MA Film and Television Production

Careers
When you successfully complete your MA, you will have made a very substantial addition to your CV and have a clear understanding of the next steps in the development of your career.

What job can I get?
No film school can catapult a graduate directly into producing or directing their own feature film. However, our course supports students in becoming creatively entrepreneurial with the ability to initiate, develop and deliver film and television projects both as independent producers, writers and directors or in the context of existing production companies. The goal is to enhance students’ ability to progress creative projects and advance within the industry. Career objectives include fast track progression in producership, directing and writing: a high proportion of graduates set up their own production companies.

An honours degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent professional experience. In addition please supply any evidence of previous film, video, scriptwriting and/or other relevant experience. This may be short films made as an undergraduate and/or productions you have worked on in the industry. If you have not produced any video/film work or written any original scripts, please provide an outline for your major project (short 15-20 minute film / or feature length script).

Professional Accreditations
Avid Accreditation
Students are offered the opportunity to become Avid accredited (the industry’s leading professional editing software) before completing their degree. This is a major advantage for post-production roles strengthening student’s applications for positions within the editing departments of film and TV production companies.

CILECT
The International Association of Film and Television Schools is the association of the world’s major film and television schools. Founded in Cannes in 1955, we are one of only 13 member film courses in the UK. Membership to CILECT not only requires the highest standard of teaching but also gives members access to a wide network of educators and industry professionals as a means to exchange ideas and further develop their curriculum and teaching.

Why choose this course?
Across the course, students will gain and build on knowledge of production and post-production practice, and essential industry practices including finance, marketing and distribution.

Our regular hosted sessions with industry professionals ensure students learn current industry practice and trends from the very best. We also work closely with key industry partners to enable students to connect directly with their future employers and mentors.

Students undertake a programme of screenings, masterclasses and seminars, to extend their knowledge of film and television histories, genres, aesthetics and narrative processes and to develop a range of research and communication skills. Students are encouraged to develop the aesthetic and conceptual awareness required to analyse and critically situate their work within current theoretical, cultural and commercial contexts, whether as a director, producer or scriptwriter.

The modules focus on script development, camerawork, lighting, sound recording, post production techniques, producership, funding, distribution and other relevant areas. You will benefit from the expertise and creative ideas of students working in specialised areas elsewhere in the School (e.g. Visual Effects, Special Effects, Animation or Music) whose input can enhance the professionalism of your major projects.