Digital Documentary MA

University of Sussex

Master

In Brighton

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

Taught by committed and active filmmakers, you’ll learn to produce a portfolio of short non-fiction films in a creative and stimulating environment.

You can pursue your own interests through your film practice and engage in a range of approaches from story-telling to more experimental forms.

You’ll learn to:
communicate imaginatively through the moving image
research and write original non-fiction film
develop visual story-telling
shoot and edit
project manage, schedule, budget, distribute and fund-raise.

Uniquely, you also have the opportunity to develop your abilities not only in single-screen video but in other digital media forms.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

The MA prepares you for professional work in the media and related industries, as well as enabling you to make an informed contribution to non-fiction film.

The sessions by industry professionals and distinguished alumni including Gerry Rothwell, Kim Longinotto, Penny Woolcock, Peter Beard and Marc Isaacs allow you to make links with potential employers and give you insights and advice on working in the media professions.

The course also provides an in-depth study of contemporary documentary for those wishing to pursue a PhD in this area.

Our students have been successful in gaining highly competitive scholarships offered for doctoral study, both at Sussex and other UK universities. Graduates have pursued careers in:
independent filmmaking
television production and research
marketing
communications
teaching and academic research.

Employers include the BBC, ITN News, Al Jazeera, Century Films, Ricochet, Back2Back Productions, Brighton.tv, EDF Energy, BP, Vodafone and a variety of universities and research centres.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • Image
  • Project
  • Media
  • Research
  • Production
  • Digital
  • Screen Media
  • Communication
  • Photography
  • Professional

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Documentary Practice
  • Short Documentary: Research and Production
  • Writing Documentary: Sound/Image/Text
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Digital Documentary Dissertation
  • Digital Documentary Project
  • Activist Media Practice
  • Animals and Screen Media
  • First Person Film (MA)
  • Media, Culture and Communication
  • New Moving Screens
  • Photography: Documentary, Landscape, Politics
  • Race, Culture and the Media
  • The Cinematic Body
  • Working in the Creative Industries: Critical frameworks

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  • Other Education Postgraduate Degrees
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Digital Documentary MA

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