BA (Hons) Film and Television (Top-up) (Full Time)

On the BA (Hons) Film and Television one year top-up at Southampton Solent University you will study film and television and gain substantial experience of digital production. You will work in a broadcast-standard HD digital television studio and use HD to make short fictional and documentary films. Critical theory will be taught alongside the production units to ensure that you become a critical thinker and creative practitioner.

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The Department has excellent links with the film and television industry, securing our students work experience with independent television companies, the BBC, radio stations, Glastonbury music festival, Southampton Football Club, Philips and Cowes Sailing Week. You will benefit from the expertise of high-profile guest speakers including directors, producers, actors, editors and cinematographers.

Industrial focus

Our teaching team has extensive industry and practical experience. Production tutors are film-makers, editors, cinematographers, television producers and directors. They will encourage you to produce informed and imaginative written and practical work and equip you with a wide range of employability skills essential for a career in the industry.

Course content

Three core units and two options:

• Approaches to Film and Television
• Major Project (Creative) or Major Project (Research Report)
• Television Studio.

Options:

• Production 2
• Writing for the Screen
• Stars and Performance
• Visualising War
• Documentary
• Solent Live Level 3.

Why choose Solent?

The Film and Television degree prepares students for the developments and challenges of these two convergent, yet still independent, media. Close attention to film and television as distinct forms with their own histories and critical approaches is combined with a consideration of how film and television interact and engage with each other.

Using cutting-edge research and resources, the degree provides a creative and critical crossover to the study of film and television via an exciting blend of theory and practice that is essential to work in the contemporary screen industries.

• Part of the University’s Skillset Media Academy, a national centre of excellence in media education.
• The staff team are experts in their fields, including academics, screenwriters, producers, and directors.
• Excellent production and post-production facilities including state-of-the-art HD studios with green screen; digital, high-definition and editing facilities; the opportunity to work with 16mm film; and a new 35mm theatre with 3-D and surround sound.
• Gain a wide range of career skills such as creative-thinking, organisation, research and presentation skills that are highly valued by employers.
• Fantastic extracurricular opportunities: gain invaluable work experience by joining the course-led film and television magazine and having your work published; get involved with Southampton Film Week and Ejector Film Festival; join Sonar Film Club; film festival trips; present your work at the British Conference for Undergraduate Research.
• Multiple opportunities to collaborate with musicians, actors, designers, animators and technicians from across the University.

Assessment

Coursework in the form of film/television production, portfolio, essays, presentations, student-led seminars, scripts and research papers.

Projects/work experience

Students have the unique opportunity to work on the editorial board for Diegesis, a critical film and television review magazine run by students and staff. You can also participate in outside broadcasting and filming opportunities at events such as Glastonbury, Cowes Week and Southampton Football Club matches. The degree has links with Southampton Film Week, an annual event partnered by CityEye and Screen South. There is also the opportunity to work with external clients via Solent Creatives and Solent Productions.

Key career skills

Production, problem solving, writing, presentation, research, self-evaluation, teamwork.

Student quote

Andy Wilkin

“I chose the Film and Television degree because I heard so much about the extracurricular opportunities that it offered. Alongside my coursework I always wanted to make videos outside university and I was supported fully by my tutors to do this. The knowledge and experience they possess has helped me achieve what I believe to be great results. They’re always coming up with new schemes and work experience opportunities which will really help to make us stand out compared to other universities once we’ve all graduated.

“This summer I was given the opportunity to film at both the Glastonbury and Glade festivals which was a fantastic experience. Not only did I learn about a serious working environment but I also had loads of fun amongst the mayhem. I made loads of contacts within the music industry and it’s already paying dividends as some of the bands I filmed at the festivals now want me to film them personally. This helped me create links with bands; but more importantly, record labels, as well as broadcasters such as the BBC, recognise us as a university with talented students.”