Introduction
Turn a passion for film into a career by joining our acclaimed BA (Hons) Film Production degree course at ARU.
Join our award-winning students and develop your skills in cinematography, editing, producing and directing in studio and on location. You’ll shoot on film, digital and analogue 16mm film, and gain key skills, from ideas development and pre-production planning, through to post production skills in sound design and colour grading. Learn from highly experienced filmmakers, television producers and technical officers in our specialist facilities. You’ll work closely with other students on your course, as well as your lecturers, gaining friends as well as skills like team work and collaboration.
If your career aspirations are to crew on high-end TV drama or film, set up your own company as a videographer, create innovative online content, reinvent what television is or use film to make change in the world, the skills you learn on this course will set you up to start that journey.
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Key facts
Major Project Showreel 2020
Showreel of films by graduating students on the BA (Hons) Film and Television Production course at ARU, for their major project module 2020.
KOS
Prepping on set - 1st Assistant Director Alina Bobilovoa, Director Alessandro Piccato and Camera Operator Luis Glenn. (Photo: Theo Douchand)
Sons of Mars
Dlr Amber Gough; Actor Craig Dowding and crew. (Photo by Joshua Agnew)
Downfall
Make up preparation. (Photo by Warren Lee Cooper)
Downfall
Shooting - Matt Jak (Photo by Gabi Kaziuknoyte)
Downfall
Director Cameron Fellow and team. (Photo Warren Lee Cooper)
On the ropes
Director Mariana Vas. Actors Stacey Karvanagh, Paula Wells. (Photo C Fellows)
ASAFO
Filming on the Norfolk coast. Dancer Nacy Frenchnana. Camera Sam Jones. Director Lola Ogunrinde. Funded by Screen South.
Gills and Finns
Filming team wrap photo. (Photo by Weronika Tomaszewska)
Relinquish
Director J.Wiecaszek. Actors H. Howell, M. Dartford. (Photo by C Fellows)
Entry requirements
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Fees and paying for university
Facilities and showcase
Industry-standard equipment
As a student at ARU you’ll have use of facilities including:
- a fully-equipped HD multi-camera TV studio includes multi-purpose scenic backdrops, suitable for current affairs, drama and magazine programmes; lighting rig; professional-standard gallery; mixer; autocue
- a film studio featuring overhead lighting, tracks, dollies, green screens, and flats
- a full range of digital cameras including C100s and Sony FS5s leading up to industry standard 4K Sony FS7’s. Further location kit including Steadicam, jibs, location lighting, sound-recording equipment
- for editing and post-production, you’ll get access to more than 30 editing suites and stations, plus a specialist colour grading suite all with complete Da Vinci Resolve software (including Colour Grading and Fairlight sound post production ) as well as the complete Adobe Creative Cloud suite and Master Collection (Premier Pro, After Affects, Audition and Speed Grade)
- the unique opportunity to work on 16mm film, with access to film cameras, film processing and Steenbeck editing.
Our experience technical staff are on hand to offer full training.
Learn outside the classroom
Throughout the course you’ll benefit from extra-curricular events such as:
- Work with Cambridge University students on the organising committees of Watersprite International Student Film Festival
- Attend and network with UK industry and Student filmmakers from around the world at Watersprite
- Volunteer or Intern at the Cambridge International Film Festival
- Options to attend the Shefield Documentary Festival, Encounters or Aesthetica Short Film festival, Cameraimage ( Poland)
- Support to apply for external grant film projects with resent successes including Random Acts CH4, New Creatives BBC Arts.
- Regular supported filmmaking initiatives outside of course work like 60 Second Shakespeare, Kodak 16mm Commercials Competition
- Various smaller film jobs and work experience forwarded on to students
- Field trips to London for RTS Masterclasses and Live Studio TV recordings
- events offered through our student-led film societies
Take a closer look
Our Creative Showcase shines a spotlight on what makes ARU creative and cultural – our spaces, places and people. Find out more about our community, the difference we make, the stories we tell, and the things that inspire us.
Meanwhile, Present is an exhibition that you curate for yourself. Explore the work of our graduating students in this eye-catching virtual degree show.
Careers
Our BA (Hons) Film Production course will prepare you for employment or self-employment in film, television and the creative industries; the ever-expanding field of screen content including music, dance, marketing and fashion promos, as well as high-end drama and documentary.
We place an emphasis on creativity and storytelling, as well as solid, transferable skills such as teamwork, communication, problem solving, resourcefulness, and risk management.
You’ll also learn highly valued specialist skills such as editing, cinematography, production management, budgeting, producing and directing – invaluable as you launch a career in this highly competitive but growing and diverse creative industry.
You might also decide to continue on to a Masters course, such as our MA Film and Television Production. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and get 20% off your fees.
Blackmagic Design
We’re an official Blackmagic Design training partner, which means you can get certification in their DaVinci Resolve video editing software.
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Gain contacts and experience
Our links with local and national organisation will help you make contacts and find work placements in the industry. Our recent students have found internships and placements with companies including the BBC, Pinewood Studios, StudioCanal UK, Sight and Sound magazine, and Watersprite Film Festival.
Life in Cambridge
Our friendly, bustling campus is a stone’s throw from the centre of Cambridge, often described as the perfect student city.
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