BA Media and Performance
Entry requirements
GCSE: English Language at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent). You must fulfil our GCSE entry requirements as well as one of the requirements listed below. UCAS tariff: 104 UCAS points. Performing Arts or Creative Media are preferred subjects. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. A level: 104 UCAS points. Performing Arts or Creative Media are preferred subjects. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. T level: Merit BTEC: DMM. Performing Arts or Creative Media are preferred subjects. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. Access to HE: 104 UCAS Tariff Points from a Level 3 QAA approved Access programme. Performing Arts or Creative Media are preferred subjects. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. Scottish Highers: 104 UCAS points. Performing Arts or Creative Media are preferred subjects. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. Irish Leaving Certificate: 104 UCAS points. Performing Arts or Creative Media are preferred subjects. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. IB: 29 points, 5 or 6 (Higher level) in a relevant subject. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience. European Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 72% overall. If you have not studied a relevant subject your personal statement will need to show you have appropriate performance / drama / comedy / media experience.
About this course
BA (Hons) Film Studies and Musical Theatre (Cabaret). Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Ethics & Professional Practice. The programme includes studio-based production work at MediaCityUK and a final-year project allowing specialisation in a chosen area of media or performance. A semester abroad option is available in the second year.
Modules
- Critical and Textual Studies
- Acting for Recorded Media
- Acting Methods 1
- Production Skills
- Production Workshop
- Analysing Screen Fiction
- Performance Studies
- Radio Performance and Production
- Directing and Producing
- Integrated Production Skills
- Presenting
- Comedy Writing and Performance
- Acting for the Camera
- Page to Stage: Drama Texts in Translation
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Playwriting
- Shakespeare In Performance
- Programme Production Techniques
- Theatre and Communities
- Introduction to Theatre Directing
- Introduction to Multimedia Performance
- Theatre Acting
- Music Video Production
- Radio Comedy Project
- Video Project
- Performance Research Project
- Careers and Professional Pathways
- Video Project
- Scriptwriting for TV and Film
- Creative Techniques for Video Drama Production
- Radio Acting
- TV Acting
- Documentary to Mockumentary
- Theatre Directing
- Making Performance for Social Media
- Making Contemporary Performance
- Acting for Motion Capture
- Classical Theatre Acting
- TV Comedy: Sitcom Writing and Performance
- Variety, Stand Up and Solo Comedy