BAFilm and French
| Study location | United Kingdom, Southampton |
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| Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BA |
| Course code | RW16 |
| Tuition fee | To be confirmed |
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| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Include French to your exams The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Upload documents in original language and translations. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS: 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in Reading and Writing, 6.0 in Listening and Speaking) |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. An interview |
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Overview
This combined degree allows you to combine interests in Film and French Studies. Film studies look back to film’s 19th-century origins and forward to today’s innovations in digital technology, offering you a large field in which to explore the role of cinema across different social, historical and cultural contexts. You will study a diverse range of filmmakers and influential movements, from Alfred Hitchcock to Pedro Almodóvar, and from French cinema of the 1930s to contemporary US cinema. Film studies employs a multitude of interpretive tools, from sociological approaches to close textual analysis.
In French you will complement your language learning with a range of modules on literature, contemporary culture, history and linguistics. The emphasis is on choice. You will be able to select from a range of options in areas of study that interest you most. While a degree combination that includes a language already enhances your employment prospects our programme builds a series of study skills that are vital for succeeding in the world of work. These include expressing arguments in oral and written form, managing time, thinking and working independently and in cooperation with others. In both Film and French the university also offers you the opportunity to conduct primary research using a number of concepts and methods. Practical modules on the Film Studies programme familiarise you with essential film-making and editing skills.
Programme structure
Typical course content
Popular film genres
Film aesthetics
Cinema pre-history
Critical theories, cultural history
World cinema
Hollywood
European film
Cinematography
Professional practice
Creative writing/screenwriting
Career opportunities
Career skills are embedded throughout every stage of study. We carefully explain the skills taught and offer a number of optional employability modules.
A year abroad gives you the chance to achieve something away from education-centred activity, such as gaining relevant work experience to help form your future plans. With many employers now expecting extracurricular or voluntary experience, this can prove vital.
Daniel Greenway, a graduate of Film and French at Southampton, progressed to work on major Hollywood productions Batman Begins and The Da Vinci Code. “My time at Southampton was invaluable in developing my critical approach to film-making,” he said. “It’s vital for anyone who wants a career in the creative side of the industry”.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.