BA in Film Studies

You could hardly choose a better place to study film. As the region grows in popularity as a film location, so do opportunities to get real-world experience in the industry.

Some work experience opportunities might arise through our involvement with Screen Yorkshire's Connected Campus: a scheme that can help you prepare for life in the film and TV industry through masterclasses, workshops and visiting speakers.

You'll benefit from brand-new facilities – like the refurbished Middleton Hall, where we've invested £9.5 million to create a superb venue featuring a surround-sound cinema and an industry-standard filming and editing suite.

You’ll be taught by enthusiastic, knowledgeable staff who are film fans as much they are academics. They include Dr Amy Davis, an internationally respected Disney scholar, as well as experts in horror, East Asian cinema and TV drama.

Creativity lives and breathes at the University of Hull. Always has done, always will. It’s central to what universities do. But at Hull, we’re building something that goes far beyond our four walls.

How you'll study

Throughout your degree, you’re expected to study for 1,200 hours per year. That’s based on 200 hours per 20 credit module. And it includes scheduled hours, time spent on placement and independent study. How this time’s divided among each of these varies each year and depends on the course and modules you study.

6 reasons to study Film at Hull

1. 95.2% graduate employability rating#
2. Surround-sound cinema in Middleton Hall
3. State-of-the-art filming and editing suite
4. Study with experts in genres from Disney to horror
5. Part of Screen Yorkshire's 'Connected Campus'†
6. Combine cinema theory with hands-on film skills

Your future prospects

• TV/film producer
• Publisher
• Costume designer
• Crew/events manager
• Charity worker
• Marketing professional

Our connections with the region’s film and media industry provide you with opportunities to get invaluable work experience while studying.

Our graduates develop skills that are prized in many professions and acquire the adaptability to flourish in various arenas.

The course consists of 120 credits per year. Most modules are 20 credits, meaning you’ll study six modules each year. Some longer modules, such as a dissertation, are worth more (e.g. 40 credits). In these cases, you’ll study fewer modules - but the number of credits will always add up to 120.

First year

Compulsory

• The Craft of Filmmaking
• Writing Criticism
• Film Style and Technology
• Production Studies
• Screen, Nation, Identity
• History of Hollywood Cinema

Second year

Compulsory

• Screening Genders
• Representing Reality, Disclosing Truth, and Capturing the Everyday

Optional

• Moving Image Techniques
• American Alternative Cinema
• Narration in the Fiction Film
• American Animation History
• Television and Factual Production
• Work-Based Learning (Digital Media)
• Musical-Made America

Final year

Optional

• Dissertation
• East Asian Cinema
• Disney Studies
• Is Television History?
• Screen Production Project 1: Planning and Pre-Production
• Screen Production Project 2: Filming and Post-Production
• Global Nightmares: Contemporary Horror Cinema From Around the World
• American History by Hollywood

All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.