Film and Television Production (Hons)

Overview

You will be introduced to the creative and technical aspects of single camera filmmaking and multi-camera television production, supported by film and media theory to inform your practice. You will learn how to generate and develop ideas and adopt a creative approach to your work.

In the final year you will undertake a major production project and experience how media theory underpins your practice. There will be opportunities for work experience with our partners at the BBC, other production companies and to work on projects for external clients.

In the second and third years there are a range of options to enable you to develop your own areas of interest and expertise.

The Film and Television Production (Hons) course at the University of Bradford is designed for those students who want to learn to make films and television programmes in a range of different formats and genres, using the most up to date industry standard technologies. It is intended for anyone who has an interest in film, television and media and whilst we are not subject specific the programme typically attracts students with an arts and humanities background in subjects such as Creative Media Production, Media Studies, Film Studies, English, Politics, Art and Design, Psychology, Economics or Music. We welcome students who have A-level, BTEC or equivalent qualifications.

Career prospects

This course will prepare you for a career in film and television production in research, content creation, scriptwriting, camera, sound, lighting, editing, studio and location management, production management, producing and directing or you may prefer to continue your studies on our Master's course in Digital Filmmaking. Graduates have also gone into teacher training.

Our graduates have gone on to work in the UK and overseas for organisations including the BBC, Sky, ITV, Thames Television, Channel Four, Home Box Office, Endemol, the National Media Museum, Warner Brothers, MGM, True North Productions, MTV and many others. Our graduates have worked on hit TV shows including Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who, X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Big Brother, Emmerdale, BBC Look North and BBC Reporting Scotland as well as blockbuster movies including War Horse, The King's Speech, The Theory of Everything, Skyfall and all of the Harry Potter films.