Course summary

Overview In today's world of multimedia communication, filmmakers and screenwriters work together in an unprecedented variety of contexts. To study Filmmaking and Screenwriting as a joint honours degree is therefore full of possibility and could lead to an innovative, interdisciplinary final year project that draws all your interests together. Both subject areas nurture your creative development alongside craft and digital skills that are highly prized by 21st century employers. Filmmaking and Screenwriting is led and taught by experienced filmmakers and screenwriters, industry practitioners and academics, and student performance is assessed entirely by course work. Studying these subject areas in combination could be right for you if your creative interests span working in moving image and other media contexts, and if your curiosity is fired by the creative possibilities of 21st century communication. Key features

• High academic standards with an emphasis on critical evaluation, research skills and reflective practice

• The course offers high quality, well-resourced specialist learning and teaching facilities, and a rounded education with the opportunity to specialise

• Become part of a vibrant creative community

• Regular work experience and networking opportunities

• Innovative approach, with modules on craft and voice, creativity and collaboration and professionalism and employment

• Tailor your course to your individual needs with a joint honours degree

• First in the UK for sustained employment and/or further study (excluding specialist institutions), 5 years after graduation – Longitudinal Education Outcomes data 2024.

• First in the UK for quality education – Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2024.

• Ofsted Outstanding in 2023 the University’s primary and secondary teacher training programmes were rated ‘Outstanding’.