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We’ll teach you how to make a film, with whatever story you want to tell. Our modules are built to develop craft skills, critical thinking and professional practice that aligns with industry standards and expectations.  

The short film you produce before graduation will showcase your abilities as a filmmaker as you enter the film industry.   

You’ll be pleased to know this is a course without exams - it’s all coursework-based. Through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, and project supervision, you’ll use a range of methods to communicate your ideas both collaboratively and individually.  

Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re learning, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s a lot of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, which may provide loans (that have to be repaid) and grants, scholarships, and bursaries (that don't).

*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the cost is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course, except as described below.

Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate, and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy.  We will ensure that students receive clear, intelligible, unambiguous, and timely information about our courses and costs promptly, well in advance of the next academic year.

Level 4 (Year 1) – 120 credits total

Each module is 20 credits unless otherwise noted:

• Employability for the Film and Cinema Industries
• Film Analysis
• What Is Cinema?
• Cinema and Power
• Hybrid Cinema
• Storytelling
  All are specified/core modules

Level 5 (Year 2) – 120 credits total

Core modules include:

• Media Audiences and Fandom
• British Film and TV Industries
• Film Conference
• Professional Practice (Exhibition)
• Screenwriting
• Theory 3: Global Cinema
  Each module is again 20 credits and required

Level 6 (Year 3) – 120 credits total

This year includes a mix of specified and optional choices:

• Critical required core modules (20 credits each):
  • Cult Cinema and Fandom
  • First‑Person Filmmaking
• Optional modules (choose 40 credits):
  • Advanced Screenwriting for Fiction (40 credits)
  • Major Project (Cinema) (40 credits)
  • Cinema Dissertation (40 credits)
    Students select two of these or an equivalent 40-credit combination

Quick Summary

If you enjoy telling stories and love film, this course is for you. You’re a team player and creative thinker, open to learn all aspects of filmmaking. You’re ready to learn specialist skills and respond to the latest, social, cultural, and technological developments in the industry.