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Humanities and Social Sciences

Film

Department of Art, Media and Performance

Credit requirements

Min Credits

4 Minor Core
12 Elective Basket 1
16 Total Credits

Number of Credits to Choose

4 Minor Core
20 Elective Basket 1

Core Course

AMP1003

Image and Sound Studio

2:1:1

Elective Basket 1 (take any 3)

AMP3001

Production

1:0:3
AMP1004

Interpreting Cinema

2:2:0
AMP2003

The Photographic Image

2:0:2

Film and the Moving Image

2:1:1

Editing and Post Production

2:0:2 needs AMP1003/ AMP2003

Why pursue this

  • Hands-on experience in film production and post-production — directing, cinematography, editing, and sound design — including resourceful filmmaking with simple cameras and cell phones, so you can work independently and creatively with basic technology.
  • An interdisciplinary lens on how moving images influence and reflect broader societal issues, opening career pathways in fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, journalism, media arts, and communications.

What you'll come out with

  • Critical analysis and visual literacy: how narrative structure, cinematography, sound, and editing create meaning.
  • Global cinematic perspectives across Western and non-Western traditions, contextualising films from varied cultural and historical backgrounds.
  • Technical skills and resourceful filmmaking — executing independent film projects with limited resources and basic equipment.
  • Cross-disciplinary understanding of how film intersects with history, psychology, sociology, the arts, and beyond.
  • Personal expression through film, balancing creative freedom with socially responsible, ethically aware practice.

From the University's minor program documents. Confirm with your UG Advisor before you plan around a pathway.