Anglia Ruskin University
Film Production BA (Hons)
Anglia Ruskin University

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews of 35 graduates of Film Production BA (Hons) and other courses in cinematics and photography at Anglia Ruskin University for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in cinematics and photography.

Overall student satisfaction
59 /100
35 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in cinematics and photography

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of cinematics and photography at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22000 £19500 £23000
25-75 percentile range £18000 - £23000 £11000 - £24000 £19000 - £29000


Salary of all UK Graduates of cinematics and photography

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £20933 £18108 £21051
25-75 percentile range £18375 - £24906 £13095 - £22569 £15928 - £26889

Course Description

Turn a passion for film into a career by joining our acclaimed BA (Hons) Film Production degree course at ARU.

Join the award-winning students on our BA (Hons) Film Production degree and develop your skills in cinematography, editing, producing and directing in studio and on location.

Over the 3 years you will gain key skills, from ideas development and pre-production planning, through to post production skills in editing and colour grading. You can choose to keep a generalist level of skills or start to specialise in a particular craft areas like camera or editing. You’ll shoot on digital formats from HD to 4K and analogue 16mm film. By the final year you and your crew will be working with feature film industry level equipment like our new Arri Alexa Mini cameras.

You'll learn from highly experienced filmmakers, television producers and technical officers in our specialist facilities, and work closely with other students on your course, as well as your lecturers, gaining friends as well as skills like team work and collaboration.

Whether your career aspirations are to crew on high-end TV drama or film, work in post-production, set up your own company as a videographer, create stunning cinematography or innovative online content, reinvent what television is, or use film to make change in the world, the skills you learn on this course will set you up to start that journey.

As a BA (Hons) Film Production student at ARU, you will be supported by award-winning, lecturers whose work has been screened on all the major UK television networks, as well as at multiple international film festivals. They have won Emmys, HUGOs and BAFTAs and continue to practice.

With their encouragement, you'll produce a range of programmes and films that may be as prize and film festival-worthy as our other recent student work. Our students’ films have been very successful in the regional Royal Television Society Student Awards. In 2021 following five nominations overall, Lidia Bieniarz won both the best short form film as well as the top prize – The Sir Lenny Henry Award – for A Film About My Dad, while Agata Kazmierczak won best editing for Colourblind. This success followed on from the 2020 RTSE Awards, where our students won four out of nine prizes including Best Drama and Best Factual, and the 2019 RTSE Awards, where they won six out of ten student prizes. One of our students' Major Project films, Life on Cam, won Documentary of the Month at the European Film Festival for May 2022, while second-year documentary Tertiary Sound was officially selected for the BFI London Film Festival 2019.

As well as submitting your films, you can gain crucial work experience at Cambridge’s two annual film festivals. You’ll have the chance to get involved with Cambridge Film Festival, one of the longest running film festivals in the UK, as an intern in the lead up to the festival, a volunteer during it, or even as part of the CFF Youth Lab and Jury. As well as these opportunities, you can enter your films to CFF for free.

You can also get involved with the Watersprite International Film Festival, the biggest student film festival in the UK, run in conjunction with the University of Cambridge. Every year, our students are part of the central organising committee and lead subcommittees like marketing, filming, events, and judging. This festival presents a huge opportunity for you to build your networks and make connections with industry guests, mentors and student filmmakers from around the world. You’ll also have the chance to join our organised trips to Sheffield Documentary Festival, Camerimage in Poland and Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol (COVID permitting).

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Film Production BA (Hons) at Anglia Ruskin University

20% Administrative occupations
10% Sales occupations
5% Welfare and housing associate professionals
5% Elementary occupations
5% Artistic, literary and media occupations
5% Business and public service associate professionals
5% Sales occupations
5% Managers, directors and senior officials
5% Customer service occupations
5% Administrative occupations

You will be given verbal and written feedback at key stages of each module, for example, on project proposals, scripts, works in progress. You’ll be assessed via assessment on group projects; contribution and engagement; presentations; reports; written critical reflections and contextual analysis; essays – written and visual; scripts, proposals and written pitches; portfolios, including final programs and films; individual research workbooks or research files and material; production documentation; marketing materials; and showreels.

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

    • 4.5
    • Foundation / Pathway Courses
    • 5.5
    • Foundation Law
    • 6.5
    • Graduate Degrees
    • 7.0
    • Graduate Degrees Law
    • 5.5
    • Undergraduate Degrees
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Film Production, BA (Hons), if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

Costs

Tuition Fees Film Production BA (Hons)

England UK £9250 year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 year 1
Scotland £9250 year 1
Wales £9250 year 1
Channel Islands £9250 year 1
Ireland £9250 year 1

Additional fee information

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Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

How to apply

Application deadline:

January 1, 2025

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Possible Entry Points:

  • year 1 (Default entry point)

University Rankings

Positions of Anglia Ruskin University in top UK and global rankings.

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About Anglia Ruskin University

Founded in 1858, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is located in Cambridge, England, just a 15-minute walk from the City Centre. This university offers an extensive catalogue of Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, as well as 8 student housing options at distinct price points. Cambridge is famous for being a student city, and those at ARU can benefit from that by mixing with those students working at the numerous universities throughout the city.

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Student composition of Anglia Ruskin University

undergraduates:
23010
postgraduates:
5190
Total:
28200
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