Filmmaking (with Placement Year) - BA (Hons)

St Mary's University, Twickenham

About the Placement Year

A placement year enables you to undertake a year of experience in an organisation between your second and final year.

It will enable you to:

apply the knowledge and skills you gain from your course in a work setting

build your commercial awareness and insights into organisations and industries you might want to work in

develop your professional skills through company training, networking skills and confidence in the workplace

get some great experience for future job applications or even land a graduate job.

Career opportunities

During your film course, you will develop essential transferrable skills, such as critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork.

You’ll be trained for all practical film-related jobs.

Some examples of job roles and areas of work for graduates of undefined include:

director

assistant director

producer

script writer, developer, or supervisor

Continuity supervisor

Production Manager

runner

camera operator

location manager

editor

sound operator

marketing manager