We aim to give graduates from visual arts degrees (or those with equivalent professional experience) the opportunity to develop and expand their own practice through the making of short films. This predominately practice-based course encourages you to locate your work within the growing range of documentary, dramatic and experimental filmmaking and to extend the emerging visual grammars of those genres. Ultimately we offer you an opportunity to develop your skills through practice and intellectual enquiry whilst being attuned to potential audiences, markets and employers.
You are expected to crew on each other's productions and to work effectively as part of a team, drawing on your peers' expertise and experience.
The course also provides a thorough understanding of the principles and day-to-day practice of freelance and independent production, as well as grounding in business skills, commercial awareness and entrepreneurship.
Students on the MA Film Production and the MA Digital Moving Image (DMI) courses are encouraged to have a creative and supportive working relationship with each other.
This synergy is reflected in the sharing of three modules across both courses. The MA Film Production and DMI courses are located in two adjacent dedicated studios equipped with high definition editing and animation workstations.
During the first part of the course you produce a commercial, short documentary and short drama exercises which develop your imaginative, technical and craft skills. Extensive learning takes place through self-directed study. In the latter stages of the course, you will produce a final production project. Filmmaking is essentially a collaborative process and a strong commitment to teamwork is an integral part of this course.
A series of research seminars and lectures help you develop your creative, methodologies and evaluative skills. You also complete a case study analysis of a major contributor to the development of TV, film or animation language.
An Honours degree in a relevant subject (film and video, communications, media studies or fine arts); or
First degree plus relevant professional experience or training; or
Extensive professional experience at a high level.
All applicants are required to provide evidence of appropriate skills through a showreel. You will also be invited to attend an interview: alternative arrangements can be made for those who might find it difficult to attend, such as overseas students.
For an explanation of qualifications, have a look at our IAG page on this site www.creativeway.org.uk/quals.
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Advice on courses and careers:-
The Creative Way IAG team provides a specialist service for anyone
interested in finding out about courses and careers in the creative and
cultural industries. We can provide information direct to Students,
Parents/ Carers, Tutors and Careers Advisers via email, phone or organised
workshops and 1 to 1 sessions.
To find out more, visit our IAG page on this site on
http://www.creativeway.org.uk/IAG Or contact one of our career advisers: Matt Ball 07889 001764
m.ball@uel.ac.uk or Sarah
Comerford 07515 051509
s.comerford@uel.ac.uk