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- Develop skills across all aspects of screen production including cinematography, editing, sound or directing, or learn how to be a producer or scriptwriter.
- Showcase your work to industry professionals and external clients at public screenings.
- Choose from a range of genres including documentary, drama, television, and experimental film while exploring digital and mobile platforms.
- Graduates have made films or programs that have won Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, AFI and IF awards, and screened at major international and Australian film festivals.
- Customise your Bachelor of Creative Arts (Film and Screen) degree to your desired career outcomes with options of a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives.
- Unique course structure allows you to combine creative disciplines together to develop transferable skills across a range of industries.
Highlights
- Develop skills across all aspects of screen production including cinematography, editing, sound or directing, or learn how to be a producer or scriptwriter.
- Showcase your work to industry professionals and external clients at public screenings.
- Choose from a range of genres including documentary, drama, television, and experimental film while exploring digital and mobile platforms.
- Graduates have made films or programs that have won Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, AFI and IF awards, and screened at major international and Australian film festivals.
- Customise your Bachelor of Creative Arts (Film and Screen) degree to your desired career outcomes with options of a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives.
- Unique course structure allows you to combine creative disciplines together to develop transferable skills across a range of industries.
Why choose this course?
Our screens are changing. They range in all shapes and sizes from the latest large format cinema screens, immersive headsets, down to the screen on our phones that travel with us, and everything in between. Regardless of the size, one thing that drives us is the power of the storytelling that we create and view on these screens. These stories can shock us. Make us think. Make us laugh. Take us out of this world and send us on a fantasy journey. And the people who produce these moving pictures have never had more creative freedom.
This film course for the digital age provides opportunities to develop your skills in traditional practices including producing, writing, editing, sound, cinematography and directing, and also new emerging practices in virtual production and extended reality. You will learn skills used in digital content production, gain business and leadership skills, and knowledge of how the entertainment industry works. Regardless of your chosen specialisation, this broad base of skills will make you attractive to employers, or set you up to better take control of your freelance career.
The film and screen major will allow you to explore a wide range of career options within the film and screen industries before specialising in an area of your choice. If your passion is cinematography, editing, sound, writing, producing or directing, you will develop technical skills by producing high-quality, creative content. If you are interested in writing, developing or producing screen content, you will find your niche as a storyteller and creative entrepreneur, learning how to generate ideas and develop them into finished productions, source funding, and identify opportunities for collaboration and distribution.
This course gives you the opportunity to work across all genres and areas of production, to build agility for you to respond to changing work conditions to build a sustainable career in the screen industry.
Tailor your film and screen degree for your future with a second major or a combination of other creative field majors, minors and and/or extensions and electives that allow you to further specialise in production design, sound design, post production and visual effects, or script development.
Real-world learning
The need for impactful, inclusive and diverse storytelling across a range of platforms (subscription TV, mobile devices, the Internet, promotional campaigns, film festivals and events) is leading to lucrative opportunities for multi-skilled professionals in the screen industry. By choosing to study film at QUT, you will be real-world ready for a creative career in this rapidly evolving landscape.
You’ll have opportunities to work in a range of genres including documentary, drama, television and experimental film, across formats including film, television, digital, web, mobile platforms and emerging media formats including XR. You’ll be prepared for the industry, whether you plan to work in an established production house or develop a freelance career.
You will be industry ready for the career path you choose to pursue. You will gain experience in your specialisation by working with other students to produce creative works for external clients and may have your works showcased to the industry at public screenings in your final year.
Past QUT film students have worked on television programs such as Burning Man, Doctor Strange, My Mistress, Hacksaw Ridge, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant as well as TV series Hoff the Record, Secrets and Lies, True Detective, Westworld, The Night Manager and Battlebots.
Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it’s like to study creative arts and where a QUT degree can take you.
Explore this course
Storytelling for screen is no longer restricted to big-budget cinema releases and television series commissioned by major networks. The need for quality content across digital media delivery platforms such as subscription TV, mobile devices, internet, promotional campaigns and film festivals and events is leading to lucrative opportunities for multiskilled professionals to generate highly creative, captivating productions. With this Bachelor of Creative Arts (Film and Screen) degree you’ll have the opportunity to work across these many genres and formats, readying you for your film and screen future career.
This course gives you a broad base of knowledge, skills and experiences to explore a wide range of career options within the film, television and digital media industries before specialising in an area of your choice. You’ll have the opportunity to develop technical skills in directing, camera, editing and sound. To supplement the core skills you will learn on this course, you have the flexibility to customise your degree to fit your interests, with options to choose a second major, or a mix of other creative field majors, minors, and courses across multiple subjects.
You will also learn new ideas to challenge your thinking and develop your skills and capabilities to be able to make a real impact through QUT You units which focus on real-world issues to ready you for a fast-changing 21st Century.
Throughout this course, you will collaborate with other students on screen productions and be encouraged to develop ethical and respectful relationships that can assist you in professionalising your creative practice.
Upon graduation of this course, you will have developed a broad base of skills and hands on production experience to position you as an industry ready graduate equipped for a professional career in the screen industries.
Double degrees
Combine your Bachelor of Creative Arts (Film and Screen) degree with a second study area for greater career flexibility and opportunities in other industries. Consider a double degree with:
- behavioural science (psychology): combine your passion for creativity with psychology for an innovative career as a creative counsellor or practitioner.
- business: develop skills to run your own freelance business or work in advertising or corporate sectors by combining your film and screen degree with a Bachelor of Business.
- law: use your skills for career options working as a director, scriptwriter or production manager, a media lawyer involved in copyright disputes, negotiation of licenses and talent agreements, or a filmmaker specialising in crime or legal content.
- education (secondary): combine your interests in the arts with a passion to teach with a double degree in education. Additional entry requirements apply to the Bachelor of Education, see information on double degrees.
Careers and outcomes
Graduates work in the film and screen industries on film sets, for production companies or screen media outlets, and as freelance professionals. Career outcomes include cinematography, vision and sound editing, directing, script-writing, producing or production management. Those who specialise in producing may aspire to work in research, production management, script development and editing, or programming and scheduling for screen media outlets. There are many opportunities for graduates to start their own specialised business in the industry.
Graduates have gone on to make films or programs that have won Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, AACTA and IF awards. They have screened at prestigious festivals worldwide including Cannes, Tribeca, Berlinale, Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Heart of Gold Short Film Festival, Byron Bay Film Festival and Tropfest.
Past QUT film and screen students have worked on television programs such as Burning Man, Doctor Strange, My Mistress, Hacksaw Ridge, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant as well as TV series Hoff the Record, Secrets and Lies, True Detective, Westworld, The Night Manager and Battlebots. Students have also worked on music videos include for Powderfinger, Silverchair, Washington, and many others.
If teaching is your ambition, this course can be also followed with a graduate-entry teacher education Master of Teaching courses (check the entry requirements for specific teaching courses) which enables you to become a qualified teacher.
Pathways also exist to prepare you for further study including research.
Possible careers
- Advertising professional
- Artist
- Digital content producer
- Director
- Film composer
- Lighting designer
- Lighting technician
- Motion capture specialist
- Multimedia designer
- Post-production specialist
- Sound designer
- Sound and music producer
- Technical director
- Virtual production
- Xr producer
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 288 credit points comprising:
- Six common units: 72 credit points
- Film and Screen major: 96 credit points
- QUT You: 24 credit points
- Complementary studies: 96 credit points chosen from:
- one 96 credit point second major; OR
- one 84 credit point second major and one unit option (elective); OR
- one 72 credit point second major and two unit options (electives); OR
- two minors; OR
- one minor and 48 credit points chosen from unit options (electives); OR
- 96 credit points chosen from unit options (electives).
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 288 credit points comprising:
- Six common units: 72 credit points
- Film and Screen major: 96 credit points
- QUT You: 24 credit points
- Complementary studies: 96 credit points chosen from:
- one 96 credit point second major; OR
- one 84 credit point second major and one unit option (elective); OR
- one 72 credit point second major and two unit options (electives); OR
- two minors; OR
- one minor and 48 credit points chosen from unit options (electives); OR
- 96 credit points chosen from unit options (electives).
- Course code
- CA01
- QTAC code
- 419342
- CRICOS code
- 116102H
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- Kelvin Grove
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- Kelvin Grove
- 3 years full-time
- 6 years part-time
- 3 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
Year 12 early offer scheme
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student, you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12, before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme
Helping you to get into your course
If you don't think your ATAR or selection rank is high enough to get into this course, you can guarantee your entry with guaranteed advanced standing by upgrading through one the following programs which you can select as one of your QTAC preferences:
QUT College Diploma in Creative Industries
As a QUT College Diploma in Creative Industries graduate you will automatically receive an offer to start the Bachelor of Creative Arts within one week after completion of the diploma. You will also automatically receive up to 1.0 year (96 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 2 years as a full-time student (or equivalent part-time).
Find out more about the QUT College Diploma in Creative Industries
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 70.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF certificate IV, diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2024
As this is a new course, Semester 1, 2024 information is not available.
You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 70.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF certificate IV, diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic / IELTS One Skills Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| PTE Academic | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| TOEFL iBT / Paper | 79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP $11,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $37,400 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Creative Arts)
QUT Excellence Scholarships are the university's premier offering for students with outstanding excellence in creative arts.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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