BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies and English Bachelor's degree at Brunel University of London

This module aims to engage you in your own professional development with workshop sessions on activities like CV workshops and networking simulations. Throughout the module there will be an emphasis on developing professional behaviours such as timekeeping, attendance, participation, organisation and communication. You will have the opportunity to engage with students in other levels of study and learn to effectively work in a filmmaking team. You will also be required to engage in your professi

Studying culture demands that we think about identity and, of course, representation. It's important in the film and television industry to consider whose stories are being told, who is in creative roles behind the camera and how people are being represented. This module will explore identity politics and consider theory such as feminism, queer theory, postcolonialism and disability studies, among others. We will consider how certain identities are portrayed onscreen both historically and now.

Most people take reading for granted, but active, well-informed, interpretative and critical reading is a highly advanced skill. And with the rise of AI and disinformation, it is one of the most important skills in the world today. This module focuses on the key skills of critical and close reading, as central to the study of literature, but also more widely to allow you to sort out truth from troll. The central aim of this module is to enhance and develop students' engagement with primary and s

With the rise of social media and now generative AI, the core skills of our degree, reading and writing, have come under fire. Yet just as reading is not about passive reception of information, but rather critical engagement with what you have read, so writing is more than simply following a blueprint. Writing, on our course, is a form of thinking, it is where the critical faculties are tested and developed, and importantly, it is a form of human-centred creativity that the world desperately nee

Brunel campus is a global majority campus with over 150 different countries represented and well over 150 different languages spoken. It is located in West London, one of the most culturally diverse places on earth, and is just down the road from Heathrow airport. Since its inception, postcolonial studies and diversity in general have always been at the forefront of our programs. This truly innovative module aims to introduce students to the study of World Literature, presenting key critical app

Brunel is proud of its West London location and celebrates being a campus university in one of the most exciting cultural capitals in the world today. London is defined by its modernity, its complex history, its challenges, its diversity and, of course, by its global centrality. This module aims to introduce students to the study of the literature of London, introducing key critical approaches and engaging with texts from a range of cultural backgrounds. Students will learn about London's rich a

With the central aim of developing your creative and technical skills, this module will introduce you to the vocabulary, concepts and equipment needed in film production. You will work collaboratively with your peers to train with our technical and academic staff. From directing to producing, cinematography to editing and sound recording and sound designing, you'll be introduced to professional practices and industry workflows as you develop your own craft. This is where you begin your journey l

This module – spread across two terms – focusses on what is needed to prepare a creative project before you begin filming it. You may have difficulty generating ideas, or maybe you have too many! How do you know which of your ideas is best told visually? And once you settle on an idea, how do you develop the idea so you can present your vision to others? You will study how projects are developed in the industry and will develop your own original short film idea.

The purpose of this module is to study selected texts in light of their historical, political, cultural, religious, and other contexts. Through the study of a selection of five texts that belong to a particular period or genre, the module will introduce students to the historicist study of literature while at the same time training them in close textual analysis.

This modular block introduces key critical and cultural concepts in modern literary studies and gives students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of these ideas through engagement with a wide range of texts.

If you are interested in alternative or more experimental approaches to filmmaking, then this module is for you. Exploring a range of examples from distinct periods of filmmaking history, this module will also allow you to create your own experimental film. You will also examine connections between the economic, formal-aesthetic and social-political aspects of these alternative practices.

When you leave university – what happens next? What are your career aspirations? How will you realise them? In this module, you will gain confidence and experience in using your unique-to-you interests and skills to stand out from the crowd. At its heart are four professional activities, which you will choose, complete, and reflect on. These could range from work experience in a field that interests you, to volunteering, learning a language, completing business or skills development courses, pub

This module uses classic and more recent critical frameworks in film studies to provide readings and interpretations of film and television. Influential theories – such as the 'gaze', ideology and affect – will be explored in relation to particular film and television examples. Students will learn to debate the rival claims of different perspectives.

This module is a key element in the employability strand that runs through every level of our programme. It focuses primarily upon the British context but it also pays careful attention to where the film and television industries in the UK are located in relation to the wider global nexus of production, distribution and exhibition. Designed to prepare students for careers in the creative sector, it explores the challenges of negotiating a job market in which freelancing is the dominant mode of e

If you're a fan of genre fiction – Detective, Gothic, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and all things in between – then this module is for you! Besides gaining an understanding some of the key thematic and formal conventions of these genres, and how these have changed over time and with respect to changing social and political contexts, you will get to grips with the critical public sphere that exists outside academic institutions. Beyond academia, there is a world of reviews, blogs, conventions, and f

Contemporary globalisation has brought us cheap food, cheap clothing, and cheap goods, including the smartphone, tablet, or laptop you are probably reading this on – but it has also brought tremendous inequality. In this module, you will look at a range of twenty-first century fiction originating from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, to explore diverse experiences of inequality in an era of globalisation. You will interrogate a range of novels, stories, and poetry

The nineteenth century was an era of innovation. Technological invention, scientific breakthrough, geographical discovery, imperial expansion, the abolition of slavery, the rise of the middle classes, the emergence of mass culture, and an ever-stronger push for women's equality. Within this culture, the novel – as its name suggests, a literary genre founded on newness – came of age. Through the chronological study of a representative selection of five texts, the module will introduce the key gen

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by everything that's going on in the world? You are not alone! Written during the opening decades of the twentieth century, the texts we study on this module were