Program Overview

Film & Broadcast Production BA (Hons)

Overview

Develop your ideas as a digital content creator. Unlock career opportunities with this dynamic production degree. Boost your practical skills and knowledge with live briefs, practical projects and research across a range of film and broadcast platforms.

Course Features

• International students can apply
• Sandwich year option available
• Studying abroad option available
• Work placement opportunity

What You'll Study

Year 1

• Moving Image Production: Single Camera
  • Develops your ability in relation to collaborative working and the professional practices and processes involved in managing a single camera production, from pre-production to post-production stage.
  • Module code: MED1448
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Narrative Storytelling
  • Recognises that good stories are at the heart of all film and television.
  • Module code: MED1462
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 75% Practical, 25% Coursework
• Studio Practice
  • Introduces the practices and processes of working in a production studio environment.
  • Module code: MED1460
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 60% Coursework, 40% Practical
• Working in Creative Industries
  • Designed to enhance your employability and skill set by introducing you to the various sub-sectors of the constantly changing and evolving media and creative industries.
  • Module code: MED1445
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Two of:
  • Global Popular Culture
    • Introduces you to a range of popular culture products and processes and encourages you to reflect on the relationship between national and global consumption and reception.
    • Module code: MED1446
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Practical
  • I, Filmmaker
    • Offers a creative and reflective space for you to explore means of self-expression in the medium of film.
    • Module code: MED1456
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Practical
  • New Venture Creation
    • Introduces you to business planning and the development stages in business start-up.
    • Module code: BUS1054
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 50% Coursework, 50% Practical
  • Photography
    • Covers the basics in digital camera use and post-production, semiotic and photography theory.
    • Module code: MED1447
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
  • TV History: From Analogue to Streaming
    • Questions whether conventional television is finished.
    • Module code: MED1461
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 65% Coursework, 35% Practical
  • Language 1
    • Ideal if you want to learn a new language, or further develop your current language skills, as an integrated part of this degree.
    • Module code: TLC1010
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 85% Coursework, 15% Practical

Year 2

• Cultural Representations and the Media
  • Recognises that all media messages are representational constructions.
  • Module code: MED2328
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 70% Coursework, 30% Practical
• Factual Self Shooter
  • Offers you the opportunity to individually research, develop and produce a short factual audiovisual artefact.
  • Module code: MED2361
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 60% Coursework, 40% Practical
• Production Research and Management
  • Develops your understanding of the role of the TV researcher and the skills required to effectively manage film and TV projects.
  • Module code: MED2327
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Three of:
  • Branded Content
    • Will enhance your knowledge and understanding of the creative industries, running alongside the traditional television model, and develop your skills in producing high-quality and relevant branded content.
    • Module code: MED2332
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
  • Cinema at the Edge
    • Introduces you to films that are often ‘at the edge’ aesthetically, politically and conceptually.
    • Module code: MED2344
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    • Explores characteristics, behaviours, attributes, and skills of entrepreneurship as well as the whole process of innovation from idea to product development and the conditions that must be fulfilled for innovation to thrive.
    • Module code: BUS2229
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 50% Coursework, 50% Practical
  • Genre Film
    • Will develop your knowledge and experience of the technical, creative, organisational and practical demands involved in genre film production.
    • Module code: MED2347
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 70% Practical, 30% Coursework
  • Pods and Vlogs
    • Recognises that the internet has fundamentally challenged the gatekeepers of old mainstream media in the creation, production and distribution of media texts.
    • Module code: MED2330
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 60% Practical, 40% Coursework
  • Sound and Music in Broadcast Media
    • Will broaden your understanding of the ways in which music is mediated, with a specific focus on broadcast media.
    • Module code: MED2362
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework

Year 3

• Dissertation/Research Project
  • Offers you the opportunity to undertake an in-depth personal research project, under supervision, and explore a range of relevant research methodologies and presentational formats.
  • Module code: MED3299
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Multicamera Production
  • Offers you the opportunity to refine your editorial judgement within the production and post-production process, focus exclusively on the role of your choice, and produce a complex multicamera production for a specific audience in a designated format.
  • Module code: MED3296
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Personal Portfolio
  • Enables you to formulate an industry related profile for presentation and employment purposes, using creative material that you have originated, collected and produced.
  • Module code: MED3301
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 60% Practical, 40% Coursework
• Multicamera Pre-Production
  • Develops your understanding of the pre-production process for an independent television production, equipping you with knowledge of the professional practices of production planning, research and management to be applied to a multicamera production project.
  • Module code: MED3294
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• One of:
  • Cinema and Identity
    • Explores typical representations of family origins, gender and sexuality in American and European screen productions, providing you with the skills and knowledge to investigate the politics of representation and to identify white, patriarchal, heterosexist ideologies in much mainstream film in the western world.
    • Module code: MED3286
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
  • Enterprise Management
    • Cultivates entrepreneurial skills, fostering innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking.
    • Module code: BUS3079
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 50% Coursework, 50% Practical
  • Media Futures
    • Enables you to study contemporary media practices, the impact of technology on the creative industries, developments in global and local media, and the changing paradigms of media production and audience consumption.
    • Module code: MED3277
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 70% Coursework, 30% Practical
  • Short Films for Curious Minds
    • Requires the development and production of factual content for potential multi-platform delivery.
    • Module code: MED3298
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework

How You'll Study

You will learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops and individual study, with opportunities for placements and participation in live briefs. In your final year, you will have regular one-to-one sessions with a tutor to discuss and work on your year-long research project.

How You'll Be Assessed

You will be assessed using a range of methods including essays, script treatments, blogs, podcasts, short films, TV segments and presentations.

Who Will Be Teaching You

Teaching on the degree will be drawn from the full array of strengths in the Department of Creative Arts and you will learn from research-active experts in film, media and television.

Entry Criteria

Typical offer 112-120 UCAS Tariff points. The study or experience of Creative Arts subjects, for example Art, Graphics or Media, is preferred.

How to Apply

Apply online through UCAS.

Facilities

Film and Broadcast Production students are based in Creative Edge, a state-of-the-art £17million building offering highly contemporary suites of outstanding facilities for the Department of English and Creative Arts.

Finance

• UK Full-Time: £9,535 a year
• UK Part-Time: £79 per credit for 360 credits
• International: £17,000 a year

Your Future Career

Your film and broadcast production degree could lead you in many different directions. Potential career paths in the creative industries include:

• Film and television industry roles (such as researcher, runner, location manager and production design)
• Video producer and editor
• Camera operator
• Associate producer
• Production assistant
• Roles within festivals and cultural events
• Film reviewer
• Advertising or marketing
• Social media content creator