BA Filmmaking [P301]

Academic Year 2025/2026 September 2025 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2017/2018

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM11420

Making Short Films 1

or
TC11120

Creu Ffilmiau Byrion 1

FM17620

Introduction to Film Production

Semester 2
FM10820

Introduction to Post-Production and Editing

FM11240

Making Short Films 2

Year 1 Options

Choose 20 credits

Semester 1
FM10120

Studying Film

FM10620

Studying Media

TC10020

Astudio Ffilm

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM22820

Film Craft 1

Semester 2
FM22920

Film Craft 2

Year 2 Options

Choose 80 credits

Semester 1
FM20120

LGBT Film & Television

FM21620

Writing for Film and Television

FM24220

Directing and Producing

FM26520

Creative Documentary

TC25620

Dogfen Greadigol

Semester 2
FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM22120

Production Design Skills

FM24420

Art Cinema

Final Year Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM34200

Fiction Film Production

Semester 2
FM34240

Fiction Film Production

Final Year Options

Students must take at least 40 credits from the following modules and may take up to 80 credits.

Semester 1
FM30820

Sound Design

FM37520

Advanced Cinematography

Semester 2
FM30920

Visual Effects

FM36720

Media Law and Regulation

Final Year Options

Students may select the remainder of their credits from the following modules.

Semester 1
FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM37020

Scriptwriting 1

FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

Semester 2
FM30020

Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain

FM37120

Scriptwriting 2