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BA (Hons) Film Production

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Our ScreenSkills Select-accredited BA (Hons) Film Production degree will mould you into the expert filmmaker, cinematographer, editor, and special effects producer the booming film industry craves.

Master the practical and business elements of film creation and exhibit your films at national screening events, which will turn employers’ heads your way.

Graduates have created indie films, joined Marvel, Maverick and Pinewood Studios, and worked on critically acclaimed titles Black Mirror, Wonder Woman 1984, and No Time to Die. Here’s your chance to follow in their footsteps.

General Eligibility

  • A levels – ABB–BBB

  • UCAS points – 120–128 points from A levels or equivalent.

  • T levels – Merit

  • BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM

  • International Baccalaureate – 29

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Core modules in this year include:

  • Creative Storytelling

  • Film Craft

  • Film Language and Representation

  • Future Production

  • Post Production - Editing

2 Year 2

Core modules:

  • Film Production Practices

  • World and Transnational Cinema

Optional modules:

  • CCI Placement Plus - Full Year

  • CCI Self-Employed Placement Full Year

  • CCI Work Placement Full Year

  • Cinematography

  • Directing

  • Factual Media Production

  • Engaged Citizenship through Interdisciplinary Practice

  • External Client Project - L5

  • Fiction Film-Making

  • Film And Ethics

  • Film, Media and Communication Study Abroad - Full Year

  • Film, Media and Communication Study Abroad - Half Year

  • Film Media and Performance Study Exchange

  • Film Sound Production

  • Post Production Visual Effects

  • Professional Experience

  • Student Enterprise

  • Thematic Design

  • Underwater Filming and Media

  • Workflow and Grading

  • Screenwriting

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institute-Wide Language Programme)

3 Year 3

Core modules:

  • Graduate Film

  • Graduate Film Package

  • Professional Industry Skills

  • Self Promotion

Optional modules:

  • Advanced Screenwriting

  • Independent Research Project

Language Requirement

The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in each component).

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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