BA Film Practices
About this course
BA Honours in Film Practices, a filmmaking degree centred on documentary production and film theory. The course includes an optional placement year and an optional year abroad. The first year covers foundational concepts through Film Theory for Practice, Introduction to Film Technologies and Starting out in Filmmaking. Second-year modules include Film Theory for Practice 2: Filmmakers and Manifestos, Filmmaking: Ideas to Screen and Making a Short Documentary. The final year involves advanced practical work through Observational Filmmaking and the Film Practice Project. Optional modules span subjects such as Conflict and Crisis Reporting, Digital Politics, Communication, and AI, and Feminist Approaches to Media Analysis.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 32 points
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 89%: 114 offers from 128 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 18 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 82%
- Organisation and management: 84%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 86%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 35%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 5%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 50%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 30%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 32%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 6%
- East Midlands: 6%
- East of England: 8%
- London: 30%
- South East: 2%
- South West: 3%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 6%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Film Theory for Practice
- Academic Skills for Film Practice
- Introduction to Film Technologies
- Introduction to World Cinema: Ideas, Art, Cultures
- Starting out in Filmmaking
- Introduction to the Documentary: From documentation to non-fiction film
- Film Theory for Practice 2: Filmmakers and Manifestos
- Filmmaking: Ideas to Screen
- Making a Short Documentary
- Creative Documentary Practices
- Intersectional Approaches in Media & Cultural Studies
- Student Exchange: Semester 1
- Film Industry and Alternative Practices
- Popular Culture: Futures & Fictions
- Conflict and Crisis Reporting
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
- Observational Filmmaking
- Film Practice Project
- Popular Culture: Futures & Fictions
- Conflict and Crisis Reporting
- Youth, Identity and Contemporary Media
- Memory Matters: Mediating Present Pasts for the Future
- Storytelling and Collective Psychology
- Digital Politics, Communication, and AI
- Feminist Approaches to Media Analysis
- Digital Discourses and Identity
- Material Media: Bodies, Technology, Culture
- Cities in East Asian Cinema: Culture, History and Identity
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Film Practices at Newcastle University earn?
The median salary is £20,500 after 3 years, £28,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £34,500. The £28,000 median after five years is £4,500 more than the UK median for Cinematics and photography.
What do graduates of BA Film Practices at Newcastle University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Film Practices at Newcastle University?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Film Practices at Newcastle University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 148 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Film Practices at Newcastle University?
89% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 114 offers from 128 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Film Practices at Newcastle University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Film Practices at Newcastle University?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.