BA (Hons) Filmmaking and Creative Technologies Bachelor's degree at LIPA

You learn the principles of using a camera for the recording of drama and factual material. You are introduced to the basics of post production in terms of video and audio editing. You explore form and genre by producing a range of films, increasing in length and complexity before combining your experience and knowledge to produce a final film.

You learn the key skills of audio recording and post-production. Delivered on location and in the studio, it provides an insight into standard industry practices of audio production and introduces audio editing and refinement techniques in post production. The module provides you with the tools to produce high quality audio.

You gain an insight into the operation of lighting within the studio. Beginning with an introduction to the principal concepts of lighting and colour, you are also supported by an introduction to some of the diverse technologies and techniques used to apply light on location and in studio. You also learn how to control light remotely using DMX and other digital control from lighting desks and software systems.

You are introduced to digital tools including 2D and 3D modelling, rigging and animation software to enable you to produce and render visual sequences without lens-based acquisition. Concepts including prefabs, modelling, texturing and lighting are explored. This module also serves as a foundation for future modules in Virtual Production, Motion Capture and VR.

You learn the essential skills of scriptwriting along with key theories/ideas such as narrative, genre, authorship, and how screenplays are shaped by social and economic contexts. You explore a broad range of topics that include creation of character, character arcs, archetypes, the anti-hero, narrative theories and structures, writing dialogue and the TV writer's room as you gain the skills and knowledge required to create scripts.

You learn a variety of production management techniques by breaking down a script for production. You develop script breakdowns, schedules, crew lists, risk assessments and the other documentation needed to enable the script to be produced and delivered.

You bring together your learning from the other modules and apply it to a live creative project. In simulated professional conditions you develop, propose, pitch and deliver a production project which you then reflect on and report on the process.

This module builds on the camera, sound and post production techniques learnt in your first year as you apply them in a studio environment. You explore production roles in the gallery and on the studio floor through production activities, including producing news and weather segments, magazine and chat shows, gameshows, dramas, sitcoms and capturing live music as you advance your studio production skills.

You develop camera, sound and post production techniques for location filming. You develop and produce a short film as a crew, starting with a script breakdown and location scouting, before moving onto casting and budgeting. You shoot and edit the film as well as producing a behind the scenes reel with contributions from cast and crew to produce an EPK to help promote and contextualise the film.

You explore a variety of storytelling forms and traditions. It enables the development of story ideas based on historic storytelling forms and tropes as you compile a portfolio of spoken word performances. The module sits as a point of contrast to the Storytelling and Screen Cultures module, focusing not on the emergence of contemporary storytelling techniques, but on forms and traditions.

You develop your writing skills and your ability to create narratives for a variety of genres and media. Specific writing techniques are studied including how to write opening sequences and inciting incidents, which narrative forms and devices to use, and the role of transnational storytelling and the process of adaptation. This module looks at the techniques, conventions and strategies for writing police dramas, horror narratives, rom-coms and sit-coms before, finally, considering today's era o

You explore contemporary storytelling techniques and technologies, motion capture and virtual production. You study the principles and possibilities and cover the operation and use of foundational motion capture and virtual reality (VR) equipment and packages as you produce a scene using motion capture and virtual production.

You advance your post production skills by correcting and improving video and audio using industry techniques and practices. These include colour correction, compositing and tracking for visuals and synching and mixing for audio. You then produce your own series of shots and sequences to develop a portfolio of post production work.

You bring together your learning from the other modules, and experience from Project 1, and apply it to a live creative project as you take your practical work to the next level. In fully professionally simulated conditions you develop, propose, pitch and deliver a production project.

You bring together your learning from the other modules, and experience from Project 2, and apply it to a creative project as you take your practical work to the next level. In fully professionally simulated conditions you develop, propose, pitch and deliver a production project.

You advance your skills and abilities as a lead-creative in the production of film-based media. You explore the development and delivery of creative vision through the directorial process.

You advance and refine your cinematography skills by producing accomplished vignettes and scenes using a number of techniques and approaches.

You build on the key skills developed in previous modules, with an emphasis on post production sound for film. Topics include ADR and other audio post production techniques.

You develop and deliver a live production through all production phases. Working on a series of live productions you experience a range of broadcast and live event production techniques.

You study how narratives are no longer limited to one platform of storytelling. Instead, utilising convergent technologies, narratives are developed across multiple platforms.

You study rapidly developing virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies for mass communication and storytelling. You explore how these emerging technologies are creating new possibilities for cinematic storytelling and audience engagement.

You advance your post production skills as you learn image visual effects (VFX) techniques. This includes colour grading, compositing and tracking.