Program Overview
The BA Creative Writing and Film program combines creative writing and film studies to enhance storytelling skills. Students explore creative writing in peer groups, analyze films, and develop filmmaking abilities. Graduates are equipped with strong communication, writing, and cultural literacy for careers in creative industries, such as film production and advertising.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Develop and hone your creative writing while building a breadth of film knowledge and analytical skills with our BA Creative Writing and Film course. Taught jointly by the Department of English Literature and the Department of Film, Theatre and Television, on this course you will:
- explore your creative writing in small peer groups
- examine film in its various contexts: as popular entertainment, theoretical discipline and art form
- have the opportunity to develop your practical filmmaking skills. Creative writing and film complement each other perfectly. Exploring cinematic material and analysing creative choices will support the development of your own creative writing. Optional practical work will enhance your ability to create compelling characters and narratives.
Outline:
Year 1
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Poetry in English
- Approaches to Television
- Approaches to Film
Year 2
- Film Forms and Cultures
- Creative Writing: Creative Non-fiction
- Myth, Legend and Romance: Medieval Storytelling
- Creative Writing: The Short Story
- Victorian Literature
- Contemporary Fiction
- Placement and Employment Skills
- Documentary
- Writing in the Public Sphere
- Reworking Shakespeare in Performance
- Creative Writing: Poetry
- Modernism in Poetry and Fiction
- Enlightenment Revolution and Romanticism
- The Business of Books
- Early Modern Literature
- Writing America: Perspectives on the Nation
- Critical Thinking
Year 3
- Creative Writing Dissertation
- Film Dissertation
- Creative Research Project
- Creative Writing Masterclass: Poetry
- Creative Writing Masterclass: Prose
- Lyric Voices, 1340-1560
- Literature and Mental Health
- British Black and Asian Voices: 1948 to the Present
- Performance and Design
- Advanced Scriptwriting
- Screen Bodies
- Modern and Contemporary British Poetry
- Children's Literature
- Placing Jane Austen
- Writing Women: Nineteenth-Century Poetry
- Decadence and Degeneration: Literature of the 1890s
- From Romance to Fantasy
- The Bloody Stage: Revenge and Death in Renaissance Drama
- Adaptions across Stage and Screen
- Musical Theatre
Careers:
As a Creative Writing and Film graduate, you will enter the job market with well-developed communication, research and writing skills, together with a high level of cultural literacy and critical sophistication. In the latest Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21, 95% of our leavers are in work or further study within 15 months of graduation (Based on our analysis of HESA data © HESA 2023, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21; includes first degree English Literature responders). Our flexible degrees are designed to develop the skills valued by both creative and commercial industries, providing you with a diverse range of career opportunities following graduation. You will graduate with a breadth of knowledge as well as many transferable skills for work in a wider range of sectors. Many of our alumni work in the creative industries, in roles such as:
- arts administration
- film producer
- film director
- television production
- critic. Graduates also go on to work in:
- commercial marketing and media
- advertising
- journalism
New UK/Republic of Ireland students: £9,250 New international students: £22,350
