MFA Advanced Film Practice

Postgraduate

In Edinburgh

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Edinburgh (Scotland)

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course introduction: Develop your creative and professional skills through practical exercises and masterclasses with leading industry practitioners. This course ideal for ambitious directors, producers or writers looking to make the leap to professional filmmaking, or seasoned professionals looking to work on the big screen. We offer great scope for collaboration, with more than students engaged in film activities – from cinematography and editing to documentary and animation. In addition to acquiring practical skills, you’ll also create projects that form the basis of your portfolio.

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Location

Start date

Edinburgh (Midlothian/Edinburghshire)
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Craiglockhart Campus, EH14 1DJ

Start date

On request

About this course

The entry requirement for this course is a Master's Degree in Film in order to be eligible for this course. All applicants must submit a portfolio of work that best shows their abilities as a screenwriter, producer or director. including: A full CV and personal statement highlighting what you consider to be your most significant experience and achievements in education, work and life, why you want to undertake the course and what you hope to achieve in your career in film (maximum two pages). Tangible evidence of your achievements: for writers, a...

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Skills and Training
  • Production

Course programme

Develop your existing skills to a near-professional level, collaborating with students and working practitioners alike to create a fully funded short film, documentary, feature film script or similar finished creative product. Your qualification carries Screen Academy status, the only film qualification in Scotland to offer this, and one of only a few throughout the UK. On entry into this course, you will already have demonstrated advanced skills in production, direction or screenwriting. By graduation, you will have honed these skills and added to them. You’ll learn techniques to further develop your creative voice, plus the production skills necessary to bring a film project to completion. Subjects include Project Development and Pre-production Project Production and Post-production Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.

Additional information

This course maximises your chances of success in a tough industry. Your qualification carries Creative Skillset Film Academy status – giving us and our graduates credibility in the industry. You will meet and work with industry practitioners, building contacts and networks that will help form the basis of a potential career. Our graduates’ films have screened at festivals throughout the world including Edinburgh, Venice and Kolkata and many of our alumni go on to pick up prestigious awards and commissions.

MFA Advanced Film Practice

Price on request