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Undergraduate

BA (Hons) Film, Screen and Content Production

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September 2027

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£17,250 – International

£10,050 – UK

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This BA (Hons) Film, Screen and Content Production degree will help you develop into a confident, creative individual who can pitch an idea, shoot, edit and share content and is ready to build a career in the creative, entertainment and media industries.

The course will teach you practical film, moving image and content production skills. You will learn how to take an idea, develop it by writing a script and then go on to produce a creative piece of work such as a film, a short reel or a podcast.

As well as being involved in all aspects of making films, adverts, music and performance videos and podcasts, you will also create compelling material for advertising campaigns by telling stories that help connect brands to audiences across different digital platforms.

The course is tailored to your interests, so you will learn how to make long-form film projects as well as crafting short-form, shareable content optimised for distribution on social media applications such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

If you are interested in making content for all the platforms and places where you currently watch and listen to things then this filmmaking course is for you.

Why study this course?

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Duration: 3 years

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Duration: 4 years

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What you'll study

The BA (Hons) Film, Screen and Content Production degree equips you with the skills for a range of careers across the film and screen industries by focusing on the creation of different kinds of content for big screens, laptops and mobile devices.

Along with teaching you the fundamentals of story-telling in the context of film and moving image, the course will teach you the production skills needed to make different types of content targeted at different audiences.

The practically orientated curriculum is designed with assignments that grow in complexity as you develop your skillset. You'll have the chance to step into a variety of roles, gaining broad experience while growing your confidence and expertise.

From coming up with creative ideas to crafting scripts and pitching projects, you'll take your work through every stage of production through to delivery across platforms. As you advance, you'll dive deeper into collaborative projects, taking on new challenges and building a portfolio that showcases your style and creative vision.

Alongside your practical work, you will also explore media theory, connecting critical insights to your creative practice and helping you to understand the trends and trajectories of the sector. This integrated approach equips you with not just production skills, but also cultural understanding, analytical thinking and transferable skills that prepare you for a range of opportunities in the industry and beyond.

The BA (Hons) Film, Screen and Content Production degree is all about helping you develop your own creative vision and shaping your teamworking and practical skills.

Whether you see yourself as a creative content creator, an artist, innovator, practitioner, employee, or entrepreneur, you will develop the tools and confidence to thrive in the ever-evolving world of creative content production.

Please note, we regularly review our course content to offer relevant, impactful and career-shaping learning. Therefore, the following modules are indicative and subject to change.

Compulsory modules

Introduction to Film Screen and Content Production

This module is primarily concerned with familiarising you with the basic principles of film, screen and content production. The module introduces you to the overarching production process along with the job roles and responsibilities associated with filmmaking. It will familiarise you with genres across narrative and non-narrative film, ranging from online video content to High-end TV and feature films. The module also introduces you to the basics of film language and how to think, understand and express your ideas within the medium.

Thinking Through Film: Genre

This module introduces you to a range of cinematic and television genres, including horror, action, fantasy, science fiction and comedy. You will explore the visual, structural and thematic conventions that define genre and cinematic style, and you will examine why these conventions are considered culturally and industrially significant. In addition, the module will consider how genre conventions both reflect and shape social values, identities and power structures.

Through a critical lens informed by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), you will evaluate how issues of representation—such as race, gender, sexuality, class and disability — are constructed, challenged or excluded within different genres. You will also learn how production techniques such as camera angles, lighting, and sound are used to support or subvert genre expectations in diverse narrative contexts.

From Idea to Script: Development and Pre-production

This module is focused on the development and pre-production stages. It will help you understand how to develop your ideas into a production that can be funded and supported. You will review scripts, create synopses and loglines, as well as break down screenplays and produce production schedules. The module will teach you how to identify potential cast and crew and consider the various impacts of production. You will also learn what appropriate resources are required for a shoot, including locations, props, costumes, catering, accommodation and transport to specialist technical equipment. At the end of the module, you will pitch your production idea.

Camera, Lights Action: Focus on Production and Post-production

This module aims to provide you with a comprehensive introduction to the creative, technical, and collaborative processes involved in film, screen and content production and post-production. You will develop a working knowledge of key roles across the production pipeline - both on set and in post-production environments - gaining insight into the responsibilities, tools and workflows that support professional film, screen and content creation.

Thinking Through Film: Narrative

This module is focused on how to articulate and develop your creative ideas within the context of film, screen and content production. It will introduce you to how narratives help tell a story by examining the different forms and conventions used in production. You will look at different approaches such as linear and non-linear narratives, disrupted and fragmented timelines, as well as unreliable narrators and unexpected shifts in perspective.

Platforms and Pathways to Distribution

This module will look at the distribution process, exploring audience segmentation, global territories and a variety of methods to get your content to its audience. You will learn how to get your content seen on online platforms, by broadcasters, at film festivals and in cinema exhibition. You will create the contents for an ‘Electronic Press Kit’ and a distribution strategy and budget.

You will study all compulsory modules and choose one optional module.

Making Movies

The aim of this module is to create a substantial short-form moving-image piece of around ten minutes. You’ll take an idea to a finished production, shaping it through writing, storyboarding, audience research and a clear plan for how the work will be shared. Along the way, you’ll pitch your concept to peers and staff, then move into the full production and post-production process. The form is completely open: drama, documentary, campaign content, installation work, or anything else that fits your creative direction. Throughout the module you’ll work with more advanced camera, lighting and sound techniques, building on the filmmaking experience gained at Level 4 and preparing you for more ambitious work at Level 6.

Thinking Through Film: Drama

This module is focused on how to articulate and develop your creative ideas within the context of film, screen and content production. It will provide you with knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of drama production and content creation. You will critically evaluate different types and forms of drama productions. You will learn about cinematic principles specific to drama, structuring a coherent story within time constraints, actor-director communication strategies and how to make distinctive, compelling drama productions. This module will develop approaches to production and criticality learned in the Thinking Through Film modules at level 4. It also prepares the foundation for the final Thinking Through Film module at level 6.

Thinking Through Film: Factual

This module is focused on how to articulate and develop your creative ideas within the context of film, screen and content production. It will provide you with knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of factual content creation. You will critically evaluate different types and forms of factual content, including documentary, factual entertainment, arts programming, v-logs and social justice/human rights productions. You will learn about the commissioning process, the research process and the ethical issues associated with factual content. It will help you to further develop the critical skills learned in the Thinking through Film modules at level 4. You will further build on these skills at level 6 in the final Thinking through Film module.

Visual Storytelling: Advanced Camera and Lighting Techniques

This module will develop your technical camera and lighting skills through a combination of hands-on workshops, critical analysis and creative application. You will be introduced to a range of camera systems, lenses and support equipment, learning how to select and operate them for different production contexts. Alongside camera operation, you will explore the principles and practices of lighting for film and television, including three-point lighting, natural light manipulation and advanced lighting setups for both studio and location environments. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between light, mood and narrative, enabling you to make informed creative decisions.

Optional modules

Beyond the Frame: Visual Effects and Virtual Production

This module introduces you to the principles and practices of visual effects (VFX) and virtual production within film and screen-based media. It aims to provide you with an understanding of digital workflows and the creative potential of VFX and real-time production technologies such as green screen compositing, motion capture, and LED volume stages. You will critically explore the aesthetic, narrative and technical functions of VFX while developing the practical skills to plan, shoot and post-produce scenes using digital techniques. Emphasis will be placed on collaboration, visual storytelling and the integration of live-action and digital environments.

Film Festivals: Culture, Industry and Exhibition

This module introduces you to the role and function of film festivals within global film culture. You will examine how film festivals contribute to the circulation, reception and promotion of films across cultural, national and industrial contexts. You will also explore the politics of programming, curation and audience engagement at international, national and niche festivals. The module will give you the knowledge and tools to conceptualise and design a film festival or festival strand of your own.

Project Development: Pitch Your Idea

This module is focused on idea and project development in film and video, in a way that will lay the ground for your major project. You will be expected to produce an idea for your major project, develop it and create a synopsis and treatment. You will then create scripts, storyboards, budgets, schedules, casting, distribution strategy, target audience and other preparatory material which will lead towards your Major Project production. At the end of the module, you will pitch your idea to a panel. This module builds on the expertise you developed previously in the ‘Making Movies’ module in L5 and ‘From idea to script: development and pre-production’ module in L4.

Thinking Through Film: Film Futures

This module critically examines the evolving nature of cinema and screen culture in the 21st century, exploring how technological, cultural and theoretical developments are reshaping the ways we make, view and understand film. You will engage with advanced theoretical frameworks - including post-cinema theory, digital aesthetics, platformisation, AI, posthumanism and decolonial perspectives - to analyse contemporary screen practices across film, television, streaming and immersive media. The module invites you to reflect on the future of cinema through scholarly critique, case studies and speculative thinking.

Major Project: Production

This module follows on from the previous Project Development module. The aim is for you to complete a substantial, professional-quality production (or series of linked smaller productions) that will represent the culmination of your degree.

Professional Practice: Self-Employment/Freelancing

This module provides you with a critical and practical understanding of freelance work within contemporary screen industries. It explores key aspects of professional self-employment, including establishing a digital presence, personal branding, financial management and legal structures such as sole trading and limited companies. You will reflect on your individual career aspirations, analyse the competitive landscape and identify potential clients and opportunities. The module supports you in articulating your specialist skills and developing strategies for sustainable freelance practice and future employment within the screen sector. It will also prepare you, through interview training, application and CV writing for the world of work in the industry as an employee.

Expanded Alternative Production

This module looks at alternative forms of film and screen production, including arts, events, games, music, performance, AI-generated video and installations. You will learn technical skills such as image mapping, synchronisation and animation. You will look at and critically evaluate a range of examples from these fields.

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Entry requirements

Requirements:

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104 UCAS points required

from level 3 qualifications

These can include:

three (or more) A-Level / AVCE passes at grade C or above, with at least two GCSE passes (9-4 / A*-C) in English and Maths

an Edexcel GNVQ at an advanced level (or equivalent) at merit level. Alternatively, you will be considered if you have achieved one subject at GCE Advanced level and Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, supported by at least two GCSE passes (9-4 / A*-C) in English and Maths

equivalent qualifications obtained through a National Diploma, Access, NVQ and a variety of other pre-University level qualifications, including International and European Baccalaureate.

A portfolio is also required: Along with the details on your UCAS application, your portfolio/body of work will be reviewed by the academic team who teach on the course. We are looking for creative applicants who can demonstrate a desire to make outstanding work that is original, distinctive and engaging.

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Whether you are changing career or don't have the exact subjects and grades required for this course, you might want to choose this course with a foundation year. This will give you an extra year's study to prepare you for the standard degree programme, where you can go on to graduate with a full Honours degree. Follow the link to see full details of the course with foundation year.

Mature applicants (aged 21+): If you do not hold the qualifications listed but have relevant work experience, you are welcome to apply. Your application will be considered on an individual basis.

Level 5 (year 2) entry

To directly enter the second year of this course, you will need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 120 undergraduate credits at Level 4 or a CertHE in a related subject area.

Level 6 (year 3) entry

To directly enter the third year of this course, you need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 240 undergraduate credits (at Levels 4 and 5), a DipHE, foundation degree or HND in a related subject area.

6.0 IELTS or above

You need to meet our English language requirement – a minimum of IELTS 5.5 for each of the four individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). Visit our English language requirements page for information on other English language tests we accept.

You also need academic qualifications at the same level as UK applicants. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Check for local equivalents.

We offer pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet these requirements.

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There is a range of potential jobs for Film, Screen and Content Production graduates. You could go on to build a career in fields including film and television, publishing and journalism.

Many of our staff have successful backgrounds in relevant industries and can advise you on how to kick-start your career.

You may decide to specialise in a related area or explore a new subject. Please see our postgraduate courses for a range of options.

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