✨ What Can You Do With a Qualification in Film, Television, or Performing Arts? ✨
13 March 2018
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Film and television is a very competitive industry and difficult to get into. Studying can help you get ahead and build important contacts. Here's the three strains of course that might lead you into the business and which jobs they are useful for.
Film and television production
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Director
(Creative manager for the production) - Film/video editor
(Assembles recorded raw material into a finished product) - Lighting technician
(Sets up and operates the lighting equipment) - Location manager
(Makes practical arrangements for outdoor sets) - Programme researcher
(Contributes ideas, finds contributors, and collects and prepares information) - Runner
(General production assistant) - Sound technician
(Assembles, operates and maintains the technical equipment) - Producer
(General project manager responsible for business decisions)
Jobs where your degree would be useful:
- Broadcast engineer
(Makes sure programmes are broadcast on time and to the highest quality, maintains the equipment, and carries out updates and repairs) - Broadcast journalist
(Researches, investigates and presents news and current affairs content for television, radio and the internet) - Television camera operator
(Cameraman) - Floor manager
(Makes sure that sets, props and technical equipment are safe, ready to use and in the right position) - Production coordinator
(Responsible for the administration, organisation and secretarial work)
Film studies
Jobs directly related to your degree:
- Broadcast engineer
(Makes sure programmes are broadcast on time and to the highest quality, maintains the equipment, and carries out updates and repairs) - Broadcast presenter
(The public face, or voice, of programmes broadcast on television, radio and via the internet) - Director
(Creative manager for the production) - Location manager
(Makes practical arrangements for outdoor sets) - Programme researcher
(Contributes ideas, finds contributors, and collects and prepares information) - Television camera operator
(Cameraman) - Producer
(General project manager responsible for business decisions) - Production coordinator
(Responsible for the administration, organisation and secretarial work)
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
- Advertising art director
(produces innovative ideas for the visual elements of advertising campaigns) - Community arts worker
(promotes artistic activities to local groups and individuals) - Marketing executive
(contributes to and develops integrated marketing campaigns) - Runner
(General production assistant)
Performing arts (dance/drama)
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Actor
- Community arts worker
(promotes artistic activities to local groups and individuals) - Dancer
- Dramatherapist
(Uses performance arts to help people explore, address and deal with a range of personal and social difficulties) - Music therapist
(Uses music to help people explore, address and deal with a range of personal and social difficulties) - Theatre director
(Creative manager for theatre productions)
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
- Arts administrator
(Manages activities and projects provided by a range of organisations in the arts sector) - Broadcast presenter
(The public face, or voice, of programmes broadcast on television, radio and via the internet) - Director
- Teacher
(Drama/dance/vocal/school/university) - Theatre stage manager
(Coordinates all aspects of a theatre company)
And here are the best places in the UK to study according to our favourite rankings from The Guardian...
GUARDIAN TOP 10 UNIS FOR Film Production and Photography
| 2018 | Institution | Guardian score/100 | Satisfied with course | Satisfied with teaching | Satisfied with feedback | Student to staff ratio | Spend per student/10 | Average entry tariff | Value added score/10 | Career after 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry | 100 | 91.0 | 90.5 | 87.8 | n/a | 5 | 144 | 8 | 76 |
| 2 | Middlesex | 97 | 95 | 93.8 | 87.3 | 13.7 | 10 | 120 | 6 | 69 |
| 3 | Glasgow | 95 | 84.2 | 88.5 | 71.0 | 14.4 | 6 | 189 | 8 | n/a |
| 4 | Bristol | 93.2 | 83 | 89.0 | 73.1 | 13.8 | 7 | 176 | n/a | n/a |
| 5 | Reading | 90.4 | 88.1 | 90.6 | 69.7 | 13.3 | 7 | 143 | 8 | n/a |
| 6 | UWE Bristol | 89.5 | 81 | 87.8 | 84.4 | 14.2 | 8 | 122 | 8 | 63 |
| 7 | University for the Creative Arts | 87.9 | 90 | 92.5 | 83.8 | 15.2 | 9 | 123 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Edinburgh Napier | 87.7 | 63.7 | 73.0 | 61.2 | 12 | 4 | 188 | 9 | n/a |
| 9 | York | 86.7 | 84.1 | 90.3 | 57.4 | 16.8 | 9 | 158 | 9 | 49 |
| 10 | Royal Holloway | 84.5 | 71 | 80.8 | 71.0 | 12.2 | 7 | 150 | 7 | n/a |
Guardian top 10 Unis For Dance & Drama
| 2018 | Institution | Guardian score/100 | Satisfied with course | Satisfied with teaching | Satisfied with feedback | Student to staff ratio | Spend per student/10 | Average entry tariff | Value added score/10 | Career after 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Welsh College | 100 | 94.1 | 94.5 | 81.2 | 8.7 | n/a | 137 | 7 | 91 |
| 2 | Surrey | 97.2 | 87.7 | 92.9 | 82.0 | 11.2 | 9 | 171 | 7 | 69 |
| 3 | Essex | 95.7 | 93 | 95.0 | 88.4 | 19.1 | 3 | 162 | 9 | 81 |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 94.5 | 95 | 93.2 | 87.2 | 9.1 | 10 | 129 | 7 | 64 |
| 5 | Birmingham | 90.2 | 87.1 | 92.6 | 68.2 | 13 | 10 | 179 | 5 | 80 |
| 6 | Exeter | 89.6 | 99 | 97.5 | 85.2 | 17.4 | 4 | 179 | 4 | 70 |
| 7 | Royal Central School of Speech & Drama | 89.2 | 89.9 | 95.5 | 80.8 | 10.3 | 5 | 144 | 7 | 71 |
| 7 | Lancaster | 89.2 | 88.5 | 93.6 | 74.2 | n/a | 10 | 161 | 6 | n/a |
| 9 | Middlesex | 88 | 98 | 96.8 | 79.9 | 13.7 | 9 | 134 | 6 | 79 |
| 10 | Trinity Laban Conservatoire | 87.6 | 88.1 | 91.1 | 71.7 | 10.1 | 8 | 143 | 8 | 81 |
If you want any assistance in applying to study Film, television or performing arts in the UK, or to find jobs in the industry, give us a call.
