Film and Television Studies (including foundation year)
About this course
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**Why study this course?**
Our Film and Television Studies (including foundation year) BA (Hons) is ideal if you’d like to pursue a degree in film studies but can’t meet the necessary requirements to enter the standard three-year degree. This course has a built-in foundation year that is designed to prepare you for more rigorous study in the subsequent three years of your course.
You’ll graduate with the same award and title as students on the three-year programme.
**More about this course**
Our Film and Television Studies (including foundation year) BA (Hons) will equip you with knowledge about the film and television industry, as well as transferable and practical skills that are applicable in the real-world.
The foundation year will be shared with students from other foundation year degrees in the School of Computing and Digital Media. This will be the ideal opportunity to meet students from different specialisms and exchange ideas on the programme you study.
Throughout your degree you’ll receive academic and pastoral support from your tutors and academic mentor. There will also be opportunities to attend career-related workshops, which can help you with skills, such as job application writing and interview techniques.
Following your foundation year you’ll study the same course content and have the same choice of modules as students on the traditional three-year course. Visit our Film and Television Studies BA (Hons) course page to learn more about the subsequent three years of your studies.
If, at the end of your foundation year, you’d like to change your specialism there will be flexibility to allow you to do this.
Modules
Example Year 0 modules include:
Introduction to Media and Communications;
Introduction to Film, TV and Broadcast Media;
Foundations of Digital Media;
Introduction to Journalism and Writing for Media;
Example Year 1 modules include:
Approaches to Film and Television;
Film and TV Practice 1;
Film and TV Practice 2;
Film and Television Histories;
Example Year 2 modules include:
Hollywood Industry and Politics;
Hollywood Genre, Stardom and Authorship;
British and European Cinema;
Scripting Performance for Screen;
Contemporary Television Studies;
Film and TV Industry Roles;
Stardom and Performance;
Work Related Learning for Media 1;
Example Year 3 modules include:
Film Reception and Interpretation;
Project (Film and Television Studies);
Screening America in Hollywood Film;
The French New Wave;
Documentary Filmmaking;
Film and TV Industry Careers;
Assessment methods
Your assessments will consist of in-class tests, coursework, summaries, presentations, textual analysis, essays and screenplays.
Tuition fees
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Holloway
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