A levels, AAB
Access to Higher Education Diploma, 36 credits at Distinction and 9 credits at Merit or higher
BTEC National Extended Diploma, DDD
Cambridge Pre-U, D3, D3, M2
European Baccalaureate, 80% overall
International Baccalaureate, 35 points
International foundation programme, Foundation Certificate from our International Pathway College or an appropriate alternative.
If English isn't your first language you may need to provide evidence of your English language ability. We accept the following qualifications:
IELTS (Academic and Indicator), 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in each component
C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency, 176, with a minimum of 169 in each component
Duolingo, 110 overall, with a minimum of 100 in each component
GCSE/IGCSE/O level English Language (as a first or second language), Grade C
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT, B2 Communicator High Pass with a minimum score of 33/50 in each component
PTE Academic, 61, with a minimum of 55 in each component
TOEFL, 87 overall, with a minimum of 21 in each component
Trinity ISE III, Merit in all components
They are consistently on the look-out for new ideas, new stories and new talent. Choose this highly creative and highly practical course to learn the latest techniques for producing exciting film and television content. You'll also gain analytical skills that will allow your imagination to flourish in a professional industrial environment.
You will have access to professional-standard single and multi-camera facilities from the outset. With the guidance of expert staff, many of them film and television professionals, you will develop the directing, editing, camera-operating, writing and recording skills you will need to tackle a range of genres and a range of professional disciplines. Over the three years, you will have the chance to imagine and make your own dramas or documentaries and your own studio programmes and to hone your specialist skills in large-scale group productions.
This ScreenSkills accredited programme was developed with input from practising industry specialists. The teaching staff come from a range of media and academic backgrounds and include documentary and feature film-makers, broadcasting executives, scriptwriters and technical practitioners alongside media historians and theorists with national and international reputations.
By studying Film and Television Production at York you will have the chance to follow in the footsteps of graduates who are already making a name for themselves, as cinematographers and writers, as film and studio directors, as editors and vision mixers, as production managers, production designers and researchers.
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Year 1
Your first year will introduce you to some of the key technologies, core production processes and major ideas and theories that drive film- and programme-making.
You'll study the art of storytelling and start working on screen stories of your own. You will learn about cameras, editing and sound technologies both on location and in the multi-camera television studio and you will explore some of the underlying science that will allow you to use equipment effectively to achieve exciting creative results.
You will study the history of film, from Hitchcock to Tarantino and beyond, and the history of television, from Coronation Street to Game of Thrones, and you will learn to analyse both media on the way towards developing your own ideas.
A unique module on content development will give you your first taste of creating film and TV ideas in a professional context.
You will take a selection of modules, examples of which may include:
Story
Introduction to Film and Television Production Methods (single camera and multi-camera studio techniques)
Cinema: History and Analysis
Television: History and Analysis
Content Development
The Science of Sound and Cinematography
Year 2
In your second year you will hone your production skills and study a full range of professional disciplines on the way towards creating your own projects. You'll learn to develop, write, cast, budget and produce your own short film, drama or documentary. And you will experience a variety of roles and a variety of different formats in the multi-camera television studio, before working up and directing a studio show of your own. You will explore film and TV content production through all its stages, from concept to completion. The module on genre will acquaint you with the importance of terms like Thriller, Horror, Western and other definitions in the development and production of professional film and television. Meanwhile, to start you own your way towards your own areas of specialisation, we currently offer options in screenwriting, documentary and in designing digital effects tools, among others.
Core
You will take core modules, examples of which may include:
Filmmaking
Studio Production
The Discipline of Genre
Option
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
Writing for Film and Television
Non-Fiction Forms of Film & Television
Creative Sound and Image Production
Year 3
In your final year, you'll be able to make a statement about what you want to be in the professional world: film-maker or programme-maker, technician or producer, writer or director and more besides.
You will fine-tune your specialist skills by working alongside your student colleagues in ambitious, large-scale film or studio television productions. You'll explore your interests and enthusiasms by focusing on an independent research project on a subject of your own choosing. And you will prepare to enter the film and TV industries by studying the latest creative, business and political issues that affect budgets, audiences, broadcasters and movie studios. You'll also have the chance to choose an option area of study to complement your areas of specialisation: advanced cinematography, advanced audio production, TV research skills and directing for screen and stage are among the modules that are currently on offer.
Core
You will take core modules, examples of which may include:
Film and Television Group Projects – large-scale film or television studio production
Individual Research Project
Current Issues in Film and Television
Option
You will take a selection of option modules, examples of which may include:
Advanced Audio
Advanced Cinematography
Directing for Theatre, Film and Television
Advanced Studio Techniques
Esports Content Production
TV Research Skills
The majority of our graduates move into staff or freelance roles in the film, television and video industries. Recent roles include:
Directors and producers
Writers and researchers
Cinematographers and camera operators
Visual effects artists
Sound designers and picture editors
Production designers and production managers
Vision mixers.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
