Media Production courses

Setting you apart

We’re recognised as the largest centre of professionally-based higher education for the media and communications industries in the UK, offering courses that set you apart from the crowd. We're also one of very few full UK members of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT) and our courses are accredited by the International Moving Image Society (IMIS) in recognition of our industrystandard teaching.

How we operate

We operate like a large production studio. Writers, directors and producers pitch ideas and scripts to the whole group and production teams are formed through negotiation. The staff team are, in effect, the executive producers, greenlighting and supervising projects through production.

Award-winning graduates

Students and graduates from our courses have gone on to work on award-winning films and programmes, as well as winning awards themselves. Recent graduates have established themselves in the industry with roles such as Director of European Originals for Amazon Studios and have worked on productions such as Nomadland, Waiting for Anya, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Eastenders, Dr. Who, Peterloo, Son of Saul, The Night Manager, Troy: Fall of a City, Masterchef, Iron Man, Gravity and The Death of Stalin.

Some of our courses in this area are accredited by the following body (see each course listing for details):

Case study: Indian Space Dreams

A member of staff, students and alumni from Bournemouth University were awarded the Public Award for Best Documentary at a prestigious film festival in France for their feature documentary Indian Space Dreams.

The team, led by BU’s Associate Professor in Media Practice, Dr Sue Sudbury, won the award at the 28th Festival International des Cinemas d’Aisle in Vesoul in 2022.

India’s first satellite

Following a team of scientists on their mission to launch India’s first astronomical satellite, the film was made through Sue’s own production company, Sequoia Films, with funding from Haviland Digital, Worldview Development Fund and the Creative Europe MEDIA programme.

Dr Sudbury led the students as director and producer and was given first access to capture the previously unseen work on the mission embarked upon in 2001.

Hands-on experience

Dr Sudbury said, “It means a lot to have won this prestigious Public Award. It is very special because we are ultimately aiming to engage the audience with the film. It was also a fantastic opportunity for the students to give them hands-on experience which enriched their experience at Bournemouth University.

“Following the shoot one graduate has worked with award-winning directors Mike Leigh and Steve McQueen, and the Digital Video Director, Carolina Izquierdo, took this on as her first paid job after graduating from BU. Since then she has also worked with me in London and has a DV Director credit on the film.”