BA Media & Communications

Year 3

Working in Creative Industries

• Professional identity and skills
• Researching professional practice and opportunities
• Research project (40%), Presentation (10%), Report (50%)

You must choose 60 cr. from:

• Advanced Projects (60 cr)
• The Project: Film making (60 cr)
• Dissertation (30 cr)
• Mediated Environments (30 cr)
• Placement (30 cr.)

Advanced Projects (60 cr.)

• Creative projects supervised by staff
• Research, context, preparation - seminars and tutorials
• Uses technical and creative skills from Years 1 and 2
• Group or solo project (80%), write-up (20%)

The Project: Film Production (60 cr)

• Groups (3-4)
• 1 Directing project each, crew on others.
• Portfolio of short films produced by the group.

Dissertation (30 cr)

• Independent research
• 8000-10.000 words
• Supported by seminars in Term 1
• Regular supervisory tutorials
• Emphasis on process (e.g., written milestones)

Mediated Environments (30 cr)

• Thinking creatively, critically about media technologies
• Understanding media as an environment
• Key critical thinkers and positions
• Written assessment and exam, with creative project option

Creative Industries Placement (30 cr)

• Available in Year 2 and Year 3
• 100 hours
• Student finds own placement, supported by staff
• Assessment by report, logbook, employer report

Options (30 cr.)

Alternative publishing

• History and context of DIY publishing culture
• Techniques, skills
• Creative project work
• Theoretical reflection
• Written and practice-based coursework

Cinema & Space

• Filmic representation of the urban experience.

Digital Journalism in Practice

• Writing journalism for online media.
• Audio/visual + text
• Portfolio-based assessment.

Film/Memory

Screen/Writing

• Short and longer-form screenwriting.
• Building on Year 2 skills from Writing for the Screen.
• Portfolio-based assessment.

...and don't forget

End-of-year
Exhibition