Program Overview

Film and Moving Image Production BA (Hons)

Unleash your artistic vision by combining the art of creative storytelling with practical industry skills across various filmmaking mediums.

Key Information

• Course duration: 3 or 4 year options
• Course options: Integrated Foundation Year, Diploma Year
• Typical offer: 104-120 UCAS Tariff Points
• Annual fees:
  • Home (full-time): £9,535
  • Overseas (full-time): £18,500
• UCAS code: W613 (3 Year), W612 (4 Year)
• Institution code: N39
• Course start: September 2025

Course Overview

Creative storytelling lies at the heart of our BA (Hons) Film and Moving Image Production, around which a multi-disciplinary student experience revolves. We’ll encourage you to experiment with various filmmaking mediums and platforms, and you’ll learn to become a flexible, multi-skilled collaborator with technical and craft skills highly prized by the industry.

Accreditations

• This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.
• BAFTA Albert is the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability. ​Founded in 2011, we support the film and TV industry to reduce the environmental impacts of production and to create content that supports a vision for a sustainable future. ​

Why Study with Us

• Develop your storytelling skills and your critical and creative craft skills such as producing, script development, direction, cinematography, sound design, production design and editing.
• Learn industry standard approaches to the filmmaking process from development, pre-production, through production to post-production.
• Collaborate in production teams on a range of practical projects including original and adapted fiction, documentary, experimental film, music/dance video and fashion film.
• Reflect on the impact of your creative, technical, and practical decision making on your production, its audience and relationship to wider contemporary debates.
• Gain in-depth knowledge of legal, moral and ethical standards as they impact production including essential training via BAFTA albert in climate science and sustainable production.

Course Details

Integrated Foundation Year (optional)

• Our Integrated Foundation Year is designed to equip students with the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to thrive in their chosen degree subject. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to various disciplines, blending critical thinking and creative problem-solving with practical hands-on experience.

Year 1

• Core Units:
  • Creative Learning (40 credits)
  • Explore and Experiment (80 credits)
• Core Projects:
  • Wayfinding Week
  • Make it Manifest(o)
  • Interchange Week

Year 2

• Core Units:
  • Global Contexts (80 credits)
  • Collaboration (40 credits)
• Core Projects:
  • Wayfinding Week
  • Make it Manifest(o)
  • Interchange Week

Diploma Year (optional)

• Students have the opportunity to spend a year after the second of their degree (or the third year if studying for a degree with an Integrated Foundation Year) enhancing their employability options through a Level 5 Diploma.

Final Year

• Core Units:
  • Research and Preparation (40 credits)
  • Resolution and Career Development (80 credits)
• Core Projects:
  • Wayfinding Week
  • Make it Manifest(o)
  • Interchange Week

Learning and Teaching

This course is taught through a mixture of learning and teaching methods including:

• Group briefings
• Academic tutorials
• Group tutorials
• Workshops
• Critiques (crits)
• Seminars
• Lectures

Assessment

Assessment for this course is entirely coursework-based, meaning there are no exams. Your progress will be evaluated through the projects and assignments you complete for each unit.

Entry Requirements

• Home:
  • A/AS Levels (GCE): 3 A-level qualifications at grades BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points) or above
  • BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF): Distinction, Merit, Merit in an art, design or media related subject
• International:
  • We accept qualifications from all over the world
  • English language qualifications: minimum UKVI approved IELTS exam score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each section

Fees and Funding

• Home:
  • BA course (three year): £9,535 per year
  • Integrated Foundation Year (optional): £9,535 per year
  • Level 5 Diploma Year (optional): £9,535 year
• International:
  • BA course (three year): £18,500 per year
  • Integrated Foundation Year (optional): £18,500 per year
  • Level 5 Diploma year (optional): £18,500

How to Apply

All applications for undergraduate courses will need to be made via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

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