Filmmaking BA (Hons)

**Gain a grounding in the craft and experience of filmmaking. You’ll become an independent thinker and graduate as a technically skilled, imaginative filmmaker.**<br/><br/>Develop the power of your storytelling through confident employment of creative and technical filmmaking skills in drama, documentary and experimental film production.<br/><br/>As part of this filmmaking course, you’ll:<br/><br/><br/>- Study theory to develop your creative practice and be guided by industry experienced tutors in all aspects of film production<br/><br/><br/>- Explore a range of filmmaking disciplines, including directing for drama, experimental film and documentary, together with producing, cinematography, screenwriting, design, editing and post-production, and location and post-production sound<br/><br/><br/>- Learn who your audience is and how to engage them<br/><br/><br/>- Explore the responsibilities of your practice, discovering your voice and developing that as a filmmaker<br/><br/><br/>**Find out more**<br/><br/>The Northern Film School is based at our new Leeds School of Arts building in Leeds city centre. Youll have access to a range of facilities including:<br/><br/><br/>- 220-seat Dolby Atmos cinema<br/><br/><br/>- Digital film production equipment (cameras, lighting, sound)<br/><br/><br/>- Four film studios<br/><br/><br/>- Green screen studio<br/><br/><br/>- Foley and ADR recording studios<br/><br/><br/>- Immersive sound mixing studios<br/><br/><br/>- Grading suites<br/><br/><br/>- Edit suites<br/><br/><br/>- 5.1 sound edit suites<br/><br/><br/>- Production offices<br/><br/><br/>- Props, design and costume store<br/><br/><br/>- Film and script archive<br/><br/><br/>**Teaching expertise**<br/>All of our tutors are film practitioners, so you’ll benefit from a wide range of professional production experience. The teaching team has a wealth of expertise in drama, documentary and experimental filmmaking, with specialist knowledge in screenwriting, postproduction, sound, producing, directing and cinematography. <br/><br/>Our approach towards collaborative filmmaking ensures that you will be a self-reliant, technically-skilled creative with the ability to work as part of a professional unit.<br/><br/>**Professional recognition**<br/>This degree is recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UKs screen-based industries. It carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.<br/><br/>**Why study the Filmmaking course at Leeds Beckett University?**<br/><br/><br/>- Recognised by industry body ScreenSkills<br/><br/><br/>- Close links to industry and the creative sector in the Yorkshire region, throughout the UK, and beyond<br/><br/><br/>- As well as being the birthplace of film, Leeds is home to the one of the UKs oldest cinemas and the city recently chosen by Channel 4 for its new national headquarters<br/><br/><br/>- Access to professional, industry standard filmmaking facilities, equipment and teaching spaces In the new Leeds School of Arts building<br/>