MA Directing Film and Television

Course details On this course you will usually be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry. Core units Directing Across Genres: Develop practical and critical skills for creative directing in a variety of genres, formats and media, and build competence and understanding through seminars and practical workshops. You'll be prepared for collaborating in the development process through working closely with writing and producing Master's students. Narrative Constructions: Establishing a social, cultural and intellectual context for production work on the course, in combination with the other practical and professional skills taught, this unit offers a critical foundation for the effective realisation of production work. You'll collectively engage with narrative theory in a critical and analytical forum. Directing & Developing Story: You'll direct a 10-minute documentary or a 10-minute drama, which will help you develop skills in short form storytelling for fiction and documentary. Drama scripts will be developed by collaborating with scriptwriters and producers, and documentaries will be developed with producing students. Professional Practice: An introduction to key concepts, skills and knowledge you'll need for employment in the media industries. Option units (choose one)* The Master's Production Project: This is where you can create a calling card for the industry. You'll plan and shoot a project, negotiated with a tutor. Taking advantage of the Faculty of Media & Communication's collaborative environment, you can work with MA Scripwtwriting students to make exciting drama scripts. You can also work with MA Producing Film and Television and MA Post Production Editing students to benefit the story you're telling. The Master's Research Project: You can produce a practice-based research artefact supported by a written analysis, or an individual or collaboratively-written paper. The latter consists of a written investigation into an aspect of practice, supported by media artefacts. *Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year. Key features Develop authorship skills for directing dramas and documentaries Learn to direct single camera and multi-camera, on location and in the studio Network with leading practitioners from the film and television industry Work in a collaborative environment that follows industry practice Develop critical thinking and intellectual skills for reflecting, learning and growing as a practitioner Graduate from the UK’s only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a recognised Skillset Screen and Media Academy with an excellent track record in graduate employment and industry reputation. Programme specification Programme specifications provide definitive records of the University's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a BU Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used. Download the programme specification for MA Directing Film & Television. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.