Digital Film Production & Screenwriting

Digital film production and screenwriting is a degree for those who want to make films and tell stories on screen. Filmmaking is both a craft and an art, requiring technical competence in camera, lighting, sound, editing, and post-production alongside the creative vision and narrative intelligence to construct compelling stories for a visual medium. Screenwriting sits at the foundation of almost all fiction filmmaking, developing the ability to create characters, structure narrative, and write dialogue that translates effectively to the screen.

Studying them together gives you both the practical capability to produce work and the craft of writing that gives that work meaning.

At the University of Chichester, this three-year full-time programme develops your theoretical knowledge and practical skills through a curriculum driven by storytelling and on-set practice. You will work across the filmmaking process, from development and pre-production through shooting and post-production, developing the ability to collaborate effectively in a creative team and to take on different roles as projects require. Screenwriting study will develop your ability to create original fiction for screen, working through the particular demands of structure, character, and visual storytelling that the form requires.

The programme provides industry experience as part of the training, connecting academic study to the professional realities of the screen industries.

Graduates pursue careers across the screen industries, including as directors, producers, camera operators, editors, and screenwriters at various stages of development and production. Many graduates work freelance, building a portfolio of projects across different formats and genres, while others find employment in production companies, broadcasters, or digital content organisations. The combination of writing and production skills is a genuine asset in a market where the ability to develop as well as produce content is increasingly valued.

Further study at postgraduate level in screenwriting, filmmaking, or screen studies is also an option.