Course summary
The MA Filmmaking (Directing Fiction) is the premier place to develop your skills as a director, working on a range of projects from personal ‘essay’ films to large-scale shoots with professional actors and feature crew.
- This Masters, a pathway of the MA Filmmaking, will enable you to gain a full understanding of how to collaborate on all stages of filmmaking, from scripting and pre-production through shoot, post-production and marketing/exhibition of your work. It will build your skills and confidence in expressing your unique vision and conveying it to your team.
- The programme is housed in a purpose-built media facility equipped with state-of-the art teaching spaces.
- We have extensive production facilities and informal rehearsal and meeting spaces where you can discuss and collaborate with scriptwriters, actors, producers and your shoot team.
- We also have established relations with casting directors, agents, production designers and other professionals who will both advise you and provide their skills to enhance your productions.
- You work on at least one film per term in your specialist role, culminating in a major production towards the end of the degree.
- In addition to your specialist area, you attend classes in related disciplines such as film directing and editing, and collaborate with students across specialisations on film projects. This framework is designed to stimulate collaborative practice by providing you with a breadth of filmmaking knowledge combined with a high level of expertise in your chosen filmmaking discipline.
- The Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies has been ranked second in the UK for 'world-leading or internationally excellent' research (Research Excellence Framework, 2021) and 16th in the world (third in the UK) in the 2024 QS World Rankings for communication and media studies.
Modules
Overview For two terms you will spend a full day a week in specialised contact with your specific programme convenor. These sessions include: Practical demonstrations and exercises Lectures Screenings Small group seminars Workshops You will also take three optional modules, taught through practical workshops and hands-on experiences, as well as critical discussion and essay writing. The third term will be taken up with your substantive Final Project and you will take part in a series of progress and feedback meetings. Group film projects You will work with other students from across the five MA Filmmaking fiction pathways to create film crews in a professional structure. This allows you to develop realistic industry experience while making work with extremely high production values. Specialist studies You will take the following modules: Directing Fiction: Specialist Skills Contemporary Screen Narratives in Practice and Theory You will also complete a Final Project, assessed by a portfolio of work and a viva that reflects your practice. You will choose three optional modules. Examples of recent optional modules include: Social Activist Film Archaeology of the Moving Image Camera Fundamentals Film Producing Fundamentals Representing Reality Sound Design Fundamentals The Ascent of the Image Doctor Holby: Writing for Existing Continuing TV Drama Series Media Law and Ethics Practical Law for Film-makers Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Entry requirements
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in a relevant/related subject as well as a level of practical experience from work in the arts or the media. You might also be considered if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level. Because funding deadlines and requirements vary around the world, applications are considered on a rolling basis from February onwards and places on the programme fill up across the recruitment cycle. For this reason, we strongly advise you to submit your completed application as early as you can. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 7.0 with a 7.0 in writing and no element lower than 6.5 to study this programme.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Additional fee information
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW