These are based around our academics’ current world-leading research and are all discussion-based, allowing you to engage with cutting-edge thought. Your practical work across the degree will culminate in either a collaborative 10-minute film or a written dissertation. You'll try out different production roles and develop a range of skills and techniques while also developing your academic knowledge.
This degree is designed with the interaction between theory and practical work at its core, giving you plenty of opportunities to develop both your critical and technical skills. You will be based in Minghella Studios, a purpose-built study environment.
**Careers**
97% of our graduates are in work or further study within 15 months of the end of their course (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017/18; First Degree responders from Film, Theatre & Television).
Our degrees are designed to develop the skills valued by both creative and commercial industries, providing you with a diverse range of career opportunities following graduation. You will develop the practical film and theatre production skills needed in industry, as well as many transferable skills for work in a wider range of sectors.
Many of our alumni work in the creative industries and their roles include:
* theatre directors
* actors
* playwrights
* film producers and directors
* visual FX experts
* cinematographers
* television producers
* critics.
Graduates also go onto a range of related careers in areas including:
* commercial marketing and media
* advertising
* journalism
* teaching.
Course Details - Modules
Sample modules may include:
* Introduction to Filmmaking
* TV Studio Production
* Screen Production Roles
* Approaches to Television
* Screen Storytelling and Criticism.
Please check our website for more details of the course structure.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
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.
Application Codes
Course code:
W600
Institution code:
R12
Campus Name:
Main Site
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Contextual offers for this programme are typically two grades beneath our standard entry requirement, e.g. BCC.
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
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Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
89%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
90%
Go onto work and study:
95%
Fees and funding
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
EU
19500.0
Year 1
International
19500.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Additional Fee Information are not listed for this Course.
Provider information
Whiteknights House
PO Box 217
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Reading
RG6 6AH
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