BA (Hons) Film Production Bachelor's degree at the University of Lincoln

A first-year interdisciplinary module designed to develop students' creative thinking and industry awareness. The module fosters curiosity, ideation, and practical application while equipping students with essential academic, creative and professional skills. Through engagement with contemporary issues, students will explore how these topics intersect with their chosen industry contexts.

Students on this module are introduced to the craft of short filmmaking supported by workshops and an under-pinning of industry context. Students will make short fiction films to enhance their abilities and understanding of working in a team, and build their problem-solving skills.

A first-year Film Production module designed to develop students' creative approaches and practical skills in documentary filmmaking. The module explores historic and contemporary innovative documentaries, both feature-length and short form. Students will be equipped with both creative and practical filmmaking skills to develop unique approaches to factual filmmaking.

Students on this module are introduced to the craft of screenwriting supported by critical concepts and industry contexts. Students engage with case study films and questions of the real, representation and authorship. Drawing on their reflections developed in group discussions, students write screenplays to start building a professional creative portfolio.

This module introduces students to the historical development, formats, and cultural practices of criticism across film, television, and screen media. It explores the distinctions and overlaps between criticism, reviewing, and analysis, developing students' understanding of how each operates within different professional and cultural contexts. Through collaborative discussion and close engagement with a range of media texts, students will strengthen their ability to articulate informed interpret

Your learning on this module encourages you to be adaptive and inquisitive in the face of change, equipping you with the critical awareness and agility needed to navigate a rapidly shifting media landscape. Alongside theoretical inquiry, you will engage in practical experimentation with selected emerging technologies or tools, analysing their creative potential through testing and evaluation. You will communicate your findings through research-led creative outputs, such as a video essay or anoth

Expanded Film invites students into the world of experimental and artist-led moving-image practice. Through screenings, lectures and hands-on workshops, the module explores how filmmakers and visual artists challenge conventional storytelling to create bold, alternative screen works. Students experiment with a range of techniques and forms, such as expanded cinema, installation, video essay and title-sequence design. Along the way, they learn to connect creative choices with key artistic influen

This module introduces students to experimental approaches within animation, encouraging exploration beyond conventional workflows through the use of 2D rigs, hybrid techniques, and emerging digital tools. Students engage in short practical projects that integrate traditional animation principles with innovative processes, developing confidence in creative risk-taking and technical experimentation. By testing the boundaries of animation practice, students broaden their understanding of how alter

Sound for Visual Media equips and empowers you to apply fundamental sound production skills in a variety of visual media contexts. Through a range of industry-aligned methods and practices, you will create complex soundtracks in response to specific visual media, drawing on key principles and theories of sound.

Craft Skills develops students' practical and conceptual understanding of key production roles across film and television. Through a combination of lectures, workshops and specialist sessions, students gain experience in key film craft skills. The module introduces core techniques and creative approaches before allowing students to focus on individual areas of interest. By engaging with professional practices, case studies and hands-on exercises, students build a versatile skillset that supports

Creative Collaboration is a Level 5 shared core module that develops students' ability to work effectively with others in the conception, development, and presentation of creative media projects. Through a series of intensive design sprints, students will collaborate in small groups to respond to a set of themed creative challenges aligned with real-world contexts such as social impact, sustainability, and emerging cultural practices. The module emphasises collaboration as a creative and profess

Production Projects immerses students in a series of creative, practice-based filmmaking exercises across fiction, documentary and studio-based production. Working in small crews, students develop their technical, creative and organisational skills through a structured sequence of short projects and feedback screenings. Each project emphasises collaboration, professional practice and responsiveness.