Creative Writing and Film and Theatre BA (Hons)

Develop and hone your writing skills, and explore the important relationships between film and theatre, in our BA Creative Writing and Film & Theatre course.<br/><br/>Creative writing, film and theatre complement each other perfectly. Developing characters and narratives in your creative writing, and working to improve and refine them, will make you a better writer. This will enhance your ability to create compelling characters and narratives in your filmmaking and theatre work. <br/><br/>Taught jointly by the Department of English Literature and the Department of Film, Theatre and Television, this multifaceted course will:<br/><br/><br/>- develop your creative writing in a small-group environment<br/><br/><br/>- explore a variety of literary, dramatic and film texts<br/><br/><br/>- provide practical and theoretical approaches to film and theatre.<br/><br/><br/>Being at Reading places you in one of the fastest-growing screen industry hubs in the UK, with a vibrant theatre and performance scene. You’ll be close to Shinfield Studios, where recent productions like Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ and Disney’s ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ and ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ were filmed. These studios, located on our land, are part of the Screen Berkshire partnership, giving you the opportunity to attend film production bootcamps, workshops, technical training on Arri Alexa cameras, and real-life shoot simulations. <br/><br/><strong>For more information, please visit our course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/creative-writing-ug/ba-creative-writing-and-film-and-theatre</strong>