BA Film and Theatre Making
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 33 points overall including 6,5,5 at Higher Level.
About this course
BA in Film Studies and Performance and design for theatre and screen, combining the strengths of film and drama studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Design & Creative Practice. Over the three years, students learn the fundamentals of directing and acting, alongside technical and production elements for both stage and screen, with opportunities to engage with industry professionals through guest lectures, workshops, and placements.
Modules
- Introduction to Theatre: The Material Stage
- Introduction to Film Studies 1
- Introduction to Film Practice
- Editing for Screen
- Theatre Now: Contemporary Performance
- Introduction to Acting for Stage and Screen
- Production Practices
- Modernist Theatre
- Fiction Film Practice
- Film Genre Studies
- Cinema and Modernism
- Film and Sound: History and Theory
- Devising Theatre
- The Art of the Actor
- World Cinema
- Brit. Cinema: Nat, Ident & Ind
- Experimental Practice
- Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries
- Educational Drama
- Acting Shakespeare
- Documentary Film Practice
- Broadcast Journalism
- Popular Genres
- Introduction to Animation Studies
- Creative Enterprise in Film and Digital Media
- Acting for Musical Theatre
- Drama and Mental Health
- Gender, Culture, and Representation – Backwards & in Heels
- Culture, Class, and Emotion
- Advanced Film Practice 1
- Dissertation
- Irish Theatre
- Hollywood Cinema 2
- Advanced Film Practice 2
- Beckett in Performance
- Advanced Theatre Practice
- The Art of Interaction
- Film and Music: Theory and Criticism
- Dance Theatre
- The Theatre of Brian Friel
- Work-based Learning
- Solo Performance
- Media and Time
- Advanced Musical Theatre
- Participatory performance practices
- Transnational Crime cinema
- Cinema and the Environment