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F I L M S T U D I E S A N D C R E AT I V E W R I T I N G
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
Combining Film Studies with Creative Writing allows you to explore the fertile connections
between audio-visual and literary expression. From feature films to prose and poetry, you
will develop your analytical and critical abilities, while having the opportunity to hone your
creative skills through practical film and literary work.
You will have the opportunity to develop your creative practice skills
alongside the analytical study of screen and literary texts. You will explore
the core areas of Film Studies, with Keele’s combined emphasis on local and
global film cultures, and its focus on the key concepts and issues in film
history and theory. Looking across a range of films and filmmaking contexts,
you will analyse, discuss and debate the cultural significance and creative
possibilities of this powerful medium. Alongside this, you will study
literature and creative writing in every semester, experimenting with prose,
poetry and screenwriting to develop your skills and to become a mature
practitioner.
You’ll be taught by a team of researchers and practitioners who are active
and experts in their fields, with a commitment to lively and innovative
teaching methods.
What will this mean for my future?
Film Studies with Creative Writing is invaluable training for anyone pursuing
creative careers in screen or print media. Beyond this, the degree will also
equip you to work independently and collaboratively in a wide range of
professions. You will develop key transferable skills, such as creative thinking
and communication; developing and revising critical and creative texts and
giving and receiving constructive critique. You will also develop your
research, analysis, and critical writing skills, which will make you extremely
attractive to a wide range of employers, including those within the different
creative and cultural industries which now form a large part of the UK
economy.
UCAS Code - PW38
Foundation Year
Yes
Indicative Entry
Requirements
Single Honours
A level: BCC-CCC
BTEC: DMM-MMM
Indicative Modules
First Year
• Reading Film
• Poetry through Practice
• Approaching Film: History and Theory
• Fiction through Practice
• Reading Literature
• Digital Video
• Introduction to Television Studies
Second Year
• Gender and the Cinematic Gaze
• Adaptation
• Work Placement
• Hollywood and Beyond: Global Popular
Cinemas
• Creative Writing: Poetry and Prose
• Writing Genre and Mode
• Documentary Theory and Practice
Third Year
• Dissertation in Film Studies
• Creative Writing Independent Study
Project
• Approaches to Screenwriting
• The Road Movie: Cinema as
Movement and Journey
• Race and Sexuality on Screen
• Shakespeare on Film: Adaptation and
Appropriation
• Writingscapes
Course Duration
3 years or 4 years with
an international year
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For information on courses that combine subjects please visit keele.ac.uk/ugcourses