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You will study a variety of modules across your programme of study. The module details given below are subject to change and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
During your first year, you'll study five core modules.
You'll develop teamworking skills through creative challenges, taught sessions, profiling and self-understanding.
You'll work on team presentation and develop a professional persona through attitude, commitment and effective communication.
In the second semester, you'll look at enterprise and sector analysis.
You'll develop your solo presentation and pitching skills.
We'll cover the creativity and skills needed to start, maintain and grow your production streams as independent creators.
We'll help you develop the skills valued by the creative industries to help you become a professional with an industry-relevant work ethic.
You'll be introduced to the process of professional film and audio production.
Get a practical understanding of basic videography, lighting, audio production and post-production.
You'll use film production equipment appropriate for relevant distribution platforms.
Develop your production and creative skills while getting to know specialist equipment, techniques and practices.
You'll get an introduction to scriptwriting through theoretical and practical work.
You'll explore ideas generation and development, narrative structure, character development, synopses, treatments and One-Page pitches.
You'll also learn the appropriate professional layout and format.
Analyse the form and style of motion pictures and how they can be seen as culturally and industrially significant products.
You'll develop core vocabulary and skills for analysing film form and style, focussing on mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound and narrative.
You'll consider conventions and norms within films and filmmaking practices, from mainstream productions to art cinema and independent film.
You'll also explore core concepts and approaches to studying film.
You'll apply these and your own analyses to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of competing or complementary perspectives on film.
We'll use lectures, screenings and workshops to consider the diversity of movie-making styles and filmmakers.
You’ll plan, prepare for and deliver these practical activities, applying your skills and knowledge within a real-world professional context.
Emphasis is placed on developing confidence, professionalism and reflective practice as you demonstrate your readiness for industry-focused work.
During your second year, you'll study three core modules and will be required to choose two option modules.
Develop your professional skills to help with your CV, interviews, networking, self-marketing, and industry-specific employability skills.
You'll have talks from external speakers and industry contacts as well as internal expertise, preparing you for your first external placement.
Develop your skills in creative problem-solving, idea generation, project management and enterprise through creative productions.
This will also develop freelancing skills and equip you to be flexible and professional in the creative industry, whether self-employed or as an employee or employer.
The workshops and assignments will have a focus on group working. This is to support and foster professional networking and relevant social and crew-working skills, as well as improving confidence on set/location.
Building from your first year, you’ll further develop your practical understanding of professional video and audio production.
You’ll enrich your understanding of cinematography, lighting, audio recording and editing, utilising more advanced specialist equipment, techniques and software.
Opportunities for you to develop your existing production skills and the associated enabling creative skills, techniques and practices at a more advanced level towards your final year.
You'll explore 'writing the self', producing a portfolio of original autobiographical writing.
You'll then bring your own perspectives to writing about the lives of others, producing a biographical narrative on a subject of your choosing.
The module will reflect the make-up of the class as all students - BAME, international, of different sexualities, with disabilities, from different class backgrounds - will bring their racial, cultural and other life perspectives to the weekly group discussions of autobiography and biography.
During your final year, you'll study three core modules and will be required to choose one option modules.
In your first semester you'll explore contemporary forms of intertextuality across media, drawing on theories of adaptation, transmedia, remakes, sequels and series, franchising, and paratextuality. You'll analyse how intertextuality operates within presold media products, considering processes of production such as recontextualisation, rebooting, extension, and transmedia storytelling.
Creative decisions within individual texts will be examined in relation to production contexts and broader cross‑media storytelling strategies prevalent within the film, television, video game, and wider media industries.
In the second semester you'll examine contemporary ‘cult’ media texts, focusing on ‘quality’ film and television drama produced in the UK, USA, and Europe and distributed to global audiences. You'll consider industrial, aesthetic, cultural, and theoretical perspectives on cult media, including questions of authorship, audience, fandom, and reception in a post‑television convergence era, with opportunities to explore cult phenomena beyond film and television such as music and video games.