BA (Hons) in Wildlife Media

In our course, you’ll learn to create polished, professional wildlife documentaries charting the relationship between humans and the natural world. Capture the stories of animals across different environments when you explore bushcraft and wildlife survival skills. Immerse yourself in their world and capture your experience using top-quality photographic and filming equipment.

Throughout the course, you will develop your film and photo editing skills to suit a brief or chosen goal. And, celebrate your success through showcases and presentations where you will learn how to develop a professional portfolio for exhibition and receive feedback for your work.

Year one

In your first year, you will develop the solid technical and academic skills required to understand and successfully capture the environment.

• Media Craft Skills
  Develop a working knowledge of a range of key technical skills in the media production-making process.
• Developing Photography Practice
  An introduction to, and the experience of using, technical photographic processes to illustrate natural history.
• Cultural Contexts
  An introduction to the cultural, historical, and social contexts in which creative work from a range of disciplines will be considered.
• Naturalist Skills
  An introduction to the relevant natural history-based skills required for a career in wildlife media production.
• Communicating the Natural World
  Develop skills as a communicator conveying key conservation messages and engender positive change and activism.
• Collaborative Brief
  Work with other students to explore and practice the skills involved in creative collaboration.

Year two

Going into your second year, you will further develop and enhance your personal skill set working towards specialisms that match your interests or proposed career path. You'll explore and reflect on key wildlife and media-related issues, together with developing critical analytical skills.

• Documentary
  Develop a critical understanding of documentary and non-fiction practice whilst developing an informed perspective on the genre.
• Interpreting Animal Behaviour for Media
  Learn to interpret the animal behavior you will encounter in practice.
• Wildlife Photography
  Develop the principles of independent practice in wildlife photography through self-initiated project work with an individual approach to looking at the natural world.
• Natural History Filmmaking
  Prepare to research, plan, and execute a natural history documentary.
• Professional Development
  Review career attributes, ambitions, and trajectories within the context of an evolving ‘professional development portfolio’.
• Theory & Research Methods
  Prepare to undertake and successfully complete a Research Project.

Year three

In your final year, you will take charge of your own chosen research project, working towards your major final work. This could be a substantial piece of journalism, a set of photos, or a film.

• Graduate Project
  Use practical and conceptual skills developed throughout the program to complete a final-year project.
• Minor Project
  An opportunity to bring together the various theoretical and practical skills learned to produce a self-directed practical piece.
• The Application of Media in Conservation
  Explore the ways in which to deliver conservation-based theory and how this can be applied to media.
• Festival and Exhibition
  Perfect the skills necessary to identify and successfully engage with the media industries post-graduation.
• Research Project
  An investigation into a relevant research topic towards submission of a research output.