Film Production (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
A level
Successfully completed Access Diploma course
32 - 48 UCAS tariff points
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About this course
With its strong emphasis on real-world and real-work experience, this industry-facing, entrepreneurial-focused course gives you the skills you need to achieve success in the business of film-making. The degree offers a business-based approach to film production, providing you with the knowledge and expertise you need to establish a successful career in this fast-paced, exciting field. It is particularly relevant if you’re thinking of starting up your own film production company. In your first year, you explore creating content; film production; and making images and sound. You go on to study essential skills such as freelancing; both fiction and non-fiction film-making; and writing for the screen. You also work independently on a special film project of your own choosing.
**Foundation Year**
In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. The course has been designed to develop your skills and to prepare you for entry onto the first year of your chosen course. It provides a balance between content related to your chosen subject and the range of wider skills required for undergraduate study. This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will be required to pass the foundation year in order to progress to the first year of your BA (Hons) degree. This course is ideal for those who do not meet our standard entry requirements or those with a non-standard educational background. It will allow you to graduate with a full undergraduate degree in your chosen subject in four years.
**Why choose this course?**
- It offers a unique 70/30 practice/theory balance
- Study in our industry-standard production and post-production studio facilities, giving you a head-start if you wish to set up your own production company
- It gives you the skills you need in digital technology to be an independent film-maker producing low-budget projects, corporate promotions, event profiles and much more
- Learn from an academic team with key roles in the British film industry, many of whom have made documentaries and dramas for TV, cinema and gallery exhibitions
- Take on real-work creative briefs from the local film community - including Luton Culture and Clearhead Productions - as well as our in-house agency Media Junction
- Develop key transferable skills such as critical and analytical thinking
Modules
Areas of study include:
- Content and Creation
- Exploring Film Practices
- Film Production
- Making Images
- Making Sound
- Reading the Screen
- Becoming a Freelancer
- Cinema and Narrative
- Fiction Filmmaking
- Non-Fiction Filmmaking
- Writing for the Screen
- Contemporary Practices
- Post Production for Sound and Image
- Research, Development and Industry
- Major Project: Film
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