Film & Moving Image Production with Diploma in Creative Computing

Film and moving image production is the craft and art of making films and screen-based work, encompassing every stage from initial concept through scripting, cinematography, direction, editing, and post-production. It is both a creative practice grounded in storytelling and visual communication and a technical discipline demanding fluency with cameras, lighting, sound, and editing software. The addition of a Diploma in Creative Computing to this five-year full-time programme marks it out as a distinctive offering for students who want to understand and work at the intersection of filmmaking and the computational tools that are reshaping what moving image production can be.

At Norwich University of the Arts you will study this programme across five years, combining the practical filmmaking curriculum with creative computing content that introduces programming, interactive media, generative techniques, and the digital tools that are increasingly central to contemporary screen production. Across the programme you will develop skills in directing, cinematography, sound design, editing, and post-production, working on a range of productions from short narrative films and documentaries to experimental and interactive moving image work. The creative computing element develops your understanding of the software and code that enables visual effects, interactive video, generative cinema, and digital post-production, giving you capabilities that span both traditional filmmaking and emerging digital practice.

The typical entry tariff is 120 points.

Graduates work in film and television production, digital media, advertising, games cinematics, interactive installations, and arts practice. Many build portfolio careers combining commercial production work with personal or collaborative creative projects. The creative computing specialism opens additional routes into interactive media, digital arts, and the technology-driven side of the screen industries.

Further study in filmmaking, digital media, or creative technology is taken by some graduates seeking to specialise in particular technical or artistic areas.