BAFilmmaking

Study location	United Kingdom, City Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	W600

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill) CAE: 176 (with a minimum of 162in each skill)

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) should be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. A relevant portfolio is required. All applicants will need to present a creative portfolio if invited to attend an interview.

More information	ntu.ac.uk/../ug/2019-20/ba-hons-filmmaking

Overview

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Programme structure

Year One
These two year-long modules run side by side.

Script to Screen (100 credit points)
This module will provide you with a foundation of the core creative concepts of writing, directing and producing for film, delivered through practical projects, workshops, lectures, seminars, and masterclasses. By undertaking team and individual projects, you’ll experience technical roles in areas such as camera operating, sound recording, and editing.

Film: Style, Narrative, Authorship (20 credit points)
Consider current and historical context by exploring the history of film, including a history of filmmaking in the USA and Europe. You’ll investigate film theory and genre, deepening your understanding of the connection between visual creativity and narrative.

Develop your artistic outlook by considering the influence film has on audiences, your awareness of original inventions, and your sense of connectivity between research and practice. Analyse existing films and screenplays, focusing on stylistic choices and considering how meaning is created through style. You’ll examine how auteurs from different genres use stylistic and thematic elements to create a specific voice.

Year Two
These two year-long modules run side by side.

Narrative, Production and Audiences (100 credit points)
In this film practice-based module, you’ll carry out projects to develop your skillset. Firstly, you’ll be set briefs for a given audience, using both fiction and non-fiction formats. You will then identify and negotiate your own brief by defining your own audience, and then developing and delivering a finished film project.

Genre, Forms and Industry (20 credit points)
Enrich your understanding of how genre, original content, audiences and technologies interrelate. You’ll look at how film and television content is created using genre as an enabling mechanism for matching content to audiences. You’ll also question the impact of contemporary technological platforms on the creative shape, delivery, distribution and exhibition of content. The learning from this module will help inform your creative approach to your thesis film project in your final year.

Final year
This module runs all year long.

Filmmaking Entrepreneurship (120 credit points)
This module will help you prepare for employment or postgraduate study by developing your use of filmmaking language. Develop your authorial voice, looking at a broad range of narrative and visual styles to aid the evolution of an original piece of visual storytelling. You’ll work through the full development process, from initial concept research, pitch, script, budget, and market identification, through to production and post-production. You will also identify relevant distribution and exhibition platforms for your finished film.

Career opportunities

The School of Art & Design has an excellent graduate employment rate, with 96% of our undergraduate students in employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE 2015/16).

Employability is a key focus of this course, with modules including initiatives such as live projects and the opportunity to exhibit your work publicly, helping to raise your profile and enhance your future career prospects.

This course will prepare you to work in the digital media field, in areas such as independent film, television, heritage interpretation, advertising, music and games production.

You will also develop transferable skills for alternative careers in media, freelance design, teaching and retailing.