Producing at MetFilm - UCAS

MetFilm

Degree level: Postgraduate
Awarded by: Met Film School, University of West London

Producing (Taught)

Course summary

The MA Producing course offers students a unique opportunity to develop the necessary skills to become the next generation of entrepreneurs in the screen business world. The programme aims to provide insight into, and mastery of, creative development, physical production, and business and finance in relation to the creative screen industries. The producing course is designed to be skill specific (budgeting, production management, raising finance, idea development, pitching) and interdisciplinary (group productions, brainstorming, team building). Threaded through the programme are opportunities for you to meet and collaborate with students on complementary pathways and to build your own professional profile. We want you not only to understand your own role, but to get the bigger picture – how do others think, how does industry work?

  • Practical: Producers lead teams of directors, cinematographers, screenwriters, and editors on a variety of projects. Networking and pitching skills are also developed throughout the course, with students pitching to high-level film industry professionals, TV commissioning executives, and business investors.
  • Comprehensive: During their time on the course, students are given opportunities to visit major film festivals and companies. Past examples include festivals like the Berlinale, Cannes, or London, and companies such as Disney, World Productions, Sky Television, Channel 5, and The Imaginarium.
  • Industry-facing: Some of our guest tutors have included: Victoria Pile (Creator – Green Wing), Tony Orsten (CEO – The Imaginarium), Dr. Jo Twist (CEO – UKIE), Zai Bennett (Managing Director, Content – Sky Channels) and Caroline Levy (Director of Current Drama, BBC Television).
  • Real-life Experience: Students find and produce content for external industry clients, with previous examples including HM Treasury, Transport for London, Time Out, Nespresso, DHL, Mind, and Stonewall.

Modules

Producing Craft and Industry: During the early weeks of the module you will work with students from other pathways to make a short video using a camera phone based on something that you want to say. Using the video as a starting point you will evidence your developing understanding of content, industry and audiences, to pitch a feature film or television project to an industry panel. Financing Film and Television: You will gain insight into the commissioning and financing of film and television projects including the different types of money available, and the increasing convergence between film and television investment in the era of the streamers. Professional Profile: You will develop authentic and detailed career paperwork and supporting materials including a CV and personal profile. As part of the module you will be offered Elective Upskilling sessions – opportunities to develop screen industry skills outside of your chosen discipline or as part of your multi-skilling profile. Production Management and Practical Production: This module aims to synthesise the knowledge and skills gained from previous modules by bringing students from all disciplines together to work collaboratively in teams to create and deliver screen content for a range of external clients. Unlike the collaborations of the first module, here producing students lead all teams, using industry-standard production models to gain first-hand understanding of how the creative producer operates on a production. Creative Business Models and Methods: As part of your deepening awareness of producing and industry, this module synthesises the knowledge and skills already gained towards understanding how businesses are created and developed within the creative media sector. Practice-based Research: Building on the work of previous and concurrent modules, you will gain a deeper insight into current theories, principles, and discussions relating to issues of diversity, sustainability, and ethics within the screen industries. Final Project and Career Plan: Your project is an opportunity to deliver work that is distinctive, industry-aware, based in research and reflects awareness of a diverse and inclusive world. You will also present your career plan, including evidence of new skills to be assessed by industry employers as you prepare to enter or re-enter the screen industries on graduation.

Assessment method

Assessment includes a final Master’s project.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

International applicants

For more information please visit our website: https://www.metfilmschool.ac.uk/admissions/international/ LANGUAGE LEVEL REQUIREMENTS Students applying for a visa via the Student Route must provide evidence of their English language ability. The following tests are satisfactory to demonstrate this: IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge PET, ESOL Skills for Life Level 1 and 2, Trinity Level 1. - IELTS – MA Postgraduate courses requirements: Students need to achieve an IELTS overall score of at least 6.5 with at least 6.5 in writing and at least 5.5 in listening, reading and speaking.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a minimum 2:1 honours degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent. Applicants without this qualification, but possessing relevant work experience, are also invited to apply. Each application is considered on its individual merits.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £22000 Whole course
Northern Ireland £22000 Whole course
Scotland £22000 Whole course
Wales £22000 Whole course
Channel Islands £22000 Whole course
Republic of Ireland £22000 Whole course
EU £24000 Whole course
International £24000 Whole course

Additional fee information

Course fees include: Tuition, production equipment and support, first aid and health & safety training, production and post production facilities, access to industry masterclasses and networking.
Producing at MetFilm - UCAS