Course summary
ScreenSpace is in an industry focused degree in content creation, delivered in partnership by MetFilm School and the University of West London.
Each semester has a different theme and explores a different relationship with the audience: from documentary and social impact filmmaking, to TV fiction, online branded content campaigns and data and analytics. Students work across all aspects of production, from camerawork editing, sound and producing, learning how to make content for a range of different platforms.
Every semester has a different industry partner who sets a production brief for the students to work towards. This means students leave with a degree, a portfolio of professional content, cutting-edge media production skills and industry experience delivered by tutors who are working as media professionals across the creative industries.
Our facilities include a number of shooting spaces, classrooms, and collaborative spaces.
MetFilm School, which has been running BA and MA courses since 2003 has a working production company, a bespoke careers placement agency, MetFilm Futures, that companies approach for suitable students and graduates for paid work, and a boutique sales agency, MetFilm Sales, specialising in the financing and sales of single documentaries and series.
BA Content, Media and Film Production challenges students to produce great video content, find and nurture their audiences, and in doing so learn creative entrepreneurship, storytelling, and technical skills.
• Gain entry into the multi-platform screen media and content industries - learn through experience, gain skills through action
• Build a portfolio of content, helping you to take the next steps into the creative industries
• Gain a deep understanding of your market to create better audience-centric content
• Use a diverse array of platforms and multi-content devices to create unique screen content
We focus on employability right from the start of the course. You will be able to go out into industry as a technician for hire, a creative entrepreneur or a screen professional.
Course Details - Modules
• The course consists of six semesters, each of 14 taught weeks and 2 weeks for completing assessments.
• Each semester contains three parallel 20 credit modules – one in Production, one in Craft Skills, and one in Screen sense.
• The first half of each semester consists of a series of taught sessions in all three modules, during which the students develop and prepare for their production.
• The second half of the semester revolved around the production block and editing. .
Screen Sense Modules
Screen Sense modules address the relationship between a production and its audience, and cover knowledge and understanding of the media landscape, , narrative, business models and entrepreneurship.
The modules progressively develop general skills as well as focusing on the story and business models that apply to the specific production block.
Mission and Purpose
• What is my purpose as an entrepreneur?
• Concept and Story
• Audience/Business/Distribution
• How do I reach my audience?
• How do I integrate knowledge about the relevant screen business practices?
Craft Skills Modules
Craft Skills modules give students access to the core technical and other skills required – including camera, postproduction, directing, and other.
In each semester these skills are further developed both generally and in the specific context of that type of production.
Craft Skills focuses on:
Technical Competence
• How do I use the technical and craft skills (directing, camera, editing) to achieve my technical aims?
• Creative Application
How do I use technical skills and my understanding of industry conventions and related theories to produce work that is creatively competent?
Production Modules
Production modules weave the learning in Craft Skills and Screen Sense into a practical production.
Students respond to a specific brief presented by an industry partner expert in that audience relationship, and are judged by them at the end of the module.
In particular the module considers:
Achievement of the Brief
• How do I create a coherent project that engages an audience and meets the stated production brief?
Production Management
• How do I display appropriate planning, organizational and project management skills across diverse media platforms?
Technical, Creative and Business Proficiency
• How do I demonstrate the integration of screen sense and Craft Skills learning?
Professional Practice
• How do I demonstrate the required professional practice through teamwork, peer review, interpersonal communication and personal responsibility?
Assessment method
Course Details – Assessment Method
The course is practical, and within each module students will choose to make one or more projects and can choose one for assessment, together with the required supporting materials. There are no exams, but written and video work is required to support all submitted projects.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January 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.
Application Codes
Course code:
P3W6
Institution code:
M73
Campus Name:
Met Film School - London
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff: 96 points
A-Level: CCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: MMM
GCSE Match & English: A, B, C
UK applicants need to apply through UCAS using codes:
Course code: P3W6
Institution code: M73
Campus name: Met Film School London
A UCAS application requires applicants to complete a simple online form where they will have to supply the following information:
Personal details
Details of the ScreenSpace degree programme applied for
Education and employment history
A personal statement
A reference, and contact details for your reference
Once you submit your application, a member of the Admissions team will be in touch to arrange a brief interview. This can be done in person at Ealing Film Studios, where we are based, or over the phone. Applicants will be assessed on their background, creative experience and passion for studying at ScreenSpace. Applicants are encouraged to research ScreenSpace and MetFilm School prior to applying. If you are accepted at ScreenSpace, you will be given an offer via UCAS. It is then your responsibility to accept this offer at your preferred institution.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
