BA Film and Creative Writing
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB. IB: 6,6,5 including 32 points overall.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma - DDM, plus a B at A level from the preferred subject/s mentioned below.
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Film and Creative Writing, a Creative Writing BA (Hons) and Film Studies degree spanning narrative theory, production, and critical analysis. Core topics include Research Methods and Design & Creative Practice. The course includes a final-year project or dissertation. The first year introduces the foundations through Discovering Creative Practice A, Contemporary Creative Writing A, and Introduction to Film and Television Studies A. The second year develops techniques via Drama and Media Writing, Poetry Writing, Prose Writing, and Film Theory and Criticism. Students then progress to advanced study in the final year, choosing options such as Screenwriting: Film, British Popular Romance, and Film Editing alongside major independent projects including the Creative Writing Project, Film Production Project, or Film Studies Dissertation.
Modules
- Discovering Creative Practice A
- Discovering Creative Practice B
- Contemporary Creative Writing A
- Contemporary Creative Writing B
- Creative Writing Foundation A
- Creative Writing Foundation B
- Introduction to Film and Television Studies A
- Introduction to Film and Television Studies B
- Drama and Media Writing
- Editing: Theory & Practice
- Identity and Cultural Narratives
- Poetry Writing
- Prose Writing
- Aesthetics of Television
- American and World Cinema
- Film Genre
- Film Theory and Criticism
- Independent Filmmaking Practices
- Screen Histories and Futures
- The Video Essay
- Professional Skills
- Professional Skills – Freelance
- Creative Writing Project
- Film Production Project
- Film Studies Dissertation
- Boring Beyond Belief?: Uncreative Writing
- British Popular Romance
- Creative Non Fiction
- Fantasy and fandom: writing back to the medieval in modern fantasy
- Last Year's Novels
- Literary Ecologies: Environmental Crisis in American Writing
- Multiple Voices: New York City Poetics, 1960-1985
- Poetry Film
- Screenwriting: Film
- Sympathetic Texts
- The Art of Translation
- The Hatred of Poetry
- Writing/Painting
- Adaptation: Theory and Practice
- Film Editing
- Screen Performance
- Professional Skills
- Professional Skills - Freelance