BA Filmmaking [P301]

Academic Year 2024/2025

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2017/2018

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
Sports Bursary
Music Bursary
International Excellence Scholarship
Residential Bursary
Aberystwyth Bursary
Care Leaver Bursary

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (100 Credits)

Semester 1

FM17620

Introduction to Film Production

FM11420

Making Short Films 1

Semester 2

FM11240

Making Short Films 2

FM10820

Introduction to Post-Production and Editing

Year 1 Options

Choose 20 credits

Semester 1

FM10120

Studying Film

FM10620

Studying Media

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Semester 1

FM22820

Film Craft 1

Semester 2

FM22920

Film Craft 2

Year 2 Options

Choose 80 credits

Semester 1

FM22400

Directing and Producing

FM20120

LGBT Film & Television

FM21620

Writing for Film and Television

FM26520

Creative Documentary

Semester 2

FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM22440

Directing and Producing

FM24420

Art Cinema

Final Year Core (40 Credits)

Semester 1

FM34200

Fiction Film Production

Semester 2

FM34240

Fiction Film Production

Final Year Options

Students should choose at least 40 credits from the following modules and may take up to 80 credits.

Semester 1

FM30820

Sound Design

FM37520

Advanced Cinematography and Production Design

Semester 2

FM36720

Media Law and Regulation

FM30920

Visual Effects

Final Year Options

Students may select the remainder of their credits from the following modules.

Semester 1

FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

FM37020

Scriptwriting 1

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

Semester 2

FM30020

Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain

FM37120

Scriptwriting 2

Contact for this page:

Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Parry-Williams Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3AJ

Telephone Department: +44 01970 622828 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021

Email: tfts@aber.ac.uk