BA (Hons) Television & Film Production with Professional Placement Bachelor's degree at Falmouth University

This module will establish you as a creative practitioner and you'll be introduced to the craft skills of camera, sound, lighting and editing that are central to the development of your creative voice and to successful scriptwriting and filmmaking practice.

You'll be introduced to the key critical approaches and industrial milestones in the study of television and film production. You'll develop your ability to innovate, reflect and create based on your emerging critical understanding of television as a site of cultural, political and industrial anxiety, control and progress around the world. You'll also explore how television can directly influence discourses about national identity, citizenship, race, gender and sexuality.

Building on the foundation of craft documentary storytelling and industry context from the first study block, you will work in production teams to produce a short drama scene. You'll critically evaluate the dramatic possibilities of a script and filming space as well as explore the core approaches of narrative storytelling. You will develop skills in eliciting performance and managing a set. You'll put into practice cinematography, sound and post-production skills by adopting key roles within a

In this module, you will work on a documentary project where you'll develop ideas, find stories and characters and use creative and technical storytelling conventions. Working within industry-standard health and safety, editorial and diversity guidelines, you'll learn how to deal sensitively with your contributors and explore how participating in documentary might be experienced by those being documented.

You will delve into the subtleties of visual, sound and editorial interpretation. Through a series of lectures, seminars and workshops, you'll understand how the different craft and creative elements of industry practice work together to create the art that is screen media. You'll then choose from a number of pathways to specialise in, such as cinematography, screenwriting, sound, producing, production design, or post-production.

You'll discover the business behind television and the role that audiences have in this sector. You'll question how the current industry landscape may influence your future career and the need to embed diversity and inclusion into your work. You'll explore how programmes are marketed and sold and learn industry marketing methods that can be deployed in your own projects and career.

You'll grow your skills in your chosen pathway, from the conception of creative ideas, through project development and production to delivery of outputs such as short film, documentary and screenwriting. You will explore what makes stories compelling and how to develop, write and produce content that can make a difference.

This module encourages you to challenge conventions in the study and practice of television by developing your knowledge of research practice and skills. You'll develop your own research project proposal which will reflect ethically on current academic research and critically analyse screen cultures and/or industries. By engaging with research practice and methods, you'll develop the skills necessary to be both a reflective and critical practitioner within media.

The aim of this module is to stretch personal limits in the pursuit of creative development and to collaborate with increasing sensitivity, inclusion and emotional intelligence.

The grande finale; your graduation project/s will combine all aspects of the course to date and will see you graduate with a portfolio suitable for entry into industry, post-grad study or a myriad of other industries to suit who you've become through your three years with us.

Working collaboratively in teams, you'll deliver a final major project that reflects your technical excellence, creative voice, inclusive working and emotionally intelligent practices.

This module will help to prepare you for pursuing a career after graduation. You'll be supported by the University's Employability Team and a supervisor from the course, together with visiting speakers, to help build your professional profile.

You'll begin your foundation year by working collaboratively with others to explore themes of the future. You'll take risks, experiment through play and be supported to break through barriers.

You'll take subject-specific workshops and develop essential technical and practical skills in your area of study. You'll also enhance your analytical and organisational abilities.

You'll enhance your creative and practical skills in your subject specialism by responding to typical industry briefs, underpinned by focused research and experiments. You'll also gain industry insights through guest lectures and workshops.

You'll develop your unique identity in your specialism through the production of a self-initiated body of work. Your final project will be the bridge to your next year, fully supported by evaluative reviews and critical analysis of the work you have created.