Course summary
Accelerate your career in the film and television industries. Channel the spirit of radical creativity into your practice and define your unique voice, ready to succeed in a rapidly developing field. This online MA course will equip you to take your creative practice and technical craft to the next level of professionalism – sharpening your skills across a broad range of areas including screenwriting, pitching, production management, filming, editing and distribution. You’ll be challenged to innovate, questioning traditions and creative canons. Whether you’re already working in the industry, have just finished an undergraduate degree or want to enter academia, we’ll help you to bring innovation and originality to your chosen specialism. Why study this course at Falmouth? • Be supported by experts in online collaborative filmmaking, tapping into Falmouth’s pioneering legacy – one of the longest film education traditions of any UK university – from your own location • Develop courageous practice through interrogation of the industry and its cultural contexts, helping to determine your original contribution • Upgrade your research abilities to embark on an original path while reaching out to diverse audiences and collaborators • Boost your knowledge of the industry to find funding opportunities, outlets and audiences for transformational projects You will be supported by expert staff to enhance your filmmaking craft and research skills across pre-production, production and post-production. While developing projects that mirror industry workflows, you will deepen your understanding of how global cultural, political and social contexts frame and influence audience engagement. You will also learn to work with others in a productive and collaborative environment.
Modules
Modules The modules have been specifically designed to be studied in a non-linear order, with the order in which you’ll study the modules depending on when you begin the course. All modules on the course are compulsory and must be passed in order to complete the award. You will need to complete four 30-credit modules and one 60-credit Major Project (180 credits in total). All modules on the course are compulsory and must be passed in order to complete the award. Industry Practice Foundations (30 credits) On completion of this module, you'll have grasped a command of essential professional skills and an understanding of the fundamental standard processes of the contemporary film and television industries. To complete this module, you will devise and develop a creative project pitch (industry standard treatment), a short (scene or sample) screenplay and a short pre-production portfolio with optional audio-visual samples (clips). Your submission will be accompanied by a written critical reflection on the process and potential funding and distribution strategies. Industry Research (30 credits) This industry research module uses student-centred practice, offering you an opportunity to spend time on in-depth research of a chosen sector of film and television industry, one that aligns with your interests, career plans and ambitions. Focussing on a case study of your choice you'll manage your project under supervision of your tutors and via sharing with your peers. Starting with factual queries and gathering of information, you'll then progress to critical research to evaluate and analyse your industry data. You'll document your research journey and your findings in an online journal which will inform weekly webinar discussions. Industry Practice Development (30 credits) In this module, you'll pre-produce a short cinematic or televisual form or a screenplay. Designed for you to excel in film and television practice in an informed, professional way, yet crafted to help you follow your interests, this module offers two options: pre-production or screenwriting. You'll explore critical frameworks and screen practices as they pertain to fields of cinema, television, online viewing platforms, art galleries, transmedia, social media and citizen journalism. Active participation in practical project development will take you through the typical stages of film and television production, making you aware of real-world industry workflow. An overview of the contemporary industry will help you situate your original ideas and skills within the current film and television market. Context Research (30 credits) This module helps you expand your knowledge of how global cultural, political and social contexts frame and influence both production/distribution strategies and contemporary audiences' engagement with various available screen texts. You'll discuss transmedia as well as the broadly understood moving image that is available online. You'll consider relevant contexts of funding, commissioning, production, distribution and exhibition and their impact on today's screen representations and storytelling tactics. Not only does this module encourage you to use these recent research strategies and methodologies in your investigations of selected film and television examples, but also to apply them to your developing film or television practice. Final Major Project (60 credits) Working on your portfolio with your supervisor, you advance your chosen film and television expertise in one of the following areas: production, screenwriting, or academic research. Using student-centred practice, your tutors will start by discussing your project proposal with you to advise on the format and the option that would best suit your interests, ambitions and career plans. You'll work on the same project across two study blocks, the first of which will be dedicated to preparation, and the second to execution.
Assessment method
Assessment provides the course team with a means of offering tailored guidance alongside advice on how to progress knowledge and skills in key areas that relate to the course Learning Outcomes. The course team will identify your strengths and weaknesses as an individual and discuss them with you throughout your time on the course. You will be assessed via coursework at the end of each module in the form of visual, verbal and written assignments. You will also receive regular feedback via webinars, Q&As and workshops with your peers.
Entry requirements
An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification is desirable. However, candidates without a degree or formal qualification are still encouraged to apply. If you'd like to discuss our entry requirements, speak to an advisor. We’ll ask you to provide a piece of work that relates to the moving image, which you have been involved in making. This could include an example of a screenplay, a film, a showreel, or a piece of writing that demonstrates your commitment to the theory of the moving image. It could include previous project work and/or your current work in progress and could take the form of a link to your blog or website. Please also provide a statement of approximately 250 words that gives information on what your contribution was to this work.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Falmouth University
Woodlane
Falmouth
TR11 4RH