Program Overview

Media & Film Studies and Filmmaking BA (Hons)

Overview

In this course, you'll delve deep into the art of Film and Media, exploring their rich history, theory, and societal impact. You'll analyse and deconstruct the messages within texts, gaining a profound understanding of Media and Film and applying this in your creative process.

We'll place a camera in your hands from day one, and our experienced lecturers will guide you through the entire filmmaking process, from concept to post-production. With top-notch equipment and industry-standard software available to students all year round in our Digital Arts Centre, you'll turn your creative ideas into captivating films. Whether you dream of being a director, reviewer, screenwriter, or editor, we'll equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to excel.

Key Features

• Dynamic curriculum informed by the very latest research innovations on the media and film industries and associated contemporary cultural issues. Our lecturing team frequently publish their research and your learning is informed by this expertise.
• Study in our purpose-built Digital Arts Centre, which includes a video studio, sound studio, individual edit suites and high-spec computer labs with the latest image manipulation, editing and sound post-production software
• Develop a solid portfolio of work, which can act as your springboard for a career in the creative and media industries
• You will be introduced to leading innovators in the media, technology and creative industries. Our regional and national professional contacts include: digital marketing agencies, public relations agencies; immersive media agencies; A & R music representatives working with NFTs; local political party offices; award-winning content creatives; galleries and museums; festival and event organisers; charities and youth work.
• Benefit from regular visits, guest lectures and feedback from top industry experts

Entry Requirements

• 104 UCAS Tariff points
• T Levels may be used to meet the entry tariff requirements for this course.
• If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the Admissions Office for advice.

Course Content

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice.

Year One

• Studying Media & Film
• Identity, Representation & Diversity
• New Waves & Popular Cinemas
• Crafting the Moving Image
• Fiction: History and Production

Year Two

• Specialist production Skills
• Screen Cultures
• Single Camera Drama
• Experimental Film Production
• Factual Film
• Music Video Production
• Researching Media & Film: Theories & Methods
• Contemporary British Cultures
• Digital Campaigns
• Festivals & Celebrations
• Audio Cultures
• Authors and Authorship
• Work Project
• Philosophies of Gender & Sexuality

Year Three

• Final Production (Dissertation equivalent module)
• Professional Practice
• Factual Film Production
• Advance Specialism
• Extension module
• Corporate or Commercial production
• Group Filmmaking
• Dissertation
• Local Cultures
• Writing Reviews in Media & Film Studies
• War, Democracy & the Media
• Immersive Media
• Film & Folk Literature
• Making Monsters
• Pornography & Modern Cultures
• Literature and Culture

Teaching and Assessment

You are taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical group work, peer review sessions and individual development tutorials. Transferable skills, employability and work-based learning allow you to develop media-enhancing skills alongside your creative practise.

Careers

Media & Film Studies and Filmmaking graduates have skills suitable for a wide range of industries and fields including media technology, arts and culture, charities and the creative industries. Our course also provides an excellent foundation for postgraduate students. Potential careers for graduates of this course include:

• Digital marketing
• Festival and events
• Charities and youth work
• Events management
• Media strategising
• Television
• Social media
• Marketing and communications
• Public relations
• Teaching
• Television and Film Production
• Script Development and Editing
• Media research
• Advertising
• Marketing and public relations

Fees and Funding

Full-time Tuition Fees

• UK and EU students: £9,535 per year (2025/26)
• International students: £16,700 per year (2025/26)

Part-time Tuition Fees

• UK and EU students: £1,190.83 per 15-credit module, £1,587.77 per 20-credit module, £2,381.66 per 30-credit module, £3,175.55 per 40-credit module, £3,572.50 per 45-credit module and £4,763.32 per 60 credit module (2025/26)

Accommodation

• Finding the right accommodation is paramount to your university experience. Our halls of residence are home to friendly student communities, making them great places to live and study. We have over 1,000 rooms across our range of student halls. With rooms to suit every budget and need, from our 'Traditional Halls' at £131 per week to 'Ensuite Premium Halls' at £228 per week (2025/26 prices).

Additional Costs

• Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses. If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.