Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Our ScreenSkills Select-accredited BA (Hons) Film Production degree will mould you into the expert filmmaker, cinematographer, editor, and special effects producer the booming film industry craves. Master the practical and business elements of film creation and exhibit your films at national screening events, which will turn employers’ heads your way. Graduates have created indie films, joined Marvel, Maverick and Pinewood Studios, and worked on critically acclaimed titles Black Mirror, Wonder Woman 1984, and No Time to Die. Here’s your chance to follow in their footsteps. Course highlights
- Familiarise yourself with advanced professional equipment used in the industries – including Arri Alexa cinema camera systems, a Pro Tools-equipped Foley and ADR sound studio, and a Baselight colour grading system
- Attract potential employers by showcasing your films at our annual screening event at London’s British Film Institute (BFI)
- Boost your professional experience by taking an optional one-year placement – either with a company or by setting up your own
- Bolster your practice and knowledge by attending specialist masterclasses and workshops on all areas of film production
- Show your editing expertise to industry peers by gaining an Avid Media Composer certification
- Enhance your employability by accessing training events, bursaries and scholarships – one of many advantages of a ScreenSkills Select accreditation
- runner
- camera assistant
- junior/editing assistant
- sound recordist
- junior researcher
- personal or production assistant
- junior/production coordinator
- second/third assistant director
- Walt Disney
- Maverick
- Marvel
- Outpost facilities, Pinewood Studios
- BBC
- ITV
- NBC Universal
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Rocketman
- No Time To Die
- The Batman
- Bridgerton
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Black Mirror
- Boiling Point (indie film)
- Villain (indie film)
Subject options
This course offers the following subject options:
- Film and Television Production
Modules
Year 1 core modules:
- Creative Storytelling (40 credits)
- Film Craft (20 credits)
- Future Production (20 credits)
- Post Production - Editing (20 credits)
- Screen Debates (20 credits)
- Film Production Practices (20 credits)
- Cinematography (20 credits)
- Directing (20 credits)
- Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice (20 credits)
- Factual Media Production (20 credits)
- Fiction Film-Making (20 credits)
- Film and Ethics (20 credits)
- Film Curation (20 credits)
- Film Sound Production (20 credits)
- Post Production Visual Effects (20 credits)
- Professional Experience (20 credits)
- Screenwriting (20 credits)
- Student Enterprise (20 credits)
- Television Format Live (20 credits)
- Thematic Design (20 credits)
- Underwater Filming and Media (20 credits)
- Workflow and Grading (20 credits)
- World and Transnational Cinema (20 credits)
- Graduate Film (40 credits)
- Graduate Film Package (20 credits)
- Professional Industry Skills (20 credits)
- Self Promotion (20 credits)
- Advanced Cinematography (20 credits)
- Advanced Screenwriting (20 credits)
- Gender, Sexuality and Cinema (20 credits)
- Researching Genre (20 credits)
Assessment method
You'll be assessed through:
- essay and report writing
- video essays
- film production artefacts
- group projects and presentations
- pitching
- production files
- practical assessments
- workshops and supervised work sessions
- masterclasses
- tutorials
- production meetings
- Year 1 students: 8% by written exams, 40% by practical exams and 52% by coursework
- Year 2 students: 8% by written exams, 28% by practical exams and 64% by coursework
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- ScreenSkills
How to apply
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:
- PP31
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 - 120 points
A level - BBB - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher - Not accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 29 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
Additional entry requirements
Portfolio
Applicants without a relevant subject or experience will be asked to provide a portfolio to support their application.
Other
A relevant subject or experience in film/video is required.
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. |
PTE Academic | 61 | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 91 | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
Trinity ISE | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9535 | Year 1 |
England | £9535 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
International | £17900 | Year 1 |
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
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP