BA Creative Writing and Film & Theatre

The BA Creative Writing and Film and Theatre course at The University of Reading provides an interrelated learning experience that gives you a deep understanding of both literary and visual narratives. This course offers an opportunity to sharpen your writing skills, learn to critically appraise film and theatre, and combine these into an understanding of visual and written narratives.Course Content: The three-year undergraduate course is divided into separate modules for each year. In your first year, you'll engage with the techniques of prose fiction and look at selected films from across the world to enhance your understanding of cinematic narrative. In your second and final years, you can choose to study authors, texts, genres, or filmmaking practices. Furthermore, you will adapt works of literature for the screen or stage, analyze film fandoms, or look at theatre and globalization.Key Modules: Some of the key modules include 'Adapting Literature for Film and Television', 'Screenwriting: Theory and Practice', 'Creative Writing: Fiction', 'Film and Theatre Studies Independent Project', among others.Future Careers: This course provides a unique combination that opens up a wide range of employment opportunities in areas like the creative industries, arts management, film and television studies, journalism, marketing, education or any other career path where high-level literary, communication and research skills are valued.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.