BA (Hons) Film and Television Production with a Placement Year

Course Overview

Combine hands-on film and TV production workshops and projects with classes that will equip you with expert knowledge about the rich history of the creative media industries. You’ll acquire a powerful mix of creative, critical, technical, and industry skills to launch your career.

Our BA Film and Television Production with a Placement Year course goes beyond traditional learning, immersing you in the art of crafting narratives that captivate and visually resonate with your audience. On your placement year, you’ll gain real-world experience in an industry setting. UEA takes pride in being the ultimate hub for aspiring filmmakers and television creators. Our friendly and supportive academic team brings unparalleled expertise and groundbreaking research, offering a unique teaching approach that blends artistic expression with critical insight. We’ll nurture your potential with skills you cannot learn on the set.

Our course is a hands-on exploration into film and television production. Dive into storytelling in workshops and state-of-the-art facilities, including our newly updated Television Studio and Media Suite. You’ll explore critical and theoretical approaches during seminars, then apply these skills in production.

Experience film and television production in cutting-edge facilities, enriched by external partnerships that’ll enhance your learning journey. Our dedicated resource for digital creativity, known as BLOC, offers state-of-the-art media technologies. This will support your learning and allow you to explore various media tools. You'll also will have the chance to gain real-world experience as our internship scheme provides an opportunity to work and network with industry professionals. Previous students have interned at local media production companies as well as at the East Anglian Film Archive. We also have close links with the British Film Institute in London, and with film festivals, including the Norwich Film Festival, based in this city. In the past, our graduates have gone on to success as film industry executives, media managers, producers, creative directors, or gone to work in film heritage, for example. Your future in the film and television industry begins at UEA.

In BA Film and TV Production with a Placement Year, you’ll do an industry placement in Year 3, gaining real-world experience that connects your academic skills with employment while you gain new skills to complement your course and enhance your career prospects.

This course is open to

UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.

We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.

You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.

English and Mathematics

All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 or grade C.

In place of Mathematics GCSE we can also consider Functional Skills Level 2 Mathematics.

We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies page.

Typical International Entry Requirements

We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students.

A levels

BBB

BTEC

Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDM

Combinations of BTEC and A levels

Extended Diploma: DDM

Diploma: DD plus B at A level.

Extended Certificate: D plus BB at A level.

BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers

International Baccalaureate

31 points overall

INTO UEA

If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, INTO UEA offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree.

English Foreign Language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading): 

• IELTS:  6.0  overall (minimum  5.5  in all components) 

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

  If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study.

Deferred Entry

We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.

Admissions Policy

Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.

Employability

You’ll graduate with the skills to work in the film and television and media industries, both in the UK and elsewhere in the world. You’ll be prepared for roles in production, press and publicity, publishing (newspapers, books, and magazines), cultural heritage and archives, social media, and arts festivals. Alternatively, you’ll be able to continue your academic passion with postgraduate study at UEA.

As well as your subject-specific knowledge and skills, you’ll graduate with many transferable skills including high-level communication skills, teamwork, and self-management, all of which open doors to a wide variety of careers. At our annual event, ‘Working with Words’, you can meet and hear from a wide variety of successful UEA alumni from across the creative industries.

Examples of careers you could enter include:

• Film and TV production
• Media and game production
• Event management
• Marketing and publicity
• Journalism
• Publishing

Discover more on our Careers webpages.