Course summary

Skilfully blending theory and practice, this course gives you hands-on experience of film-making to a professional standard, from scripting through to post-production. It prepares you to work in the TV and film industries or write your own story as an independent film-maker. The course encourages you to explore the world of film production including cross-media approaches to story-telling; scriptwriting; production planning and development; digital film production; editing and post-production techniques; film history and theory. You also complete a final dissertation or project. If you choose to produce a project, you take on the challenge of making your own film - either fiction, a documentary piece of work or a hybrid. Why choose this course?

• Gain the specialist knowledge and skills you need to work professionally and do well in the fast-evolving field of digital film production

• Study with a dynamic, experienced team of acclaimed film-makers, academic experts and published scholars

• Develop your industry network and future employment potential through meeting leading filmmakers, film editors and industry executives

• Learn a range of important transferable skills relevant to work in broadcasting; journalism; arts or media administration; governmental regulation of the media; research; marketing, sales and advertising

• Benefit from a degree equipping you to continue to MPhil and PhD research degrees