Program Overview

BA (Hons) Digital Film Production

Course Overview

The BA (Hons) Digital Film Production degree in London offers a practical understanding of the entire film production spectrum and focuses on building industry connections. With access to industry standard film equipment, editing software and studio space, and taught by experienced tutors working in industry, this course prepares you for a range of careers in audio-visual production.

Ideal for...

Aspiring filmmakers, producers and visual creatives who wish to explore the whole film production journey, build an industry relevant portfolio and accrue specific film craft skills.

Key Study Topics

• Moving image forms
• Craft and technical skills
• Screenwriting
• Film theory
• Post production
• Editing and production management

The Specifics

Year 1

The first year focuses on the development of craft skills, industry awareness, and deepening contextual understanding of moving image forms.

• Production projects within both semesters require you to collaborate; juxtaposing craft skills workshops with more analytical sessions to enhance contextual understanding.
• A focus on your career aspirations will be supported with employability workshops designed to both broaden your insights into moving image industries and to equip you with practical skills and knowledge.
• Enhanced industry awareness in the first year will lead to the development of your CV and online profile.

Modules:

• Production Skills & Technologies
• Critical Thinking Through Film
• Storytelling On Screen
• Professional Life Practice - Developing your Practice
• Professional Life Practice - Exploring your Practice

Year 2

During the second year, you will be encouraged to specialise in subject areas that align with your career aspirations. You will choose to deepen your skills, knowledge and understanding in relation to up to three specialist moving image disciplines.

• While the emphasis in your first year will be on conventions, in your second year there will be a shift towards experimentation, as you are encouraged to push the boundaries of what is possible in the creation of moving image content.
• You will collaborate with students from beyond your course, working outside your comfort zone to develop soft skills and develop your emotional intelligence.
• You will also have the opportunity to undertake a work-based learning experience.

Modules:

• Collaboration
• Professional Life Practice - Applying your Practice
• Work-Based Learning
• Optional modules

Year 3

In your third year, you will continue to collaborate, but in a more self-directed mode.

• You will apply everything you’ve learnt through your final major project, which will act as your calling card for potential employers.
• Your contextual understanding and critical thinking will deepen as you undertake a Professional Practice Research Project, which is aligned to your individual career aspirations.

Modules:

• FMP1 Planning and Development
• FMP2 Production & Reflection
• Professional Practice Research Project
• Professional Life Practice - Situating your Practice

Entry Requirements

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English in addition to any of the below;

• Three A Levels at grade CCC or above
• BTEC Extended Diploma at grade MMM
• UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
• T Level (pass or above)
• Access to Higher Education Diploma
• International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
• Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 96 UCAS Tariff points

Careers Pathway

Our course will equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to forge a career in the technical or creative departments of film production companies, set up a studio, or become a freelance self-shooter.

Fees and Funding

Find out more about our tuition fees and whether you qualify for financial support during your studies.

Key Links

• Undergraduate fees and funding
• Paying your fees
• Scholarships, bursaries and other discounts

Facilities

• TV Studios Ravensbourne
• Kit Store at Ravensbourne
• Materials library
• Library at Ravensbourne

Lecturers

• Iram Kamran Qureshi
• Dr Orson Nava
• Sarah Mursal
• Ken McGill
• Barry Kimber
• Michele Caruso
• Sasha Djurkovic

Our Alumni

• Tony Longe
• Jameisha Prescod
• Daniel Maslen

News and Honours Board

• Built for Industry: Sasha Djurkovic
• Award-winning film ‘Scrapper’ catapults Ravensbourne alumna’s directing career
• Ravensbourne hosts spectacular 2023 NaSTA awards ceremony
• Digital Film Production graduate produces award-winning film
• Acclaimed film from Ravensbourne lecturer highlights intersex issues
• Reflecting on the Oscars one month later: is streaming driving diversity in film and TV?
• Ravensbourne alumnus directs film tribute to uncles
• Digital Film Production students shortlisted for RTS award
• Students premiere final-year films at the Curzon Soho
• Lecturer’s short film accepted into two film festivals
• Alumnus shortlisted to win £30,000 film fund and a trip to Hollywood
• Writer, director and lecturer Will Jewell on the power of collaboration in his new film Concrete Plans

Unistats Details

• 58% say staff value students views and opinions about the course
• 63% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well
• 78% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course

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