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BA Film and Television
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UCAS code
W600 -
A level offer
ABB -
Year of entry
2025/26 -
Course duration
Full Time: 3 Years
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Year of entry
2025/26 -
Course duration
Full Time: 3 Years
Do you want to make film and television? At Minghella Studios, you’ll develop the skills required for creative screen production and explore an amazing variety of films, programmes and ideas to inspire and enrich your own practice.
Develop your creative confidence and ‘voice’ through experimentation and exploration in our purpose-built, industry-standard Minghella Studios, a dynamic collaborative environment in which film, theatre and television makers work alongside each other. You'll have access to three flexible theatre spaces, a multi-camera film and TV studio (featuring Arri Alexa film cameras), a digital cinema, and a dedicated recording studio and mixing suite with state-of-the-art equipment.
Reading is one of the fastest-growing screen industry hubs in the UK. The University of Reading is a founding member of Screen Berkshire, a partnership between Berkshire-based film production companies, studios, and the University set up provide training and pathways to employment within the Film and Television industry. By studying with us you will benefit from these connections and opportunities to enhance your industry-related skills and experience. You’ll interact with industry-standard facilities and professional staff and be supported by our Business and Employability Manager, who is dedicated to helping you develop your CV and find future employment within screen industry. During your time here and once you graduate, you’ll also benefit from the Screen Berkshire Freelance Network which hosts networking events for local freelance film and TV professionals and highlights employment opportunities.
You’ll also be close to Shinfield Studios (hosts to the recent filming for Netflix’s Bridgerton and Disney’s ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ and ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’) which are built on the University of Reading land and part of the Screen Berkshire partnership. The studios include 18 sound stages, a 9-acre filming backlot (for exterior sets for shooting), workshop facilities, sustainable facilities and production support facilities, such as post- production services.
The Screen Berkshire Partnership means you may have the opportunity to take part in lots of exiting opportunities at Shinfield Studios including:
- Bootcamps for filmmaking – these are short courses (between one day and one week) that introduce new entrants to the skills and working practices in film production.
- Training courses on cameras including the Arri Alexa camera.
- Workshops (for example final year students recently had a day long workshop at Shinfield studios on getting into the industry)
- Simulations (full scale simulation of a real life shoot including 30 members of staff on a sound stage at Shinfield studios)*
* Examples are of potential opportunities and are subject to availability and timetabling.
Our Department proudly subscribes to the industry-leading BAFTA Albert scheme, which supports film-and-television makers in their efforts to work sustainably and limit their environmental impact. By studying with us you'll join one of the UK’s leading Universities in Environment and Sustainability’ Ranked 1st in the world in the People and Planet University Awards 2023/24.
Year One
The first year of our BA Film and Television course will offer you an equal balance of foundational knowledge and supported practice, delivered by the lecturers, researchers and technicians who lead our core modules.
Year Two
You'll develop this understanding further in your second year of study, exploring work within and beyond familiar film and television traditions and contexts. Optional modules will allow you to expand your interests and investigate a variety of areas in detail, such as authorship and genre, industry practices and cultural debates. Throughout the year, you’ll engage in increased, group-based practical work in either film or television, enhancing key skills and developing more specialist technical and production proficiency.
Year Three
In your final year, you’ll enrich your expertise as a skilful and knowledgeable creator and critical thinker, culminating in a collaborative film or TV production, a written dissertation, or an individual creative research project. The course will give you the tools and independence to select your path with confidence by the third year of your degree.
Optional, research, and practical-based modules, built around our academics’ current world-leading research and practice, will deepen your knowledge of film and TV, and there will be opportunities to engage with communities and clients as part of your practice.