Film & Visual Culture and Media & Communication BA

FILM & VISUAL CULTURE

Want an exciting career in the creative industries? The Film and Visual Culture course at Liverpool Hope University is perfect for you. Explore how film and media shape society! This degree blends practice and theory, allowing you to work creatively in film, photography, and animation.

The course combines creative and critical skills. You’ll get hands-on experience in filmmaking, screenwriting, photography, and animation. On the critical side, you'll explore film history and theory. You'll see how cinema reflects and challenges social and political issues.

Graduating with a Film and Visual Culture degree gives you strong skills. You'll be ready for many jobs in the creative industries.

The Film and Visual Culture course is taught by leading scholars and practitioners who work closely with you to refine your skills. You’ll enjoy great library resources, top-notch studio spaces, and access to lots of practical equipment.

Highlights of the course include:

- Regular visits from industry experts to support employability

- Course trips to regional film and culture festivals

- Study in Liverpool, one of the UK’s most filmed-in cities outside London

- Partnerships with local organisations including Toxteth TV and FACT

Choosing the Film and Visual Culture course gives you the knowledge and skills to succeed in creative fields. You'll also gain valuable professional insight.

MEDIA & COMMUNICATION

Liverpool is a vibrant city of culture and a hub of media creativity and innovation, and is an ideal location to pursue your studies in Media and Communication. This is an exciting and important time to study Media and Communication, as the impact of the media on society has never been greater or changing at so rapid a pace.

At Liverpool Hope, we will support you in developing a deeper understanding of the media’s relationship to society, history, culture, power, and industry. The course will encourage you to look at digital and social media from new perspectives, analysing how they have disrupted traditional ways of communicating and interacting with the world around us. And it will challenge you to become an adaptable, independent, and professional communicator: someone who can develop original ideas and produce creative journalistic, digital and social media content to deliver on them.

The course is designed to help you become an industry leader who is equipped to take on the critical task of working towards a trustworthy, ethical media. You will gain advanced skills in professional journalistic, digital and social media communication across a variety of platforms, while also developing transferable skills in critical analysis and creative practice that will prepare you for a wide range of careers. Our curriculum is taught by tutors with international reputations for world leading research and who have industry experience in their own practice traditions, including journalism and digital and social media communication.