BA (Hons) in Film & Television Production
Course Summary
The aim of this four-year honours degree course is to produce film & television Production professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to work within the Film and Television industry in Ireland and abroad. The course has been designed to allow students to specialise in areas such as TV Studio Production, Documentary Film Production and Drama Production for Film and Television and it also included an industry work placement in Year 3.
The aim of this course is to produce Film & Television Production professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to work within the Film and Television industry in Ireland and abroad. Recognising the continued need for high-functioning generalists in the screen media industries, this degree was redeveloped (from the former BA in Video & Film Production) in 2014 to ensure it remained to the forefront of technology-driven trends within the film and television industries.
This revamped 4-year honours degree includes a work placement and allows students to specialise in areas such as TV Studio Production, Documentary Film Production and Drama Production for Film and Television. Practical modules are complimented by a range of theory-driven modules - including Film Studies, Writing for Film and TV and Media Studies.; Students in the 3rd and 4th year of the course also have the opportunity to compete for the Annual John Moore Film Award.
A Dundalk native, Director John Moore began his relationship with DkIT and the Section of Creative Media in 2011, when Blaine Rennicks, a fourth year film student in the Section won an internal competition for an internship on the set of A Good Day to Die Hard in Budapest.; Access to film and television industry professionals is a core feature of the course & lecturers continually invite Industry Professionals to deliver masterclasses and guest lectures.
A certain amount of course content in specialised areas is also delivered by industry professionals. In addition, industry professionals are also invited regularly onto panels which evaluate project pitches from students.
Graduates of this course are recognised as being uniquely situated to work in the film and television industries in Ireland and abroad and have found work in companies such as Big Mountain Productions, One Productions, Vision Independent Productions, Click Media, Egg Post-Production, Setanta Sports and Tailored Films.
Based in the state of the art Carroll’s building on the DKIT Campus, students undertaking this course have a unique opportunity to create ambitious and outstanding work. Previous work by students has been screened at a wide variety of Film festivals both nationally and internationally.
YEAR 1 - Semester 1
(Mandatory)
- Introduction to Digital Film & TV Production Skills (year-long)
- Film Studies (year-long)
- Communication, Research & IT
- Creative Design
- 35mm Photography
- Creative Collaborative Development
YEAR 1 - Semester 2
(Mandatory)
- Introduction to Digital Film & TV Production Skills (year-long)
- Film Studies (year-long)
- Media Studies
- Film, Culture and Society: North America
- Writing for Creative Media
YEAR 2 - Semester 1:
(Mandatory)
- Intermediate Digital Film & TV Production Skills (year-long)
- Production Studies: Film & Television (year-long)
- Writing for Film & TV 1
- Legal & Ethical Issues in Creative Media
- European Cinema
(Electives)
YEAR 2 - Semester 2
(Mandatory)
- Intermediate Digital Film & TV Production Skills (year-long)
- Production Studies: Film & Television (year-long)
- Directing for Film & Television 1
- Documentary Production: Theory and Practice
- Music in Film
- World Cinema
(Elective)
YEAR 3 - Semester 1:
(Mandatory)
- Film Project (year-long)
- Advanced Digital Film & TV Production Skills (year-long)
- Advanced Production Skills
- Writing for Film & TV 2
YEAR 3 - Semester 2
(Mandatory)
- Film Project (year-long)
- Advanced Digital Film & TV Production Skills (year-long)
- The Cinema Industry
- Film Theory
- Research Methods 1
(Electives)
- Advanced Digital Photography
- Culture, Society and Popular Music
- Radio Production
- Creative Documentary
YEAR 4 - Semester 1
(Mandatory)
- Research Methods for Creative Media 2 (year-long)
- Major Project (year-long)
- Advanced Film Theory
- Current Issues & Theories in Creative Industries
- Work Placement
YEAR 4 - Semester 2:
(Mandatory)
- Research Methods for Creative Media 2 (year-long)
- Major Project (year-long)
- Directing for Film & Television 2
- Entrepreneurship for Creative Industries
*Note All module titles are subject to change and are for indicative purposes only. The provision of (Electives) each year is subject to numbers enrolling on each elective. † Students may undertake a one-semester placement under the Erasmus Programme to our current approved partners for one semester during stage two of their studies, including the Baltic Film School (Tallinn, Estonia) and San Pablo/UEM (Madrid, Spain).
The BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production aims to produce film and television professionals with the necessary skills and competencies to work within the competitive audio-visual, film and television industry in Ireland and abroad.
Our graduates will be equipped with the core competencies to engage in further professional training for any of the following careers, amongst others:
- Assistant Director
- Camera Operator
- Director
- Editor (on/off-line)
- Focus-Puller
- Lighting Cameraman/Director of Photography
- Location Manager
- Producer
- Production Co-Ordinator
- Production Assistant
- Scriptwriter
- Sound Recordist/Mixer.
Graduates from the existing programmes (BA/BA (Hons) in Video & Film Production) thus far have gone on to work in the Film & Television industry in Ireland and abroad, in a range of roles such as
- Production Manager, Big Mountain Productions
- Head of Audio Visual, One Productions
- Editor, Vision Independent Productions
- Online Video Producer, Click Media
- Co-founder, Election Training Ireland
- Camera Operator, aerialfilming.ie
- Transmission Controller, Setanta Sports; Editor, Tailored Films
- Production Co-Ordinator, Exposure Films Ltd.
- Freelance Assistant Editor/ Writer/Camera Operator.
On successful completion of this course, students who obtain Second Class Honours or higher are eligible to be considered for entry to the MA/MSc by Research within the Department of Creative Arts, Media & Music at DkIT.
Students who have successfully completed the first two years of this course and who wish to leave after two years, may be awarded a Level 6 Higher Certificate in Arts in Film & Television Production.
Students who have successfully completed the first three years of this course and who wish to leave after three years, may be awarded a Level 7 BA in Film & Television Production.
Please find information on fees and funding here: www.dkit.ie/fees
Six Grades at O6 or H7 in Leaving Certificate
INCLUDING At least two H5 Grades
AND Mathematics Grade O6 or H7
AND English Grade O3 or H6
PLUS Minimum Points Score of 300.
Lorcan Dunne (Programme Director)
Phone: +353-0429370200
Email: Lorcan.Dunne@dkit.ie
| Course ID | DK864 |
| Level | 8 |
| Duration | 4 Years |
| Points | 300 |
| Places | 40 |
| School | School of Informatics & Creative Arts |
| Department | Creative Arts, Media and Music |
| Awarding Body | Dundalk Institute of Technology |
| Starting Date | September 2018 |
| Apply to | CAO |