Teaching & Learning
The tabs below detail what and how you will study in each year of your course. The balance of assessments and overall workload is indicative and may be subject to change.
What you'll learn
Develop your understanding of narrative and story, film conventions, history, genre, forms and practices. You'll build on your understanding of the visual and sonic nature of filmmaking and explore the relationship between theory and practice, film language and the art of filmmaking.
Through a structured set of creative exercises, you’ll be introduced to the essential properties of image and sound and their creative potential, both as individual media and when combined in film. Working collaboratively, you'll develop your visual and aural skills, creativity, communication, resilience and problem-solving.
This module offers you the opportunity to work in collaborative teams to produce creative work through a series of exercises: producing, directing, research, interviewing, working with contributors. You'll examine the history and theory of documentary filmmaking and learn the different techniques and approaches of the form.
Building on the skills and concepts learned in semester one, you'll engage in a series of activities such as visualisation, staging and mise-en-scene. You'll also work in small groups on a short practical exercise to create a filmed scene/scenes.
What you'll learn
Explore the theory and practice of filmmaking with a focus on experimental film and experimentation with form. You'll learn about film history, language, storytelling and creative making. The module will include a mix of theory, research and making, and you'll have the opportunity to make an experimental film.
Create a series of pieces of work that will expand your knowledge of the form in documentary and fiction filmmaking. You'll develop your understanding of what documentary and fiction can be by testing and application of your creative filmmaking skills.
Spend time developing your voice and conveying your ideas towards a portfolio of work. You'll develop your own ideas and will produce work in collaboration with others. Disciplines may include screenwriting, cinematography, sound, editing, producing and directing.
Follow the film process through the preproduction and production stages of filmmaking. You'll engage with: the formulation of ideas through experimentation and critical reflection; pre-production with an emphasis on design and performance; production focusing on a choreographed crew.
This module will teach you to embed research and development as practical and intellectual tasks. You'll research, devise and implement an informed by undertaking sector and discipline research. This R&D will culminate in either a dissertation plan if you are a home student, or a research artefact if you are an international student.
What you'll learn
Develop an understanding of the wider conceptual, historical, technical and cultural developments within film and moving image production. You'll become an independent learner who can demonstrate capability in conducting an individual research project.
Develop your individual and collaborative practice through research and practical experimentation, underpinned by craft skills development. You'll investigate opportunities to work within a 'real' context, enabling you to develop a clear understanding of relevant creative industries and to prepare you for the workplace. Your practice, both in terms of research and external projects, will feed directly into your work on Major Project.
Collaborate with your peers to make a short film or write a screenplay for a feature film or TV series. This module will enable you to consider critical reflection and storytelling through image, sound and music, enabling you to cultivate your own creative practice.