BA Film and Moving Image Production

The BA (Hons) Film and Moving Image Production degree course delivers a thorough understanding and appreciation of the conceptual principles, practical techniques, professional practice and surrounding contexts that define the moving image, setting you up for a number of relevant ongoing career paths.

The course helps you realise your potential in creating moving images and encourages an exploration of traditional cinema, short film and television together with emerging forms of moving image such as interactive, mobile and online content. You will theorise on the philosophy of each of these areas’ strengths, possibilities and narrative potential, also exploring non-narrative forms such as video and sound installation and audio-visual ‘VJing’.

You will critique your work and that of other practitioners so as to develop an insight into the possibilities of the medium. As work-related learning and the development of industry awareness are vital aspects of the course, you will be encouraged to undertake placements in the creative industries and to engage with real world projects and productions. Team working is a key aspect of the course, reflecting professional practice in film and moving image. The course also offers potential opportunities for collaborative work with students from other related disciplines.

YOUR FUTURE

The holistic and collaborative nature of this course ensures that you graduate with the skills required for every part of the film making process from writing the scripts to operating the camera, lighting the sets, creating the sound and editing.

You develop knowledge of film in the widest sense. These skills and this knowledge of digital film making, where you have experience of using advanced high definition video resources for all productions, can be applied to any new formats and adapted for all use.

Students have gained exciting work placements, for example with the BBC, and undertaken live projects, such as working on the MTV Staying Alive campaign and creating viral videos for a number of national companies. Students have had films selected for a range of festivals, online and offline and have shown work at the National Student Film Festival, BBC Big Screens, Latitude Festival Film Arena and Glastonbury Festival.

Guest lecturers sharing their own industry experience have recently included Bob Portal (independent producer), Sam Burton (film maker) and Mark Ariel Waller (film maker).

Students who successfully complete their undergraduate studies are also able to progress to a range of MA courses at NUCA in particular MA Moving Image and Sound.