MA Film and Television Production

Module: 7FI013

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Contemporary experimental film/video and documentary crosses the boundaries from fine art to art house, analogue to digital, and is exhibited in differing exhibition contexts, from the gallery to the cinema. With regular lectures, workshops and seminars, this module will allow Masters students (who will either make a film/video, write an essay, or combine practice and theory together) from within the Faculty of Arts to engage and explore this inter-disciplinary area and to articulate and put into practice projects that respond to the critical, aesthetic and technological demands of the contemporary moving image.

Module: 7DM005

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to help you develop professional level technical skills, appropriate to accomplish film and television production work of an industry-level standard. It will resource you with the knowledge and awareness of contemporary media practices, required to operate effectively as an advanced practitioner in a range of specialist pre-production, production, and post production craft roles. It looks to enhance your awareness of differing correlations between methodological, conceptual and practical considerations within your film and television production activities. By these means, work undertaken in the module will reflect and encompass appropriate and effective ways of working in relation to the ideas and techniques by which production is informed, increasing your understanding of the interconnectedness of production craft skills and audience reception. You will develop the practical skills and intellectual knowledge needed to pursue an ambitious body of work, contextualise it and understand the methodological implications of the ideas/concepts that drive its production.

Module: 7DM004

Credits: 60

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module follows on directly from 7DM003 Research Project in Film and Television Production, and allows you to demonstrate the depth of your knowledge, understanding and craft gained through your course. In this module you will be required to undertake an extended independent project developed from work undertaken in 7DM003 and futher negotiated with your nominated module tutor. You will produce a portfolio of Film and Television Production practice related to your chosen area of study within the discipline.

Module: 7DM002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module provides the student with the necessary skills in academic research methods to support the study and practice of film and television production at masters level. The module content focuses on the rapidly developing digital media, and explores and establishes suitable research tools in both traditional (books, journals) and online (e-journals, e-books) forms. As an underpinning of film and television practice, the module also explores primary research methods appropriate to the film-maker, including methods of obtaining testimony from interviews. The coursework includes both traditional academic writing, and the creation of videographic essays.

Module: 7DM003

Credits: 40

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will enable you to further your moving image practice and make a film which develops your ideas and presents them in a technically competent way ready for the final project module. You will be expected to show that you have begun the process of developing your ideas through a range of research methods and final practical application. You will show that you can work individually and in groups to achieve outcomes that demonstrate your development as an independent-minded filmmaker.

Module: 7FI019

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

In this module you will develop a screenplay for a short film, paying particular attention to the techniques and poetics of representing images, sounds and character through words alone. You will therefore (1) complete a series of drafts demonstrating refinement of a screen idea, and (2) produce a spec script capable of being made into a short film.

The course is taught in the School of Media, which houses a three-camera live television studio, fifteen editing suites with Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro X and other professional software packages, and a sound-recording/foley production suite. It also has an equipment store from which you can borrow all the camera, sound, lighting and other equipment you need to produce your work.

Who will teach you on this course?

The course teaching team includes four active doctoral or postdoctoral researchers – Dr. Adam Kossoff, Tracy McCoy, Phil Nichols – whose interests include documentary film, social action video, screenwriting and adaptation, and cinematography. They are all qualified higher education teachers, and have many years of experience of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. They are also experienced film and programme makers.

Our students and graduates have a track-record of success in competitions and festivals, such as the prestigious Royal Television Society Student Awards, the Midland Movies awards, and the Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Film Festival.

The skills you gain fall into three areas. First, there are the creative and technical skills that are essential for film-making: script writing, camera, lighting, sound, editing. Second, there are skills related to directing a film and managing a production. Third, there are academic skills which relate mainly to research, communication and presentation.

Location Mode Fee Year Home/EU Full-time £6400 per year 2020-21 Home/EU Part-time £3200 per year 2020-21 Home Full-time £6550 per year 2021-22 Home Part-time £3275 per year 2021-22 International Full-time £13350 per year 2020-21 International Full-time £13950 per year 2021-22

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

Usually applicants will have a good Honours Degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent in a relevant subject (film, television, or related art or media subjects)

Applicants will be invited to an interview.

All students must demonstrate a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent) in order to be admitted to the University of Wolverhampton please follow the link below for more information:

Candidates with a significant track record of professional experience in film or television production, but with a lesser (or no) degree, will also be considered. Applicants in this category will be required to attend for interview with a portfolio of film/television/media work and may be asked to produce a piece of written work as a means of assessing their suitability.

Film-maker and editor Andrew Webber has had his films screened at international festivals in the UK, Jamaica and West Africa. He says, “The University has been extremely supportive, through my studies and after graduation.”

Niki Gandy has pursued a teaching career, and now teaches photography and art in a High School. Calling herself a “proud graduate” of our related undergraduate course, she says, “I chose it for its practical content and which helped furnish me with numerous transferable skills necessary to forge my career in teaching. Almost a decade on, my lecturers continue to provide me with support and guidance - I feel certain that my relationship with the university will continue for many years to come.”

Actor and director Brian Duffy, creator of TV series Small World – a comedy series about a group of deaf flatmates which has been shown on TV and online – says, “Studying at the University of Wolverhampton helped me with networking and organisation – especially as filmmakers came to Wolverhampton for Deaffest, the UK’s leading deaf film and arts festival. My lecturer could also sign which was a great help and a huge weight off my shoulders – I could talk to her one-to-one. That’s something I never had the pleasure of pre-university.”

Lauren Shinner has been working in media production ever since graduating. She says, “My time at the University was invaluable, I wouldn't be where I am today without it. The tutors were always helpful and push students to do their best with plenty of support and understanding and the course prepares you well for your prospective career. I've gone on to work as a video editor in education, ran my own media business and have done videos for high end charities and new bands, and am now working in media in another area. Without my degree, none of this would have been possible.”

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Postgraduate Loan (Home Fee Status):

You may be able to get a postgraduate student loan from Student Finance England of up to £11,750 to help pay for a Master’s degree. Applications are made through Student Finance England and more information on the regulations and eligibility criteria can be found at Masters Loans gov.uk.

* Any RPL will invalidate your eligibility as you must study a minimum of 180 credits

Changes for EU students:

The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as Overseas (International) students for fee purposes. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:

EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) click here.

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught on-site postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards