BA Film and Drama
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 96 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM- DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted Access to Higher Education: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Photography and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The course includes a community arts placement requiring at least 40 hours of practical work. Students have access to industry-standard equipment and creative spaces at the Pontio arts and innovation centre.
Modules
- Adventures in the Creative Arts
- Modern European Theatre
- Creative Practice
- Issues in Media, Journalism and Politics
- Visual Cultures
- Introduction to Theatre Making
- Devised Theatre
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Scriptwriting for TV
- Production Toolkit
- Cist Cynhyrchu
- Film Theory
- Short Film Production
- Research and Methods
- Factual Production
- Stanley Kubrick: Auteur
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Directing
- Contemporary Theatre Practice
- Modern Theatre
- Adapting for the Stage
- Community Arts Placement
- Radio and Podcasting
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Arts Project
- Scriptwriting
- Performing Germany
- Ystafell Awduron (Sgriptio Teledu)
- Writers' Room (Screenwriting)
- The Small Screen
- Advanced Film History: America
- Gender, Sexuality, Race, Class
- Digital Journalism and Society
- Professional Practice
- Theatre and Performance: Self