Filmmaking MA
Master
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
1 Year
Led by award-winning filmmakers and taught by highly experienced practitioners, this course gives you the opportunity to produce a low-budget independent film to a professional standard.
You’ll gain the skills to analyse and critique a range of fiction films and find your unique voice in an increasingly competitive field.
You learn how to:
write compelling scripts
raise funds
cast and direct actors
shoot and edit films using professional equipment and software.
You benefit from our strong industry connections and masterclasses with leading figures in film and television. You also have 24-hour access to the latest professional-grade equipment and post-production facilities.
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About this course
You'll have the necessary skills to work in the creative industries in roles such as:
scriptwriter
producer
director
cinematographer
sound recordist
editor.
92% of students from the School of Media, Film and Music were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent graduates from the School of Media, Film and Music have gone on to jobs including:
journalist, The Independent
projects and campaigns coordinator, Long Run Works
media executive, All Response Media.
You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.
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Subjects
- Media
- Cultural
- Social Practices
- Expanded Media
- Film Analysis
- Global Cinemas
- Journalism
- Media Audiences
- Research
- Professional
Course programme
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.
- Self Directed Creative Project: Filmmaking
- Collaborative Film Project
- Realisation and Visualisation: Directing actors and camera
Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
- Activist Media Practice
- Cultural Identities: Social Practices
- Expanded Media: Forms and Practices
- Film Analysis: Theories and Methods
- First Person Film (MA)
- Gender and Representation
- Global Cinemas
- Journalism in Transition A
- Media Audiences
- Media Theory and Research
- Media, Culture and Communication
- New Moving Screens
- Queering Popular Culture
- Race, Culture and the Media
- The Cinematic Body
- Writing Documentary: Sound/Image/Text
- Writing for the Screen
Additional information
Filmmaking MA