Film and Screen Studies and Media Communications BA (Hons)
Bath Spa University
Key Information
Campus location
Bath, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Film and Screen Studies and Media Communications BA (Hons)
Film and Screen Studies aims to produce graduates who have an informed, critical and creative approach to both understanding film and screen in contemporary society and to their own forms of critical, reflective and communicative practice. You'll develop intellectual, analytical, research and creative skills that will help you to prepare for employment and have the opportunity to engage in practical filmmaking projects if you wish.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year one (Level 4) modules
- The Moving Image
- Film History, Film Theory
- Framing Film: Silence, Sound and Spectacle
- Television and Screen Studies
- Media Fandom
- Your World, Your Media
Year two (Level 5) modules
- American Cinema
- Key Movements in World Cinema
- Director's Cut: Auteur Cinema
- Film Genre
- Stardom and Celebrity
- Television, Representation and Gender
- Film Cultures Project
- Experimenting with Specialist Roles in Production
- Short Collaborative Fiction Film
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Film and Screen Studies Dissertation
- Dissertation: Creative Industry Project
- European Cinema
- Popular Music Journalism
- Feminist Film Criticism
- Videogames
- Digital Innovation and Enterprise
- Rock n Reel: Popular Music on Screen
- Short Form Documentary Making
Program Outcome
Program Intended Learning Outcomes
Film and Screen Studies
- Systematic understanding of key contemporary approaches in film studies with a developed awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of these approaches.
- Systematic understanding of the global reach of film and screen media, and the transnational nature of the ensuing cultural encounters.
- Conceptual understanding of the use of technology and conceptual tools in the mediation of society and culture by cinematic, televisual and electronic images.
- Ability to use critical tools and the ability to apply them to the study of film in a number of ways: e.g. critical and analytical essays, journals, case studies, research projects, oral presentations, audio-visual projects etc.
- Systematic understanding of contemporary industrial contexts of screen culture.
- Systematic understanding of the processes that lead to the extension of film and screen narratives into spaces defined by wider practices of media consumption.
- Conceptual and coherent understanding of audiences and cultures of spectatorship in film and television and the interactive practices of digital media and their relationship with other key concepts e.g. stardom, authorship etc.
- Systematic knowledge of global film industries and their economic, social, cultural and technological contexts.
Media Communications
- Systematic understanding of academic material including the historical development of global mass media and surrounding debates, issues and case studies relating to regulation, representations and social uses.
- Coherent and in-depth knowledge of the embedded structures and processes in media scholarship and industry research and their relation to various contexts, local and global.
- Systematic application of key theoretical debates to promotional media production, manipulation, distribution, circulation and consumption.
- Critical evaluation of genre and related conventions in ‘popular culture and public knowledge, and interrelated local and global ecologies of production, representations, reception and impacts based on research using primary sources.
Work Experience and Placement Opportunities
The course does not offer direct work experience or placement based opportunities and students are encouraged to opt for the Level 5 Work Placement open module. The Level 5 Film Cultures Project module is developed around industry interface and students create and research an aspect of industry, which requires them to work within their chosen sector. Guest sessions by industry professionals are held along with inputs from BSU’s careers service to increase student employability in industry.
This Program can also be taken as a 'Sandwich' degree, which is studied over 4 years and includes a yearlong work placement in a sector of your choice. The placement year is completed between years 2 and 3 of your degree and counts for 120 Level 5 credits. During this time you will be able to utilise knowledge gained as part of your studies in a real work environment to gain ‘hands on’ experience. The University has a dedicated Careers & Employability team to help you find and prepare for a placement. Following your placement year, you will return to University to complete your final year of study.
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English Language Requirements
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