I decided to study Film and Screen Studies at Brighton specifically because
I went to a bunch of different open days at different universities for the same
sort of course but Brighton was definitely the one that's sort of I
found the most engaging and the lecturers were really all from the start
it's extremely supportive and they were really hands-on with sending emails and
making sure that if you had any questions before you even applied that
they could answer and I just really liked Brighton itself as well.
In the course, in the first year we've been taught about the
histories, the key theoretical issues and but also like the industry and the
market like what we're getting into so just like laying a foundation of
knowledge like going forward.
It's a jumping-off point for any career
you could possibly want in Media Studies you want to be in journalism if you want
to work in narrative media, if you want to work in transmedia you can get to the
seeds of that foundation and then just specialise in it.
But me I like writing, so a theory based course is the best for me but I do take one practical module on
documentary and I really enjoy the opportunity to do that too but I'm glad
there's not the main focus of the course.
I feel that the theory and history part
of the course, apart from the practice based modules, is really important
because I feel anyone can sort of learn how to do practical sort of things to do
with like a camera and but if you don't have theory behind it I feel that you
might be a bit hindered so I feel that the theory and the history is
really important to be able to apply to these practical options that we might be taking.
We've had dozens of guests like just from all different ranges of screen
careers we've had journalists, archiver's marketing, screenwriters.
I like living in Brighton because it's like very diverse, it's really eco friendly there's lots of
good places to go and eat, lots of things to do and as it's a city like there's always something on.
Brighton is a very nice, is a very nice little place to live sort of a very friendly place with a lot of
some places you can go and sort of experience filming, theatre and the arts
Yeah I feel really well supported in the University, the lecturers are really
quick to respond if I ever have an issue or even if it's a personal issue the
university is really good at supporting you within your studies if you're going through a difficult time or anything.
I feel very much support is like like you can easily like pop into the careers advisor or in my
case some of disability supervisors like help you through the visual aspects.
If you are having trouble say with specific subjects, if you're having difficulty in
regards to obtaining information or tackling certain essay topics they will
get someone who is a specialist in something that's relatively close to
what you're doing, they will recommend you journals, they'll get you interlibrary loans.
I would say that you should definitely do it because it's a
very diverse course that tackles a lot of things that other courses don't do.
If you're thinking about studying at the University of Brighton I would
definitely encourage you to go for it it's a beautiful place, the university is
wonderful it's so supportive and living in a city I feel is really important for
a young person finding their sort of footing and becoming more independent.