Film and TV (Full-time) (BA Hons)
Designed to equip you with essential skills for the dynamic film and television industries, this course immerses you in every facet of production. From scripting and directing to cinematography and editing, you’ll gain hands-on experience that complements theoretical insights, empowering you to bring your creative visions to life.
Our programme offers a comprehensive blend of practical modules aimed at deepening your understanding of film structure and current industry practices. You’ll cultivate professional competencies vital for success in film and TV production, all within a supportive learning environment.
Throughout your degree, you’ll engage in a series of immersive modules designed to hone your abilities in directing, editing, scriptwriting, and cinematography. Complemented by theoretical studies, these practical experiences prepare you to tackle complex industry challenges with confidence.
Partnering with industry professionals, we offer real-world projects that allow you to collaborate with clients and tackle industry-standard briefs. Beyond traditional classroom settings, our course provides diverse on-location opportunities, ensuring a rich and experiential learning journey.
Prepare to join a vibrant film community where collaborative learning and creative expression thrive. Build your portfolio, refine your analytical skills, and explore a range of career pathways in film and television production. Discover how our studio facilities and masterclasses will nurture your passion and potential in this dynamic field.
Course details
- Blended (On-campus)
- Full-time
- English
- Bilingual
Tuition Fees 24/25
Home (Full-time): £9,000 per year
Overseas (Full-time): £13,500 per year
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
Your journey starts and ends with creative storytelling — a concept central to the study of film and TV at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Swansea. With storytelling as a central focus, our modules in production, cinematic and photographic design, research and storytelling, mean you will build an effective production portfolio that suits your own specialist interests.
We put you at the centre of the learning, and this means we encourage you to experiment in a range of genres and roles to produce a pathway through the course that suits you. The process of experimenting will help you to perfect your own unique style and realise your potential as a film-maker, screen-writer, cinematographer or festival director, to name a few. Alongside production modules, we encourage work with real-life clients and live briefs to ensure you gain hands-on industry experience.
Many of our modules are practice-based, with learning taking place both on campus, but also outside in the real world of cafes, abandoned buildings, theatres, beaches and beyond. There are opportunities to collaborate with students from other courses including acting, illustration and photography courses. By teaching in different locations, we offer a special learning experience, with an exciting and innovative blend of taught and practical sessions that take place at a variety of locations.
Our practice-based modules are taught in condensed into six week blocks one after another, mirroring the production process. Technical workshops prepare you for the creative industry by teaching you on and off location. Your creative output will be underpinned by a range of lively theoretical modules and weekly film screenings – prepare to be inspired.
In your first year, you’ll immerse yourself in the foundational aspects of film and TV production. Gain hands-on experience in storytelling, camera operation, and editing while exploring the history and theory of cinema. Collaborate on studio and location shoots to develop practical skills.
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Building on your foundational knowledge, Year 2 focuses on refining your technical skills and expanding practice. Gain a deeper understanding of storytelling, cinematography, and sound design across different genres including documentary and multi-camera TV production.
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In your final year, you’ll consolidate your skills and prepare for a career in film and television production. You will undertake an independent project and gain pitching experience which you will be able to apply to real-world scenarios.
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Course Page Disclaimer
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We listen to student feedback and insights from industry and from professionals to ensure that course content is high-quality and up-to-date, and that it offers the best possible preparation for your future career or study goals.
For this reason, there might be modifications to the content of your course over time, to keep up to date with changes in the subject area or in the sector. If a module is no longer running, we’ll make sure to keep you informed, and work with you to choose a different suitable module.
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Staff
Our People
You will be taught and supported by a wide range of professional staff and teams here to help you get the university experience you are looking for. Our teaching staff were ranked 2nd in Wales for Teaching, Assessment and Feedback and Academic Support (NSS 2024) meaning that the support and feedback you get will help you learn and develop strong academic skills. Our students have placed us 1st in Wales for Learning Opportunities and Student Voice (NSS 2024) meaning that there are a wide range of opportunities available to enhance your studies and that students play an active role in shaping their learning experiences. Our commitment to your learning has seen our students place us as 1st in Wales and joint 3rd in the UK for student satisfaction (Times Higher Education, 2024, ‘Overall Positivity’ measure). Find out more about our academic staff who teach across our courses.
Facilities & Exhibitions
Facilities & Exhibitions
As a BA Film & TV student you will have access to Adobe Suites equipped with Macs and the Creative Cloud including Adobe Premiere and After Effects.
Eleven graduating students from our BA in Film and TV have created short films for the 2024 Summer Show. Ranging from a meditation on the late Satoshi Kon's Paprika to a low-budget horror tribute to a paper-cut animation retelling a Welsh myth, our students demonstrate their skills, knowledge, and enthusiasm for experimentation.
Meet our Students
Meet our Students
Further information
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We welcome applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds from English, photography, design to psychology to science to media.
To assess student suitability for their chosen course we arrange interviews for all applicants at which your skills, achievements, and life experience will be considered.
Qualifications are important, however, our offers are not solely based on academic results. If you don’t have the required UCAS points then please contact the courses admissions tutor or email artanddesign@uwtsd.ac.uk as we can consider offers to applicants based on individual merit, exceptional work, and/or practical experience.
Our standard offer for a degree course is 120 UCAS tariff points. We expect applicants to have a grade C or above in English Language (or Welsh) at GCSE level, together with passes in another four subjects. Plus we accept a range of Level 3 qualifications including:
- Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, plus one GCE A-Level in a relevant academic subject
- Three GCE A-Levels or equivalent
- UAL L3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design
- UAL L3 Applied General Diploma and Extended Diploma in Art and Design
- UAL L3 Diploma and Extended Diploma in Creative Practice: Art, Design and Communication
- UAL L3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production and Technology
- BTEC Extended Diploma in a relevant subject
- International Baccalaureate score of 32
- Other relevant qualifications can be considered on an individual basis
Interview information
The most important thing that we will expect to see at your interview is a strong passion and enthusiasm for storytelling in Film & TV. There is no need for a portfolio. If you have one, then great, but we treat the interview as the main test of your suitability for the course and its demands. You will be given a small film to watch beforehand and from that we will structure our interview. The structure of the interview is designed to allow time for you to ask questions about the course to ensure it is the right course for you and that you are the right student for us.
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All assessment is based on 100% practical coursework.
Students are expected to demonstrate their understanding in the form of practical project work. All practical work is project and portfolio based.
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Our students have access to a diverse range of equipment and resources, which in most cases are sufficient to complete their programme of study. We provide the basic software and cameras necessary for students to develop their practical work within our extensive workshop sessions and on location.
You will need to buy a 1TB hard drive and suitable clothes for outside learning.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.
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Students can also take up the opportunity to study for a semester in Europe, the USA, Canada or Malaysia. These are exciting opportunities for you to expand your worldview through experiences with new cultures and people.
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Our alumni have found production roles across the film & TV industry, with recent graduates working on projects such as Mission Impossible (4, 5 and 6), The Grand Tour, His Dark Materials, Paddington 2, Brissic, Guardians of the Galaxy, Outlaw King, Bancroft, Doctor Who and many, many more.
Other graduates have landed jobs with established industry heavyweights, including BBC, Sky, Amazon, MPC and Milk VFX. Many past students have also found success as freelancers or creating their own production companies.