Create your vision and explore the craft of filmmaking on a course with exceptional industry links.
Hone your creativity and technique in filmmaking
Develop a pre-formed film idea that constitutes a key part of your application
Benefit from excellent industry ties, including to Sheffield's world-renowned Doc/Fest
Learn in a creative, supportive and bespoke learning environment for one or two years
Work under the tutelage of production-active industry figures with exceptional connections

This course aims to produce a new generation of filmmakers. We help you to develop your production-based creative and technical ability, and ensure that you have the critical grounding and logistical skill that the film industry requires. You'll graduate as an employable, connected industry practitioner.

Work placements

We have excellent links with the cultural industries in the region and to the film and television industry. These links help you gain work experience with film and TV productions. In the year 2015–16 all students on this course had on-set industry work experience.

Live projects

You will collaborate on your own and your colleagues' live projects throughout the course - these allow you a detailed knowledge of the contemporary film industry.

Field trips

On top of attending regular screenings of up-and-coming filmmakers' work and attending Doc/Fest, you are also encouraged to attend other film festivals, such as Edinburgh and Berlin.

Networking opportunities

Alongside masterclasses and tutelage from well-connected industry practitioners, you will be expected to network effectively in order to create industry connections. These opportunities will arise particularly at regular film screenings and events with Creative England, the British Film Institute (BFI) and at Doc/Fest. You will create bespoke networking plans, and undertake a professional strategies module.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

With a focus on producing your own film idea, underpinned by critical thinking and industry study, this course aims to create rounded filmmaking professionals. You'll work under the tutelage of practicing directors, writers, editors, producers and cinematographers, and benefit from close industry connections to the likes of Creative England and Sheffield's international documentary festival Doc/Fest. You will receive support from the university for 18 months after graduation, helping you to find work and boost your profile.

You learn through

• developing your own project
• production exercises
• workshops, lectures and seminars
• live projects
• independent study
• group work
• masterclasses
• attending pitching sessions
• self-reflection, with learning journals

This course prepares you for a career as a:

• director
• producer
• screenwriter
• cinematographer
• editor
• sound recordist
• sound designer

Some of our previous graduates include:

• BAFTA award winners Justin Molonikov, Rob Hardy, Gregor Lyon and Barry Ryan
• TV director/DOP/sound recordists Samuel Donovan, Stuart Dunne and Susan Pennington
• British Independent Film Award winner Stevie Haywood
• international co-producers Vicky Miha and Abhiram Suresh Unnithan
• commissioner/funder Keith Potter

 

An honours degree (2.2 or above) or equivalent in any subject.

An IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills (or equivalent) is the standard for non-native speakers of English. If your English language skill is currently below an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English level.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Filmmaking: Production And Realisation One	30	Coursework
Filmmaking: Production And Realisation Two	30	Coursework
Filmmaking: Professional Strategies- Final Project	45	Practical
Filmmaking: Professional Strategies- Industry Workshops	15	Coursework
Filmmaking: Project Development One	15	Coursework
Filmmaking: Project Development Two	15	Coursework
Filmmaking: Project Skills	15	Coursework
Filmmaking: Research Methods	15	Coursework