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Digital Film Production with a Foundation Year BSc (Hons)
Course options
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Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Location
Millennium Point Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Digital Film Production with a Foundation Year ensures you will develop a range of academic and technical skills relevant to technology in film.Youll explore filmmaking fundamentals such narrative, composition and film theory to camera testing, designing digital production workflows and post-production.Like the film industry itself, this course enables students to exercise a broad range of technical and creative skills with the support of the universitys cutting edge facilities and software, including our Parkside Media Centre.About the Foundation YearThe Foundation Year course option enables you to study for our BSc (Hons) degree over an extended full-time duration of four years by including a Foundation Certificate (year one of four). The Foundation Certificate provides a broad study programme that underpins the follow-on degree. In order to progress to the next year of your degree, it is necessary to achieve a pass in all of the modules of the Foundation Certificate.Enhancing employability skillsEngaging with industry and gaining work experience during your studies is essential if you are going to be taken seriously in the job market. Getting work experience in film production can be challenging, so we encourage you to be agile and help you engage with a board range of opportunities available.The University is eager to recognise students who have made the effort to gain industry experience and stand out from the typical graduate, and thus it offers a range options for you to get extra awards and recognition for your work in industry.You have the option undertake an assessed sandwich year between your second and third year, which will provide you with valuable work experience and give you the real-life skills you need.The second-year Collaborative Practice and final-year Production Project modules have been designed so that you can use your work in industry as a basis for the modules assessment.The university has a Graduate programme, an extracurricular awards framework that is designed to augment the subject-based skills that youve developed throughout the programme with broader employability attributes, which will enhance your employability options upon graduating.
Application deadline
29 January
Tuition fees
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University information

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80th out of 95
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