Film: Theory and Practice MA

Profile The Film: Theory and Practice MA provides you with a sophisticated understanding of films as systems of meaning. Your study covers areas such as film-making, historical cinema, screenwriting and narrative. The course will advance your knowledge of the musculature of cinematography and editing, and the nerve system of narrative conventions, authorship, genre, power, aesthetics, stardom and nationality. You can specialise in areas of film theory, or in film practice; the latter including screenwriting, film-making and cinema management. You will develop your own scholarly approaches to film through exploring a range of positions in film studies, and a range of historical periods and national/transnational cinemas. By the end of the course you will have acquired knowledge of a range of analytical and theoretical principles in film studies and an array of national/transnational cinemas, including: British Chinese French American North African Spanish and Latin American If you choose to work in film production you will usually have a finished film within 12 weeks. Our graduates have progressed into a variety of careers, including: academia, media and journalism, cinema management, and film production. Many of our MA students go on to PhD research. The study of film has a long history at Newcastle. Our community of film scholars shares specialisms in: film genre film stardom gender and ethnic identities in cinema writing on film Our research interests also range widely in Anglophone, French, Hispanic, East Asian and Middle Eastern cinemas. Award-winning film-makers, Tina Gharavi and Ian MacDonald, bring a wealth of professional experience to the teaching of film production. We collaborate with the Tyneside Cinema to provide work experience opportunities and in-depth knowledge in film exhibition and distribution. We have a thriving research culture in film. The Research Centre in Film and Digital Media organises a diverse range of...