BA (Hons) Film Studies And Production

This course allows you to combine practice, critical and creative work. You will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in digital production, screenwriting, directing and develop your understanding of film, moving image and broader film culture. You will analyse and reflect on film and documentary. Practice-based learning framed by the study of film concepts and current industrial practices will encourage you to become creative and critical practitioners with highly developed audio-visual literacy valuable employability skills for the media and creative industries sector.
If youre always wanted to turn that film that's in your head into a reality, or develop a deeper understanding about how films tell our stories, then this is the degree for you. This exciting course will provide you with all the tools and knowledge that you will need to make a profession of your passion and forge a career in film.
Our Film degree will provide a theoretical grounding and historical understanding of visual culture, as well as equip you with a broad range of production skills within different areas of the media, including documentary filmmaking, screenwriting and short film production.
This course will also equip you with a solid grounding in the technical and practical skills required to make you a sought-after professional in these fields.
Lecturers who teach on the Film Studies degree have a range of interests including American Cinema, British and European film, gender, the body and film, film and history, digital technology and film, screenwriting, film-making, media and film in Wales, acting and performing, language and film, blogging and podcasting, computer games and film, film stars and film on television. Many members of staff in the School are practising professionals and consultants.
The school is also home to a dynamic and vibrant community of professionals and students who want to make and study films. Nestled in a breath-taking location between the Snowdonia National Park and the Irish Sea, Bangor's location has brought HBO, Netflix, the BBC, S4C and a host of a major film companies to shoot here. Recent productions include Watchmen at Penrhyn Castle or The Crown in Caernarfon Castle.
Placement Year and International Experience Year Available

Careers
Studying film and theatre at Bangor can be your launchpad to a great career. We have excellent links with theatre companies, newspapers and the television industry.
Bangor film graduates work in the development and production of feature films and television, with credits like HBO (Watchmen Series), Doctor Dolittle, BBC, SKY, ITV, S4C, Channel 4 and international independent productions. Their has been recognised by awards from BAFTA and the Royal Television Society and has screened at world-class festivals, secured development from the BFI and BAFTA, and been published in titles like DETAILS, The Guardian. Student placements have included BBC, S4C, International Feature Films, Wales International Documentary Festival, Sheffield Documentary Festival, and Llangollen International Festival.
Our graduates have gone on to work in a range of roles, including: performance and the theatre (both on and behind the stage), creative writing, professional writing and publishing, print and/or broadcast journalism, as actors, presenters and in television programme production, advertising and marketing, radio (as presenters as well as in programme production), digital, web and new media production, multi-media industries, teaching, lecturing, and public relations.

Offers are tariff based, 96 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:

A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted.
BTEC National Extended Diploma: MMM - DDM
Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM- DDM
City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis
International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted
Access: pass required
Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications
T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis
Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.

We also welcome applications from mature learners.

International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements).

IELTS - 6.0 (5.5), TOEFL iBT - 75 overall , (L-17, R-18, S-20, W-18)