BA/BA (Hons) Film and Media

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BA/BA (Hons) Film and Media

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
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Film and media are central to individual identities, local and national cultures and to globalised political and economic spheres. The film and media degree examines these topics from the perspective of the academic disciplines of film studies and media studies.

This course focuses on the critical study of the film and media industries and their products and enables you to enter a variety of careers. The course offers you the opportunity to study in-depth film as an artistic and commercial enterprise, as well as various media institutions and the debates surrounding them. It develops your critical understanding of the growth of the media industries, historically and globally, and the centra…

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Film and media are central to individual identities, local and national cultures and to globalised political and economic spheres. The film and media degree examines these topics from the perspective of the academic disciplines of film studies and media studies.

This course focuses on the critical study of the film and media industries and their products and enables you to enter a variety of careers. The course offers you the opportunity to study in-depth film as an artistic and commercial enterprise, as well as various media institutions and the debates surrounding them. It develops your critical understanding of the growth of the media industries, historically and globally, and the centrality of film to popular cultures. You will acquire and develop skills in video and media production, teamwork, academic research, project management and a variety of forms of communication. Many of these skills will be transferable to your post-degree careers

The first two years you will study a range of modules which will introduce you to key developments in film and media, and key concepts in film and media studies, developments, for example, like the emergence of cinema and the establishment of national broadcasting systems; and concepts like narrative, popular culture and citizenship.

In Year Three you will specialise in key areas of film and media - for example world cinema and contemporary television. In Year Four, you choose specialist film and media options and also complete a written or video honours dissertation.

In studying the core areas of the Film and Media degree, you will learn:

  • Critical approaches to the study of film and media, and specific film and media texts and cultures

  • How to plan, produce and publicise media (especially, but not exclusively, video) 'texts' or products

  • How the film and media industries are structured and how they operate

  • Structure:
    You can opt to study for an Honours degree over four years or an Ordinary degree over three years. You will complete a range of modules, as outlined, each year and a dissertation in Year Four



  • Graduates have gained employment with a variety of media and cultural organisations,

  • including the Edinburgh Filmhouse and the Edinburgh Film Festival.
  • Staff have presented films and academic papers at festivals and conferences across the world.

  • Students’'films are exhibited annually at an end of year show at the Edinburgh Filmhouse.
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