Film Studies

About this course

Film Studies takes seriously what many people do casually: it asks you to look at films with genuine rigour, to understand not just what they show but how they show it, and to situate them within the aesthetic, historical and cultural contexts that shaped them. Cinema is one of the dominant art forms of the past century, and Film Studies gives you the theoretical and critical tools to analyse it properly, from early silent cinema to contemporary blockbusters, world cinema to experimental work, documentary to genre film. At the University of the West of England, Bristol, the three-year full-time degree develops your skills in film analysis, film history and film theory. You will study the formal elements of cinema, including cinematography, editing, sound design and narrative structure, and learn to apply a range of critical perspectives to the films you watch. The programme also conside

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