The combination of Film Studies and History offers a challenging and stimulating programme of study that will enhance your knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of film, as well as deepening your grasp of the significance of history, where you will study wars, revolutions, great social movements and the lives of ordinary people. You will be studying in two subject areas both rated very highly in The Guardian league tables, and with staff who are proud of outstanding reputations for teaching and research.
Film Studies offers an excellent balance of theory and practice, allowing you to engage with essential critical and aesthetic approaches to a range of films, and to apply these to a variety of practical projects. You will benefit from industry-standard facilities, including TV studios, multimedia suites plus digital video and 16mm film production and editing suites. You will also have opportunities to screen your work on and off-campus, to undertake commissioned work and to engage with the film industry through work placements, thereby developing skills of critical knowledge alongside transferable and vocational skills.
The study of History introduces you to new perspectives on the big social, cultural and intellectual changes that have taken place in our past. You will come to understand more about the forces and events that shape our current world, reflect on shifts in historical movements and values, and even think about the way history is portrayed on film. You will also be able to solve problems, evaluate information and communicate your own ideas in an effective way.
Module guide
Year one modules
Making of Modern Britain
Western Civilization
Growth of the USA
Citizens: French Revolution
Film and History
Introduction to Film and Cinema
Visualization, Research and Storyboarding
Film and Genre
introduction to Video
History of Cinema
Year two modules
Britain since 1832
USA in the Twentieth Century
Family and Gender in Early Modern Britain
World War One
Second World War
Europe 1850-1900
History Today
The Enlightenment
British Empire
Theorizing the Specular and Classical Hollywood Cinema
Film, Identity and Globalization
Documentary Film Theory
16mm Filmmaking
Introduction to European Cinema
Independent Cinema: US and Beyond
Video Documentary
Animation
European Cinema and Identity
Year three modules
Major Project
Lenin to Stalin
The Cold War
End of Empire
Leisure and Popular Culture
History Special Subject
Film Art
Film, Modernity and Post-modernity
Creative Practice in Film & Video 1
Working in Film
Avant-Garde Film and Experimental Video
Multiplexed: Contemporary Popular Cinema
Creative Practice in Film & Video 2
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Associated careers
Recent graduates are now following successful careers in film and video production, film criticism, broadcasting, the civil service, arts administration, journalism and advertising.
Assessment
Assessment is via a mix of traditional methods including examination, essays and presentations, plus a range of 'hands-on' methods including evaluation of students' production of creative work, plus the 'crit', during which students present and defend their own work.
180-220 tariff points at A Level or equivalent. Required subject(s): GCE A Level History or related subject GCSE(s) Preferred: English, grade C For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.
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