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Writing, Directing & Screen-craft

Our Writing, Directing and Screen-craft course prepares young people to enter the stage and screen industries as the core creatives. This equips those with a creative vision with the skills and breadth of knowledge they need to write, direct and manage productions.

This free, full-time, post-16 course is underpinned by a combination of two qualifications; the Pearson BTEC Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Performing Arts Practice, the BTEC Level 3 and Foundation Diploma in Creative Media Practice, in total worth the equivalent of 3 A'levels.

This is a 2 year study programme.

Got a creative vision? See yourself as a director or screen-writer? Want to work in the core creative teams for TV, film, radio or theatre? Interested in acting and performing, but want to write for and direct others?

At BOA Stage and Screen Production we place significant emphasis on work-readiness, project based learning and industry collaboration, and our purpose-built curriculum has been designed in collaboration with major UK industry partners to ensure our students are genuinely "set-ready" when they leave us. The Writing, Directing and Screen-craft  course at BOA Stage and Screen Production academy is much, much more than the BTEC course alone, it is a passport into the industry.

Students at BOA Stage and Screen will undertake a sequence of live industry projects, working with major partners such as the RSC, BBC and Method in Motion, choosing roles, attending relevant workshops and classes, executing their duties, and keeping a journal and e-portfolio as evidence. For example every year our Year 13 students make a full commercial feature film, working with the team from Threewise Entertainment!

The content of the journal and e-portfolio is regularly assessed against both the Pearson BTEC Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Performing Arts Practice, and the BTEC Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Creative Media Practice, in total worth the equivalent of 3 A'levels.

This means students leave equipped with the qualifications, credits, experience and professional network they need to progress directly into the industry, or pursue further studies at the very best universities.