Course summary
This MA will enhance your narrative skills as an editor of fiction for film and television. This Masters is a pathway of MA Filmmaking, so that in addition to your specialised training you will collaborate with students across all specialisms on a variety of film projects. Experienced tutors and guests provide expert guidance designed to enhance the flow of your individual research, experimentation and artistic achievement. You will complete your degree by working in your specialist role on a major production in the final term. What we offer The programme is housed in a new purpose-built media facility equipped with state-of-the art teaching spaces including a film studio equipped with Arri lighting and Green Screen facilities. Edit suites are equipped with Avid Media Composer and tuition is offered, giving the opportunity to gain Avid Certified User accreditation (Media Composer 101 and 110). Edit suites, screening rooms and sound studios are linked via Avid’s industry standard ISIS storage area network. You will work to professional standards using high-end digital formats. You will also learn sophisticated postproduction workflow techniques, gaining a wealth of experience in off-line editing and an understanding of how this fits in with on-line editing, visual effects and picture grading. In addition to your specialist area, you can attend classes in related disciplines. 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. Expert guidance Tutors on the MA Filmaking course have a wealth of experience in the film and television industry. We maintain close links with the industry – the editing department has, for the last few years, had a strong relationship with the Guild of British Film and Television Editors who have provided mentors for our students. The Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies has been ranked 2nd in the UK for 'world-leading or internationally excellent' research (Research Excellence Framework, 2021) and 12th in the world (2nd in the UK) in the 2022 QS World Rankings for communication and media studies.
Modules
In your first 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 option 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 final substantive project and you will take part in a series of progress and feedback meetings. Screen Lab You will also advance your collaborative skills by working in teams with fiction and documentary producers and directors, cinematography and sound students, on a variety of projects and at least three scheduled films across the year. You will leave the programme with a diverse portfolio of moving-image work that may span a variety of formats – music video, web series drama, documentary, campaign/commercial, experimental art pieces and short fiction films. Compulsory modules You will take the following modules: Editing: Specialist Skills 30 credits Contemporary Screen Narratives in Practice and Theory 15 credits You will also complete a Final Project (90 credits), assessed by a portfolio of work and a viva that reflects your practice. Screen School options As well as your Editing specialism, you will choose three 15-credit option modules to enhance your other skills and critical approaches. Options include: Social Activist Film 15 credits Adaptation and Script Editing 30 credits Archaeology of the Moving Image 15 credits Camera Fundamentals 15 credits Experimental Media 30 credits or 15 credits Filmmakers Make Theory 15 credits Film Producing Fundamentals 15 credits Representing Reality 15 credits Sound Design Fundamentals 15 credits The Ascent of the Image 15 credits Visual Storytelling 15 credits Doctor Holby: Writing for Existing Continuing TV Drama Series 15 credits Media Law and Ethics 15 credits Practical Law for Film-makers 15 credits 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
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW