Practical Filmmaking (3-Year)

The BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking (Three-Year) course prepares the next generation of screen creatives. It builds creative and technical skills essential to succeed in today’s film, television, and new media industries. Our professional tutors and high-calibre guest speakers teach the fundamentals of storytelling, production, technical, and screen business skills.

Gain experience across filmmaking and screen disciplines such as screenwriting, producing, directing, camera and lighting, and editing.

There is also the option to complete this degree in two years.

Why Take the Course?

Practitioner Tutors: MetFilm School course leadership and tutors are comprised of industry practitioners and educators with award-winning experience across the industry*.

Industry-facing: Routes to employment in the creative screen industries with first-hand practical guidance from working industry professionals. Gain industry recognition through ScreenSkills and ‘industry passports’.

Portfolio: Develop a range of work that includes fiction, documentary, episodic, and commercial productions across film, television, and streaming.

*For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please visit our website.

Please note: BA Practical Filmmaking is Subject to Validation. From 2025/26, this course will be validated by BIMM University.