Film Production (Hons) University of Portsmouth

Overview

In the Film Production (Hons) degree from University of Portsmouth you will learn how to take a film from concept to final cut using the same equipment and facilities used by professionals, with access to our dedicated post-production editing suites, studio spaces, and Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality (CCIXR). Collaborative projects with screenwriting, post-production, performance and other creative students mirror the ways creative teams work in practice, helping you to build a portfolio ready to take into industry.

Career opportunities

You'll have plenty of career routes when you finish this course. Many of our graduates have found success in a variety of roles, destinations and productions – with some working on the sets of blockbuster films and award-winning TV series.

Others have also been nationally recognised in the film and TV industry. In 2020 and 2023, our student production teams won prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) awards in the category of Best Student Comedy Drama and Entertainment.

Graduate roles

Roles our graduates have taken on include:

• runner

• camera assistant

• junior/editing assistant

• sound recordist

• junior researcher

• personal or production assistant

• junior/production coordinator

• second/third assistant director

Placement destinations

They've completed their placements either self-employed or with well-known names, including:

• Walt Disney

• The Farm

• NBC Universal

• Warner Media

• Vivid Homes

• Fifty Fifty Post-Production

• University of Portsmouth