Course summary

With its strong emphasis on real-world and real-work experience, this entrepreneurial-focused course gives you the skills you need to achieve success producing first-class television studio and film work. The degree offers a business-based approach to TV and film production, providing you with the knowledge and expertise you need to establish a successful career in this dynamic industry. In your first year, you explore creating content; film and TV studio production; and reading the screen. Later units include freelancing; fiction film-making; and writing for the screen. You also work independently on a special film or TV project of your own choosing. Why choose this course?

• Produce your own work in our industry-standard production and post-production studio facilities, giving you a head-start if you wish to set up your own production company

• Learn from studying with an academic team with key roles in the British film industry, many of whom have made documentaries and dramas for TV, cinema and gallery exhibitions

• Develop your skills and take on live creative briefs through our links with the local film and TV community, including Luton Culture and Clearhead Productions

• Broadcast your own work and assist with the running of a TV studio through BedsTV, the University’s student-run online television channel

• Build your professional knowledge by exploring the business issues that affect television broadcasting in the UK

• Benefit from learning key transferable skills in communication, team working, critical evaluation and analysis