Film Studies and Production BA (Hons)

About This Course

This course allows you to combine practice, critical and creative work. You will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in digital production, screenwriting, directing and develop your understanding of film, moving image and broader film culture. You will analyse and reflect on film and documentary. Practice-based learning framed by the study of film concepts and current industrial practices will encourage you to become creative and critical practitioners with highly developed audio-visual literacy – valuable employability skills for the media and creative industries sector.

If you’re always wanted to turn that film that’s in your head into a reality, or develop a deeper understanding about how films tell our stories, then this is the degree for you. This exciting course will provide you with all the tools and knowledge that you will need to make a profession of your passion and forge a career in film.

Our Film degree will provide a theoretical grounding and historical understanding of visual culture, as well as equip you with a broad range of production skills within different areas of the media, including documentary filmmaking, screenwriting and short film production.

This course will also equip you with a solid grounding in the technical and practical skills required to make you a sought-after professional in these fields.

Lecturers who teach on the Film Studies degree have a range of interests including American Cinema, British and European film, gender, the body and film, film and history, digital technology and film, screenwriting, film-making, media and film in Wales, acting and performing, language and film, blogging and podcasting, computer games and film, film stars and film on television. Many members of staff in the School are practising professionals and consultants.

The school is also home to a dynamic and vibrant community of professionals and students who want to make and study films. Nestled in a breath-taking location between the Snowdonia National Park and the Irish Sea, Bangor’s location has brought HBO, Netflix, the BBC, S4C and a host of a major film companies to shoot here. Recent productions include Watchmen at Penrhyn Castle or The Crown in Caernarfon Castle.

Bangor is the site for a range of Creative Industries conferences, video conferences and events. It is a regular site for visiting creative writers, film-makers, journalists, designers, dramatists, new media makers and more.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

• A flexible degree structure balancing subject breadth with opportunities to specialise in film history, theory, screenwriting, film music or film production.
• A dynamic, creative and professional learning experience - working closely with world-leading scholars and practising industry professionals and consultants.
• Excellent facilities, including a fully equipped media centre with editing suites and the latest 4K digital filmmaking equipment.
• Opportunities to gain practical experience helping organising events, including screenings, film festivals and special events.

Course Content

Film studies at Bangor is unique in its close integration of academic and theoretical approaches with hands-on creative practice, giving students in the School the opportunity at all levels to combine a study of their chosen field with practice-based outcomes in film and media/digital media production. Film Studies at Bangor offers a balance of practical and analytical tasks, so as well as lectures, seminars, and essays, practical modules will give you a chance to get out of the classroom and into the field.

The aim of this course is to give you the confidence, critical skills, strategic acumen, adaptability and potential to thrive in a range of media work environments, as well as the opportunity to perform a wide variety of creative tasks and build a broad production portfolio.