The course encourages you to explore the world of film production including cross-media approaches to story-telling; scriptwriting; production planning and development; digital film production; editing and post-production techniques; film history and theory.
You also complete a final dissertation or project. If you choose to produce a project, you take on the challenge of making your own film - either fiction, a documentary piece of work or a hybrid.
Why choose this course?
- Gain the specialist knowledge and skills you need to work professionally and do well in the fast-evolving field of digital film production
- Study with a dynamic, experienced team of acclaimed film-makers, academic experts and published scholars
- Develop your industry network and future employment potential through meeting leading filmmakers, film editors and industry executives
- Learn a range of important transferable skills relevant to work in broadcasting; journalism; arts or media administration; governmental regulation of the media; research; marketing, sales and advertising
- Benefit from a degree equipping you to continue to MPhil and PhD research degrees
Unit Information - What will I learn?
Units
- Digital Film Project (MED012-6) Compulsory
- Fiction/Non Fiction Film Production (MED524-6) Compulsory
- Film Analysis (MED528-6) Compulsory
- Practical Post-Production (MED525-6) Compulsory
- Truth And Telling (MED527-6) Compulsory
How will I be assessed?
The course units contain both formative and summative assessments, and it is during these units that you will learn the range of competences and knowledges necessary to succeed on the course. The units utilise reports, essays, case studies, projects, dissertations and practical work for assessment as appropriate to the topic being studied.. For your final master's project you can undertake a production or a traditional dissertation.
