BA (Hons) Digital Film Production

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Course overview

Starts:
Sep 2027
Duration: 3 years
Mode:
Full time
UCAS code:
P313
Fees:
UK: £9,790 (2026/27) International: £17,500 (2026/27)

*Fees apply to 2026-27 entry only. Subject to change for 2027-28 entry.

BA (Hons) Digital Film Production will be renamed to BA (Hons) Film Production with Pathways in September 2027, subject to revalidation.

Explore film production

Ravensbourne’s Digital Film Production degree offers hands-on training in filmmaking with industry links, professional tutors, and access to studios, equipment, and software, preparing you for diverse audio-visual careers in the creative industries.

Learn alongside industry

Tap into exceptional industry connections and collaborations

Taught by industry professionals

Led by lecturers with extensive industry experience

Live briefs, industry projects

Modules assessed through live briefs and industry-specific projects

Make shorts, features, commercials and docs

Find your niche and produce shorts, features, commercials and documentaries

Specialise as you go

Choose from a range of specialisms as you progress

More reasons to choose this course

Our London-based digital film production course takes a practical, industry-focused approach to contemporary filmmaking. Blending digital film, screenwriting and film industry knowledge, it develops core audio-visual storytelling skills across camera, lighting, sound, editing and production management.

Students explore professional practices across mainstream, art-house, documentary and commercial contexts, supported by industry-led teaching, guest speakers and hands-on access to professional equipment and post-production facilities.

As a ScreenSkills affiliate, we are connected to the UK screen industry’s leading skills body, supporting our commitment to developing industry-relevant skills and preparing students for future careers in the screen sector.

The specifics

Course specification - BA (Hons) Digital Film Production: 2026/27
Course specification - BA (Hons) Film Production with Pathways: 2027/28*

* - Subject to revalidation

Year 1

The first year focuses on the development of craft skills, industry awareness, and deepening contextual understanding of moving in-production projects across both semesters are collaborative, combining practical craft workshops with analytical sessions to strengthen contextual understanding.

Your career development is supported through employability workshops that build industry awareness and practical skills. In the first year, this includes developing your CV and online professional profile.

Modules include:

Production Skills & Technologies
Critical Thinking Through Film
Storytelling On Screen
Professional Life Practice: Developing your Practice
Professional Life Practice: Exploring your Practice

Year 2

In your second year, you’ll specialise in up to three moving image disciplines that align with your career goals, shifting from conventions to experimentation in content creation. Collaboration with students from other courses will help develop soft skills and emotional intelligence. You’ll also have the opportunity for work-based learning experience.

Modules include:

Collaboration
Professional Life Practice - Applying your Practice
Work-Based Learning
Optional modules

Year 3

In your third year, you will continue to collaborate, but in a more self-directed mode.

You will apply everything you’ve learnt through your final major project, which will act as your calling card for potential employers.

Your contextual understanding and critical thinking will deepen as you undertake a Professional Practice Research Project, which is aligned to your individual career aspirations.

Modules include:

FMP1 Planning and Development
FMP2 Production & Reflection
Professional Practice Research Project
Professional Life Practice: Situating your Practice

Our campus

You'll study in a building designed to encourage collaboration between the different disciplines and practices within Ravensbourne, and to stimulate the work of innovative professionals and creative collaboration.

It features a variety of workspaces, including social and quiet areas, high-tech creative suites, technology hubs, design studios and more.

Want to see where you'd be studying up close? When you book a guided building tour, you can see our fantastic facilities for yourself and find out more from one of our helpful student ambassadors.

Our local area

Ravensbourne is ideally connected - North Greenwich station is just a 2-minute walk away from our campus and offers amazing views from the Greenwich Peninsula.

These transport links offer an easy route to some of London's major business hubs, perfect for reaching possible placements or networking events with employers in the worlds of business or technology.

Entry requirements

At Ravensbourne we accept a wide range of qualifications for entry onto our courses, whilst also considering the context in which they were achieved. For this course, we would usually require a GCSE Grade 4 or above in English in addition to any of the below:

Three A Levels at grade CCC or above
BTEC Extended Diploma at grade MMM
UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma
T Level (pass or above)
Access to Higher Education Diploma
International Baccalaureate at grade 24 or above
Other/Mixed qualifications equivalent to 96 UCAS Tariff points

Interview and portfolio requirements

Please note that a portfolio is not usually a requirement for this course. However, we may still ask you for one if you have not met the entry requirements for the course or if your educational background is in a very different subject.

If we do ask you for a portfolio, you can provide the following:

Showreels - Please bear in mind that interviewers are tasked with reviewing hundreds of student’s showreels. For this reason, we suggest front-loading your work and putting the highlights in the first minute of the film. Showreels presented by candidates should be 3-4 minutes long.
We would also welcome any other creative portfolio work, such as scripts photography, artwork, storyboards, or any other relevant materials, particularly if you don’t have any films at this stage.
If possible, films featured in the showreel should be made accessible in full online.

Student work

Undergraduate work on Digital Film Production course

I was blown away at the calibre of the editing and post-production facilities. More importantly, I was impressed with what the course offered, what it covered, and how it gave you a taste of everything including sound and audio, editing and post, scriptwriting, production management, cinematography and more.”

—

Thomas Bryan , BA (Hons) Digital Film Production graduate