Philosophy and Film Studies complement each other very well, offering a challenging and stimulating programme of study that seeks to enhance your knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of film as well as deepening your grasp of some of the key issues in the history of philosophy.
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.
Philosophy encourages you to explore concepts and ideas through study and discussion, and to develop valuable analytical skills as well as honing your powers of reflection and judgement. You will consider questions about reality, art, truth, and the human condition through studying some of the most important thinkers in the history of the subject. Complementing elements of film theory, you will develop a critical awareness of the historical, cultural and intellectual debates that have fascinated us for centuries, and continue to exercise us today.
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.
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.
Module guide
Year one core modules:
Ancient Philosophy
Western Civilisation
Meanings of Life
Introduction to Film and Cinema
Visualization, Research and Storyboarding
Film and Genre
Introduction to Video
History of Cinema
Year two core modules:
Reason and Experience
Mind and World
Ethics
Applied Ethics
Philosophy of Art
Existence and Authenticity
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 core modules:
Varieties of Scepticism
Philosophical Texts
Autobiography
Good and Evil
Philosophy of Religion
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
200 tariff points at A Level or equivalent. 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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