MetFilm
UCAS Code: W410 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
About this course
BA (Hons) Screen Acting is a unique, practical, industry-focused degree course which will allow you to develop the skills necessary to become a screen actor. This course has been developed with industry professionals to reflect the real business of screen acting.
Through a combination of lectures, seminars, reflective practice, and self-directed learning, everything you learn will be put into practice through a wide range of practical exercises and productions.
Why Take the Course?
- Comprehensive: Gain experience in essential screen acting disciplines that reflect the real business of screen acting through six key areas: story and script, character and performance, acting methods and techniques, behind the camera skills, screen business and employability.
- Industry-facing: Learn from leading industry guest speakers and tutors, supplying first-hand practical guidance to help students secure employment in the creative screen industries*.
- Portfolio: Collaborate on productions to create material for your showreels. Students leave the course with a showreel, headshots, one year’s Graduate Spotlight membership, and CV.
*For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please visit our website.
**Please note: BA Screen Acting is Subject to Validation. From 2025/26, this course will be validated by BIMM University.**
Modules
Please download the Course Specification for a complete overview of BA Screen Acting modules. Find below an overview of the key learning themes that this course will cover.
Level 4:
- Screen Acting Foundations: 20 Credits, Core
- Authentic Voice and Movement: 20 Credits, Core
- Filmmaking Foundations: 20 Credits, Core
- Acting Practitioners: 20 Credits, Core
- Psychological Voice and Movement: 20 Credits, Core
- Production Foundations: 20 Credits, Core
Level 5 Modules:
- Text, Context, and Character: 20 Credits, Core
- Transformative Voice and Movement: 20 Credits, Core
- Filmmaking Intensive: 20 Credits, Core
- Casting: 20 Credits, Core
- Collaborative Anthology Film or Web Series Production: 40 Credits, Core
Level 6 Modules:
- Advanced Acting: 20 Credits, Core
- Performance Capture and Screen Combat: 20 Credits, Core
- Industry Portfolio: 20 Credits, Core
- Graduation Production: 40 Credits, Core
- Show Reel: 20 Credits, Core
Assessment methods
We include a diverse range of learning and teaching methods, which include:
Productions
Seminar-style Group Teaching
Tutorials
Practical Group Work
Formative Feedback through Critiques, Pitches, Screenings, and Reflective Sessions
Work-integrated Learning
Authentic Assessment
We use a wide range of assessment methods, which include portfolios, performances, research presentations, and reflective work. Please download the Course Specification below for more information.
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Met Film School - London
MetFilm School London
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