Program Overview

Solent’s Foundation Year in Media offers students a stimulating introduction to both the study of media and the production of media content, while our highly regarded film and television undergraduate degree delivers a unique blend of creative practice and critical studies – equipping you with the production experience, creative skills and critical thinking necessary to help you understand the global film and television industries – as well as your place within it.

Our BA (Hons) Film and Television degree is a great choice for students who aspire to work in, or alongside, the film and television industries – providing you with the necessary training and education to ensure that you are ready for the ever-evolving world of film and television production, distribution and exhibition.

And our Foundation Year in Media provides you with the opportunity to develop technical, creative and academic skills across a range of media platforms including graphic design, video production, digital photography and blogging, helping you situate your own media production within established traditions and styles whilst beginning to identify your own storytelling voice and signature style.

Following your foundation year, in the first year of the degree you will study modules that address the building blocks of screen language, genre analysis, screenwriting and production management, working on individual projects as well as collaborating in groups to make short films and television content.

In the second year, you will interrogate the relationship between representation and identity through screen criticism and in practice, across fiction and documentary, looking at the role of audiences in film and television consumption and considering creative approaches to short film design.

During the final year, you will explore career pathways with modules designed to focus on enhancing employability and transferable skills as well as the evolving globalised nature of production, distribution and exhibition practices. These modules will be accompanied by one-to-one supervision of your final year project.

Throughout your studies you will have access to the University’s media academy, featuring cutting-edge production equipment, studio facilities and edit suites, including three green screen TV studios, a large TV studio with audience seating for up to 200, and a range of radio and music production facilities. Our large edit suites feature Mac Pro computers, and we’re an Adobe Creative Campus – giving you access to the full Adobe creative package for editing, colour grading and special effects.

Taught by experts whose specialisms range from directing, producing and screenwriting – as well as researchers who explore the changing world of screen industries – you will have the opportunity to benefit from a range of real-world learning opportunities such as workshops and masterclasses led by visiting media professionals; previous guest speakers have included high profile visitors such as Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen, Game of Thrones) and Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, Bodyguard), who have offered advice on working in the industry – as well as other working professionals in film and television production, including Solent graduates.

Our graduates’ success speaks for itself; Solent film and television alumni have gone on to work as videographers, film and digital content developers, production assistants, programme schedulers, researchers, editors and directors, as well as in other creative areas such as gaming, marketing, graphic design, publishing, PR, advertising and events management. A number of our students have also set up their own film production companies or become successful freelancers.