Whether in short online excerpts or in the cinema, storytelling is more important now than ever, and you can learn how to tell stories and bring them onto the screen.
Do you have a story to tell? Do you see the world in a visual way? Have you ever wanted to work on real film productions with real movie stars? If you have a passion for communicating your stories on the big screen, this programme is for you.
BA Filmmaking is a practice-based programme that fosters storytelling, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. You will learn to make films both for the small screen and for cinema consumption.
Your practice will include areas of storytelling, creative production, directing for both documentary and fiction, cinematography, sound design, and post-production, as well as looking at the marketing, social media and business side of filmmaking and self-promotion.
Learn using state-of-the-art camera, lighting and sound recording equipment, post- production software for editing (image and sound), and colour grading.
Access professional grip equipment in line with current industry standards and practices.
Create documentary and fiction work and investigate other genres as the programme progresses.
The film industry in the 21st century is global, collaborative and requires specialist training in a specialist environment, exactly what is being offered on the BA Filmmaking programme at XJTLU.
Facilities offered are based on good practice and modeled on international film schools.
Medium and large studios, green screen and motion capture facilities, edit and finishing suites, professional grading and dubbing studios, rehearsal facilities and a cinema.
A mix of creative, professional and public spaces to foster a creative environment designed to help students realise their potential.
By the time you graduate from BA Filmmaking, you will have:
Graduates from this programme are well-prepared for positions such as producer, director, screenwriter, content producer, cinematographer, sound designer, post-production editor, and independent film production. Graduates may pursue employment in a film company or be independent and entrepreneurial either working on their own or as part of a start-up company.
