BA Film and Creative Writing (Placement Year)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB. Film, Media or one other humanities subject would be considered desirable but not essential. IB: 32 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Film and Creative Writing (Placement Year), a Creative Writing BA (Hons) and Film Studies degree centred on the theory and practice of filmmaking alongside the craft of storytelling. Core topics include Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a professional placement year in the third year. The first year introduces fundamentals through Introduction to Film Studies, Introduction to Creative Writing, Understanding Media and Culture, and British Cinema. The second year advances core competencies with Global Cinemas, Developing Your Writing Practice, Writing Fiction, and Screenwriting. The third year consists of a professional placement module. The final year involves advanced study including Independent Project (Film, English, Creative Writing and Media), Writing Beyond the Text, Documentary Production, and Experimental Film Production, alongside various optional modules spanning global film genres and specialized writing.
Modules
- Introduction to Film Studies
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Understanding Media and Culture
- The Arts and Identity (Discovery module)
- British Cinema
- Re-Making Tradition
- Global Cinemas
- Developing Your Writing Practice
- Writing Fiction
- Screenwriting
- Classic Hollywood Genres
- Film, Gender, Race and Ideology
- Writing Poetry
- Playwriting
- Film Theory and Aesthetics
- Short Film Production
- American Literature
- Taking an Idea and Making it Happen (Discovery module)
- Work Based Learning Year
- Independent Project (Film, English, Creative Writing and Media)
- Writing Beyond the Text
- Global Film Genres
- Documentary Production
- Queer Futures (Discovery module)
- Artistic Fusions (Discovery module)
- Film Circulation, Exhibition and Audiences
- Film Industries, Practices and Movements
- Experimental Film Production
- Writing Beyond the Self
- Writing Beyond the Moment