BA (Hons) Film and Media Bachelor's degree at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

You will look at key modes of cinema, as well as key ways of reading film. This includes, film as a classical, post-classical and modernist form and, for example, how we engage with suspense, and how we're affected by sound and music in film.

You will be introduced to a number of theory tools for analysing all aspects of storytelling, using a wide range of examples from film, broadcasting, photography, drama, internet media, marketing and advertising.

You will discover the development of film as an art form through some of its key moments and movements. We look at different film cultures from all over the world, and what contributions they have made to our understanding of cinema.

You will be introduced to the Media and Creative industries, focusing on Economics, Regulation, Ownership and Publicity. Students will consider the historic origins of a range of sectors within the Media and Creative Industries and explore contemporary trends and features through a range of case studies.

You will be introduced to the foundational principles of still and moving image creation essential for storytelling. Through a series of guided exercises, students will develop their technical skills in film and photography while critically reflecting on their learning experience.

You will explore the different ways of creating a short fiction film. It will provide an opportunity through group workshop tuition sessions for students to become familiar with the fundamentals of film production, culminating in the group creation of a short film of up to 3 minutes long.

You will examine genre as a key method of film research, scholarship and analysis, as well as one of the primary ways cinema is defined and understood by film industries and audiences. The module looks at different methods and theories for studying film genres, as well as a number of the founding and enduring genres in film cultures across the world.

You will discover key media and popular cultural debates, which may include (but are not limited to): celebrity cultures; fandom and fan cultures; consumer cultures and online performance of self; subculture and post-subculture theory; interactive entertainment and digital gaming cultures; issues of representation around gender, class and ethnicity.

You will be introduced to key critical theories about the way 'the media' works in relation to politics, society and culture. The aim of the module is to encourage students to develop a critical approach to creative industries through examination of social and cultural contexts in which media institutions function and media texts are produced.

You will discover the history of theory and practice of documentary as a form of filmmaking. By watching, reading about and discussing diverse types of documentaries from around the world, students will develop knowledge about the form of filmmaking that will inspire their practical skills in the making of a documentary.

You will explore the different ways of creating a short non-fiction film. It will provide an opportunity through group workshop tuition sessions for students to become familiar with the fundamentals of factual film production. It culminates with the group creation of a short documentary film of up to 3 minutes in length.

You will get the opportunity to work on a project for a real or virtual client such as devising a social media campaign and/or producing a promotional film or series of film clips for external or internal QMU clients. Students work to an agreed brief, thereby developing a professional approach to project development and client working.

You will have the opportunity to think about and plan for their future careers in film or creative industries. We will be joined by guests who work in the creative sectors to help explore your options and hear about the realities of working as a creative practitioner.

You will analyse film as a global phenomenon whose development has been influenced by a variety of different global film cultures and specific social, cultural and political discourses.

You will uncover a range of approaches, methods and practices for researching the media, culture and society. It prepares students to develop and design research projects which may support their written or creative practice dissertation or be developed for other purposes.

You will undertake a sustained and significant piece of individual research and writing in our Written Dissertation option, c. 9000 words, on a topic of your choosing within film, media and cultural studies. Or you will undertake a sustained and significant piece of individual or group creative practice in filmmaking, screenwriting, photography or videographic criticism, accompanied by a 3000-word critical reflection.

You will explore the ways screen fictions have represented the conditions of modern life, societies and human identities in the postwar 20th century and in the 21st century. It explores theories about the modern world – 'Modernity' - in the West and a range of UK, European, American and world cinema and television from the 1960s to the present.