The key areas you will study are live and recorded performance; technology and performance (including radio and video production); the context and history of drama; TV and Radio presentation, and methods of analysis.
Performance modules will give you an awareness of contemporary performance practice on stage and screen. In production modules you will study the range of technical skills needed to make creative content for films, television and radio programmes.
In years two and three the course is based on your own choices within flexible options. You might choose Scriptwriting (for stage, screen and radio); Radio (drama and production); various aspects of Stage Performance; Fiction Film Making; Applied Drama; as well as modules on specialist subjects that reflect the research interests of senior staff. Students may also choose to spend year two studying abroad.
The following modules are attached to this award:
Year One
Performance and Media Practice 1
Introduction to Drama, Performance and Media
Technology and Performance
Text and Performance Analysis: methods and vocabularies
Year Two
Performance and Media Practice 2
TV and Radio Presentation
Fiction Film Making
Radio Drama
Scriptwriting (Theatre, TV & Radio)
Specialist Elective 1
Big Picture, Small Screen
Professional Practice and Arts Organisation
Year Three
Major Project in Performance and Media
Drama Dissertation
Presentation for Media
Major Project: Film and Video
Radio Project
Applied Drama
Scriptwriting 2 (Theatre, TV & Radio)
Specialist Elective 1
Specialist Elective 2
Performance and Society
The Sundance Generation: British and North American Independent Cinema
Africa on Screen
Learning and teaching methods
Theory is taught through lectures, seminars and screenings while practical work is studied in studio workshops.
You will be assessed using practical work (including filmed and/or mixed-media performances), essays, reflective analysis and presentations which will give you a broad range of experiences and skills in a variety of media.