BA/BSc (Hons) Film Production Degree
Study Film Production to work with high-end digital cinema cameras and production equipment, before editing and mastering your films in our industry-standard post-production suites with Adobe, Avid and BlackMagic software. Start in January or September£11,100 per year
The annual tuition fee is fully funded via Student Finance England for eligible home-fee students.
For UK/Irish students commencing their studies from January 2024.
£9,000 per year
The annual tuition fee is fully funded via Student Finance England for eligible home-fee students.
For UK/Irish students commencing their studies from January 2024.
£11,100 per year
The annual tuition fee is fully funded via Student Finance England for eligible home-fee students.
For UK/Irish students commencing their studies from January 2024.
£11,100 per year
The annual tuition fee is fully funded via Student Finance England for eligible home-fee students.
For UK/Irish students commencing their studies from January 2024.
For international students (non-EU/EEA/Swiss)*, £15,000 per year
For EU/EEA/Swiss students*: £11,100 per year
*Student visa required
For more information regarding SAE’s EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy, please read the SAE UK EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy.
For international students (non-EU/EEA/Swiss)*, £13,000 per year
For EU/EEA/Swiss students*: £9,000 per year
*Student visa required
For more information regarding SAE’s EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy, please read the SAE UK EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy.
For international students (non-EU/EEA/Swiss)*, £15,000 per year
For EU/EEA/Swiss students*: £11,100 per year
*Student visa required
For more information regarding SAE’s EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy, please read the SAE UK EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy.
For international students (non-EU/EEA/Swiss)*, £15,000 per year
For EU/EEA/Swiss students*: £11,100 per year
*Student visa required
For more information regarding SAE’s EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy, please read the SAE UK EU/EEA/Swiss students bursary policy.
January and September 2024
January and September 2024
January and September 2024
January and September 2024
- International ESOL C1 Expert – pass in all four components
- International ESOL SELT B2 (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking) – minimum 33 in all components
- ESOL Integrated Skills in English II – pass in all components
*Accepted on exceptional basis for the applicants whose local test centres are affected by closures due to Covid-19
YOUR CAREER IN FILM BEGINS NOW
Tools & Software
Film Skills
Film Production Degree Course Structure
BA/BSc Film Production is broken up into three distinct stages, each designed to develop different skills.Topics include:
- Production planning
- Camera operation
- Lighting techniques
- Working in a crew
- Audio recording
- Edit theory
- Non-linear editing
- Short film narrative structure
- Story development
- Script writing
- Pitching
- Pre-visualisation
- Research
- Film analysis
- Production design
Topics include:
- Short film theory
- Pitching
- Character development
- Genre theory
- Colour theory
- Typography theory
- Casting and rehearsals
- Blocking and staging
- Pre-visualisation
- Directing actors and working with crew
Topics include:
- Video editing
- Sound editing
- Montage theory and techniques
- Colour grading/correction
- Motion graphics
- Post-production workflow
Across a mixture of theoretical classes and discussion-based sessions with Experts and peers, you’ll expand your skills in finding, exploring and crafting engaging non-fiction narratives through a variety of storytelling modes. Working independently and as part of a creative team, you’ll work with HD and UHD camera workflows and experiment with a variety of production and post-production skills to bring real-life stories to the screen.
Topics could cover:
- Documentary production planning
- Research
- Style and genre
- Factual film production practices
- Interviewing techniques
- Editing documentary
- Giving, receiving and learning from feedback
- Reflective and critical analysis
- Cultural contexts
If you choose to produce a short fiction film, you’ll continue to develop your storytelling, directing and cinematography skills as you bring your narrative to life. Potentially collaborating with SAE Animation and Audio Production students, you’ll ensure your film has high-quality visual effects, location sound, automated dialogue replacement (ADR) and soundtrack music – and is completed to a professional standard, ready for distribution and submission to film festivals.
If you choose the promotional film route, you’ll work on a series of creative briefs, collaborating with SAE students from courses such as Music Business, Audio Production and Content Creation and Online Marketing. Here you’ll be guided through the concept development process, as you gain skills working with clients and broaden your production abilities to include live-event/multi-camera production techniques and multi-clip editing.
Topics could cover:
- Fictional film production
- Promotional film production
- Working in a team
- Collaboration and communication
- Enterprise
- Marketing basics (target group analysis, product lifecycle, product development)
- Business planning (budgeting, financing)
- Pitching projects
- Contracts
- Film marketing and distribution
Across your subject area, you can choose to undertake a research project or take part in a structured industry-based live project, designed in collaboration with our Experts and film industry professionals. Whichever option you select, you’ll build a thorough understanding of professional practice in your field, as you align your professional development with your future career plans.
Combining creative media practice mastery and evidence-based decision making, you’ll develop a proposal for your final Major Project (Trimester 6), which will include negotiated and live industry projects. Projects are typically a fiction, non-fiction, experimental, promotional or transmedia film production, with you performing the role of producer, director, cinematographer or editor.
Topics could cover:
- Producing
- Directing
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Colour grading
- Transmedia storytelling
- Promotional film production
Topics could cover:
- Scriptwriting
- Producing
- Directing
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Colour grading
- Transmedia storytelling
- Promotional film production
Career Outcomes
What jobs will this course lead to?
- Video editor
- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Colourist
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Visual Effects Artist
- Camera Assistant
Student Spotlight
Meet SAE Film Ambassador James Dalton!
Course FAQs
We are looking to see an applicants’ best and most refined artwork in whatever medium they choose, and should evidence their creativity and technical skill. You are welcome to contact our admissions team for advice on what you should include.
We are looking to see applicants passion for film, if you have created any work before applying. This can include examples of your work, script work or practical mov examples or anything creative and film related that boosts your creative vision. We would also like a 800 word write up of why you want to study film production as well as what your favourite is and why? (400 words on each). You are welcome to contact our admissions team for advice on what you should include.
You can provide a PDF document or a personal URL with examples of your work. Text based work, such as scripts and write ups can be submitted as a PDF document.
We consider all applicants, so you can still join the course without any practical experience. However, we do require you to have a passion for film, which is why we ask you for an informal write up to explain why you would like to join the course and what your favourite film is.
While we recommend students to invest in their own hardware, in particular a laptop and an external hard drive, they are not essential to the course as you can use the computer labs on site. They will, however, make your learning experience easier as you can work off site. A camera is desirable but again not essential as we have cameras on site for your learning experience.