BA Media & Film Studies and Screenwriting
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: M
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Literature and Creative Writing and Film Studies. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective across film, television and media. Students complete a Screenwriting Final Project, choosing between a feature-length screenplay or a one-hour TV episode with a supporting reference document. A cohort vote determines whether Writing for Radio or Writing for Interactive Media is studied.
Modules
- Studying Media & Film
- Identity, Representation and Diversity
- New Waves and Popular Cinemas
- Scriptwriting: Ideas and Development
- Story Design and Analysis
- Screen Cultures
- TV Scriptwriting: Concept Development and Realisation
- Researching Media & Film: Theories & Methods
- Contemporary British Cultures
- Audio Cultures
- Authors and Authorship
- Work Project
- Philosophies of Gender & Sexuality
- Beyond the Mainstream
- Digital Campaigns
- Developing the Feature Film
- Writing for Radio*
- Writing for Interactive Media*
- Researching the Story
- Playwriting
- Festivals & Celebrations
- Screenwriting Final Project
- Industry, Practices and Applications
- Writing Reviews in Media and Film Studies
- War, Democracy and the Media
- Immersive Media
- Local Cultures
- Film and Folk Literature
- Making Monsters
- Pornography and Modern Cultures
- Literature and Culture
- Screenwriting Extension Module
- Screen Adaptation
- Radio and Television Comedy*
- Writing for Performance