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University of Salford BA (Hons) Film Production
University of Salford

BA (Hons) Film Production

Manchester, United Kingdom

3 Years

English

Full time

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Sep 2025

GBP 17,040 / per year *

On-Campus

* full-time International students; Home students £9,250 per year

Introduction

Are you a budding Spielberg or DuVernay? Or perhaps you’re an aspiring young professional with a passion for camerawork, scriptwriting, and audio production, or have the desire to make your film concepts a reality through teamwork on a production set? Wherever your passions lie, this BA (Hons) Film Production degree will equip you with the tools you need to take your first step into the professional film industry.

Our Film Production degree course is about learning to tell engaging stories through filmmaking. You will make and edit short films using high-end cameras and editing at our state-of-the-art campus situated in the heart of MediaCity, the country’s biggest creative media cluster.

As part of your Film Production degree, you’ll develop key filmmaking skills including directing, producing and editing, as well as writing for the screen, sound design, cinematography and production design. You will also learn key theories in film analysis which will help inform, inspire and contextualise your creative output. Through your degree, you will be engaging with collaborative projects designed to provide you with the professional skills you need to launch your creative career.

This degree is designed and led by industry practitioners. As part of your learning, you will have the opportunity to gain professional accreditation in multiple areas – for example, at the moment we offer accreditation in AVID and Protools. Based at MediaCity, there is a strong emphasis on preparing you for employment and entrepreneurial endeavour, helping you to contextualise your creative output and gain experience that will provide instant value to future employers.

You will:

  • Study at our state-of-the-art digital media campus at MediaCity, in close proximity to professional film producers and broadcasters
  • Gain hands-on experience while working on collaborative film projects and developing your own work ready for public display
  • Choose from a wide variety of module options, from cinematography to scriptwriting and directing

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