BA (Hons) Film Studies
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Why choose this course?
- You'll learn from industry speakers - Terry Bamber, one of the team behind James Bond's last five film outings came to talk to students, to share his experiences and give advice. Watch the video interview.
- Our staff have lots of industry experience. Lecturer Tom Craig is currently filming a full length horror movie - Argon Green - which is the second in a trilogy of films on the theme of diabetes. Read the full story.
- You'll have excellent employment prospects. Graduates from this course have careers in areas such as cinema marketing or management, television production, television research, journalism, public relations and radio production.
About the course
This course is a pathway within our BA (Hons) Film and TV Studies programme.
During this course you'll focus on the critical and theoretical study of the moving image, while exploring related topics such as scriptwriting and archiving and gaining work experience.
Throughout your studies you'll develop an in-depth understanding of film and television using a wide variety of disciplines including history, psychology, cultural studies and politics. You will benefit from the broad range of expertise within your teaching team, which includes subjects such as third cinema, British television drama, cyberbodies and the international horror genre.
Some of our lecturers are also award winning filmmakers in their own right, enabling them to enhance your understanding of film theory with their first hand experience of working in the industry.
Your career
Graduates from this course have found jobs in media related careers, as well as lecturing, teaching, museum work, library work and film archiving.
There's a thriving film culture in Derby which means that you'll get plenty of opportunities to indulge your passion for film, and you'll gain knowledge and skills that can help you in your career.
You'll benefit from having Quad - an arts centre that showcases visual arts, film and media - in the heart of the city. We also encourage students to get involved in film festivals such as FIVE/24 which gives aspiring film makers a single day to write, shoot, edit and complete a film which will then be shown on the big screen at Quad. A previous winner was Derby film student Owen Tooth who used the opportunity to shoot a short film which he then used to attract investors for a feature film.
How you'll learn
You'll normally have 12 hours of teaching per week - 3 hours per module. This includes many hours of film screenings and extracts. There will also be formal lectures and also small group and seminar work. In each module there are tutorials where you'll be preparing for assignments.
How you're assessed
It's all coursework - mainly essays, practical production work and some oral presentation work. In the third year, there's an Independent Study of 8,000 words.
Start dates
If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:
- September 2012
If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:
- September 2012
UCAS code
W622
Fees
This is a classroom based course.
UK/EU students
- Full time: £6,995 (each year)
International students
- Full time: £9,700 (each year)
*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
More information about our fees for September 2012 and the support available
Course length
Full time: 3 years
Entry requirements
Our entry requirements are usually 240 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent qualifications, ...
