Film and Creative Media (Hons) Dublin Business School

Overview

The BA in Film and Creative Media (Hons) programme at Dublin Business School provides a focus on professional practices and applications required for the creative industries. Students will engage with professionals, clients, artists and employers through Creative Engagement / Internship module in the final stage.

Programme Objectives

• Provide a rich and stimulating environment of critical creative practice across film, audio, photography, design, and media and will provide a formation at undergraduate level for students who wish to develop their careers in film and creative media.

• Introduce students to the history, theory, values, aesthetics and ideology of the moving image.

• Expose students to the new media research tools and develop a critical approach to the use (and misuse) of these technologies in film and media.

• Assist students with hands-on experience to develop proficient production skills while simultaneously acquiring analytical expertise and knowledge of film and creative media.

• Develop hands on learner experience and understanding of the current cultural changes in media production and consumption.

• Prepare students for the challenges of our society and of our evolving technologies in the future of work.

• Help students relate communication technologies with narrative possibilities and a perspective on telling stories to defined audiences.

• Inculcate professional practices and ethical codes of learner and employee behaviour within the industry.

• Develop students’ knowledge of the theoretical and methodological skills necessary for producing rigorous research on new and emerging media.

• Connect students to a network of artists, producers and practitioners.