Changes to Filmmaking BA

We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for Filmmaking BA.

You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Â鶹ӳ»­, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk

Course changes for the BA in Filmmaking

Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below.

Year 1

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Analysing Film B (core)

Analysing Film B (core)

No change

Writing the Short Film (core)

Writing the Short Film (core)

No change

Audiovisual Practices (core)

Audiovisual Practices (core)

No change

2

Global Cinema B (core)

Global Cinema B (core)

No change

Introduction to Fiction Filmmaking (core)

Introduction to Fiction Filmmaking (core)

No change

Stage 1 Elective (option)

Stage 1 Elective (option)

No change

Year 2

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Film Theory B (core)

Film Theory B (core)

No change

Intermediate Fiction Filmmaking (core)

Intermediate Fiction Filmmaking (core)

No change

Box Set TV: Contemporary Serial Television (option)  

Module option removed

Career strategies in the Creative Sector (option)

  Module option removed

Debates in Screen Documentary B (option)

 

Module option removed

Film Musicals (option)

  Module option removed

From Opera to Film (option)

  Module option removed
 

Film, Finance, Exhibition and Distribution (core)

New core module replacing options above
2

Documentary Video (option)

Documentary Video (option)

No change

Animation (option)

Animation (option)

No change

Advanced Screenwriting (option)

Advanced Screenwriting (option)

No change

Industry Brief (option)

Industry Brief (option)

No change

British Cinema B (option)

British Cinema B (option)

No change

Indian Cinema (option)

Indian Cinema (option)

No change

Industry Projects (option)

Industry Projects (option)

No change

Sound Design (option)

Sound Design (option)

No change

TV: Fictions and Entertainments (option)

TV: Fictions and Entertainments (option)

No change

Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Fictions (option)

Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Fictions (option)

No change

 

Playable Media (option)

New option module

Year 3

SemesterOld structureNew structureComment
1

Project Development (core)

Project Development (core)

No change

Cinema and Migration (option)

Cinema and Migration (option)

No change

Pop Soundtrack Cinema (option)

Pop Soundtrack Cinema (option)

No change

Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema (option)

Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema (option)

No change
2

Final Creative Project (core)

Final Creative Project (core)

No change

American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen (option)

American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen (option)

No change

Cinema and Sexualities (option)

Cinema and Sexualities (option)

No change

Hollywood Industry and Imaginary (option)

Hollywood Industry and Imaginary (option)

No change

Year 1, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Analysing Film B (core)

Analysing Film B (core)

No change

Writing the Short Film (core)

Writing the Short Film (core)

No change

Audiovisual Practices (core)

Audiovisual Practices (core)

No change

Year 1, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Global Cinema B (core)

Global Cinema B (core)

No change

Introduction to Fiction Filmmaking (core)

Introduction to Fiction Filmmaking (core)

No change

Stage 1 Elective (option)

Stage 1 Elective (option)

No change

Year 2, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Film Theory B (core)

Film Theory B (core)

No change

Intermediate Fiction Filmmaking (core)

Intermediate Fiction Filmmaking (core)

No change

Box Set TV: Contemporary Serial Television (option)  

Module option removed

Career strategies in the Creative Sector (option)

  Module option removed

Debates in Screen Documentary B (option)

 

Module option removed

Film Musicals (option)

  Module option removed

From Opera to Film (option)

  Module option removed
 

Film, Finance, Exhibition and Distribution (core)

New core module replacing options above

Year 2, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Documentary Video (option)

Documentary Video (option)

No change

Animation (option)

Animation (option)

No change

Advanced Screenwriting (option)

Advanced Screenwriting (option)

No change

Industry Brief (option)

Industry Brief (option)

No change

British Cinema B (option)

British Cinema B (option)

No change

Indian Cinema (option)

Indian Cinema (option)

No change

Industry Projects (option)

Industry Projects (option)

No change

Sound Design (option)

Sound Design (option)

No change

TV: Fictions and Entertainments (option)

TV: Fictions and Entertainments (option)

No change

Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Fictions (option)

Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Fictions (option)

No change

 

Playable Media (option)

New option module

Year 3, Semester 1

Old structureNew structureComment

Project Development (core)

Project Development (core)

No change

Cinema and Migration (option)

Cinema and Migration (option)

No change

Pop Soundtrack Cinema (option)

Pop Soundtrack Cinema (option)

No change

Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema (option)

Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema (option)

No change

Year 3, Semester 2

Old structureNew structureComment

Final Creative Project (core)

Final Creative Project (core)

No change

American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen (option)

American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen (option)

No change

Cinema and Sexualities (option)

Cinema and Sexualities (option)

No change

Hollywood Industry and Imaginary (option)

Hollywood Industry and Imaginary (option)

No change