Course summary
Enhance your film-making skills on our practice-based Film Studies with Audio-Visual PhD. Film and edit your own practical output (a documentary, feature or portfolio of video work) to demonstrate your research. You'll be supported by academics specialising in Film Studies, plus experienced media technicians and screenwriters. Explore and examine how film can be used to interrogate, teach and learn about the world. You'll bring together your creative, technical and critical abilities, completing the PhD with an original piece of film and a critical analysis. Instead of writing a traditional thesis, you'll produce practice-based research. You'll create and edit an hour-long documentary, feature or portfolio of video work while producing a 30,000 word written defence. Supported by our academic experts, you'll develop your practical film-making skills and ability to critically reflect on your work. Wide range of academic expertise across Film and TV, including specialisms in world cinema, film genres, television and audio-visual creative practice. Access our Film Editing Suite with exclusive filmmaking kits and cameras specifically for PhD researchers. Internationally recognised academics who frequently publish research and screen audio-visual works and films at UK and global conferences. Attend extracurricular research activities, from regular seminars to frequent screenings.
Entry requirements
To apply for the PhD, we usually require a good (normally a 2:1 or above) Honours degree, or an equivalent qualification if you were educated outside the UK, usually in a relevant area. You’ll also need to hold a Masters qualification at Merit level or above (or its international equivalent), usually in a relevant area. Any academic and professional qualifications or relevant professional experience are normally taken into account, and in some cases, form an integral part of the entrance requirements. This is a practice-based PhD which means you'll need to provide a clear and coherent outline of your audio-visual methodology for creating your proposed practical output. This includes demonstrating an awareness of the ethical elements to your research.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
For more detailed information on available funding and fees for postgraduate courses please visit:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/fees-and-funding
Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT