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Metfilm School

Metfilm School

BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking (Two-Year)

Start Date & Pricing
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Start Date & Pricing
Duration
2 years accelerated
Course available in
London
UCAS Code
WW60 (BIMM University)

Overview

Overview

BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking (Two-years) prepares the next generation of screen creatives. It builds creative and technical skills essential to succeed in today’s film, TV, and new media industries. Our professional tutors and high-calibre guest speakers teach the fundamentals of storytelling, production, technical, and screen business skills.

Gain experience across filmmaking and screen disciplines such as screenwriting, producing, directing, camera and lighting, and editing.

Delivered at our London campus, this is a condensed programme which runs across three trimesters per year. An intensive course, which allows you to graduate with a full degree in just two years.  

Student Loans for UK Students

UK students can apply to the Student Loans Company (SLC) for Student Finance, including a Tuition Fee Loan of up to £11,440 and, if eligible, a Maintenance Loan. Please check the Fees & Finance section for more information.

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Why Take the Course?

Why Take the Course?

  • Practitioner Tutors: MetFilm School course leadership and tutors are comprised of industry practitioners and educators with award-winning experience across the industry*.
  • Industry-facing: Routes to employment in the creative screen industries with first-hand practical guidance from working industry professionals. Gain industry recognition through ScreenSkills and ‘industry passports’.
  • Portfolio: Develop a range of work across film, television, and streaming.

*For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please see Our People.

This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen-based industries and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.

Programme Aims:

Develop a full range of creative, editorial, and technical skills applicable to all major aspects of screen production.
Initiate, develop, and think innovatively in the realisation of creative work using a full range of digital media.
Communicate and deliver creative ideas, both working alone and collaboratively as part of a team.
Apply knowledge, skills, and understanding of all aspects of storytelling and production in the creation of completed artefacts with an assured handling of tools and techniques consistently and ethically delivered using best practice to a standard commensurate with professional work.
Make active and informed use of the theoretical frameworks and contemporary cultural, political, and ethical perspectives relevant to your discipline.
Engage critically with contemporary industry practice in all its manifestations, recognising how considerations of business and exploitation impact on production, and how different disciplines and roles relate to one another.
Consider all aspects of diversity, equality and inclusivity in your development as a practitioner and through analysing global cinema and cultural context.
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Module Overview

Module Overview

Please download the Course Specification below for a complete overview of BA Practical Filmmaking (Two-Year) modules.

  • The Creative Industries (Spine)
  • The Creative Industries & You (Spine)
  • Defining your Practice in Context (Spine)
  • Short Film Production 1
  • Short Film Production 2
  • Technical Practice (camera, sound, lighting, edit)
  • Production Co-ordination and Further Technical Practice
  • Screenwriting Fundamentals
  • Indie Film Development & Pre-Production
  • Indie Film Production
  • Production Co-ordination and Further Technical Practice
  • Specialism (option): Screenwriting, Directing, Cinematography, Post-Production or Producing
  • Exploring Your Practice Through Collaboration (Spine)
  • Distribution
  • Professional Preparation
  • Final Project: individual development/production (Spine)
  • Graduate Film: Prep, Production, and Post Production

We include a diverse range of teaching methods which include:

  • Productions
  • Seminar-style Group Teaching
  • Tutorials
  • Practical Group Work
  • Formative Feedback through Critiques, Pitches, Screenings, and Reflective Sessions
  • Work-integrated Learning
  • Authentic Assessment

We use a wide range of assessment which include portfolios, performances, research, presentations, and reflective work. Please download the Course Specification below for more information.

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Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements

  • UCAS Tariff: 80 points
  • A-Level: CDD
  • Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DM
  • GCSE: Three GCSEs at a minimum grade C/4, including English Language or Level 2 Equivalents
  • IELTS: 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 to be achieved in each band

UK applicants need to apply through UCAS using codes:

  • Course code: WW60
  • Institution code: B39 (BIMM University)
  • Campus name: MetFilm School London (Campus Code is 1)

Applicants may also provide an equivalent Level 3 qualification, such as a Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.

If you meet certain criteria, you may be eligible for a contextual offer with reduced entry requirements.

Find out more about our contextual offers

Students receive the Office 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud License for the duration of their course. For more information, please check Equipment in the Study with Us section for your chosen course, and the Location sections for the range of equipment and learning resources available on each of our campuses.

For more information on BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking (Two-Year) entry requirements, language requirements, funding, and the application process please visit:

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