Course summary
Our documentary programme integrates both the theory and practice of documentary production, giving you the opportunity to turn your ideas into innovative films for a variety of audiences. Documentaries are a vital, successful and constantly evolving media with an ever-growing number of places where they are screened, broadcast and streamed. With us, you'll be trained in the craft and technical aspects of filmmaking, producing films of integrity and importance. Hands-on film making Intensive practical workshops, group sessions and one-to-one guidance will help you locate subjects and stories that matter to you, find a method of making and a mode of encounter with your subject, develop distinct shooting and editing strategies, and evolve your own unique visual language. On this degree you’ll gain a range of skills including:
- Producing, directing, camera, sound and editing.
- Learning how to communicate imaginatively through the moving image.
- Researching and writing original non-fiction film.
- Developing visual storytelling.
- Shooting and editing.
- Project management, scheduling, budgeting, distributing and fund-raising.
Entry requirements
Typically, you will need to have either: a 2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject area such as, journalism, media or film studies or an equivalent international degree. a university-recognised equivalent academic qualification. For further information regarding entry requirements, please visit the course page on our website: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/ma-digital-documentaries
Fees and funding
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Provider information
Cardiff University
PO Box 921
Cardiff
CF10 3XQ