Academic IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no element below 5.5
UCAS tariff points: 112-128
Level 3 qualifications (A-levels, BTEC Diploma, Access Diploma, IB Diploma, etc.).
A-level: English Literature / English Literature & Language, Creative Writing or similar, grade C required.
General Studies/Native Language accepted when one of three A-levels or equivalent.
This course is ideal if you're interested in film and creative industry careers beyond production, such as scriptwriting, journalism and reviewing, festival programming, museum and exhibit curation, and promotion and marketing. The course examines creative writing and film within historical, cultural and geographical contexts, rather than in isolation. You'll explore how writing and film are shaped by their surroundings. Through analysis of published writing, you'll consider language and style. In Year 3, the course culminates in a major research project, covering a topic of your choice. You'll also complete a creative writing dissertation.
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What you will study
This integrated course covers the histories and global contexts of the moving image, and theoretical, critical and practical approaches to creative writing in an interdisciplinary context.
Modules
Each level is made up of four modules each worth 30 credit points. Typically, a student must complete 120 credits at each level.
Year 1
In Year 1 you will begin to develop practical skills in creative writing through analysis of published writing and consideration of language and style. You will also be introduced to key issues and approaches for the study of film within the wider context of visual culture, and you will acquire habits of writing, self-reflection and revision necessary to the successful professional writer.
Core modules
Introduction to Creative Writing I: The Writer's Toolkit
Writing that Works
From Pre-Cinema to Post-Cinema
Authorship and Active Audiences
Year 2
In Year 2, you will develop a more sophisticated and focused understanding of your subject areas and the synergies between them. You will study four modules across the year, experiencing a variety of learning and assessment methods.
You will have the opportunity to progress your creative writing skills by exploring the relationship between theory and practice across arrange of modes and genres.
You will also learn from industry specialists in a range of fields such as film journalism, scriptwriting, festival management and archiving, and will feed this learning into your own portfolio of written and creative work.
Core modules
Screenwriting
Independent Creative Writing
Writing about Film
Global Film Cultures
Year 3
Year 3 is a ‘capstone year' during which you will complete a major self-designed creative writing dissertation project. You will use the practical, critical and analytical skills developed across years one and two, to research a topic of your own choice.
Other modules will help you to manage your research and introduce you to further ideas and ways of working that may influence your career choices.
Research is key throughout the third year, in both the modules delivered and in the increasing focus on your extensive, independent study.
Core modules
Box Set Drama: Writing for Television
Creative Writing Dissertation Project
Power and the Image
Special Topics in Film Cultures
Graduates from this course have worked in the creative industries as writers, directors, stand-up comedians, outreach workers, technicians, producers and events managers. They work in publishing, journalism, advertising and marketing, arts management, new media, education, community arts, the public relations industry, business, and therapeutic fields.
A number of graduates have gone on to postgraduate study in Film, Theatre, Creative Writing, Media or to teacher training. Our alumni have published novels in a variety of countries as well as gaining employment in a range of industries where accurate and imaginative writing is valued. We have industry links with publishers, film professionals and literary agents, as well as working writers in a variety of fields.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
