Film & Television MA (Online)

Key points

Course overview

Channel the spirit of radical creativity into your practice and define your unique voice, ready to succeed in a rapidly developing field. This online MA course will equip you to take your creative practice and technical craft to the next level of professionalism – sharpening your skills across a broad range of areas including screenwriting, pitching, production management, filming, editing, and distribution. You’ll be challenged to innovate, questioning traditions and creative canons.

Why study this course at Falmouth?

  • Be supported by experts in online collaborative filmmaking, tapping into Falmouth’s pioneering legacy – one of the longest film education traditions of any UK university – from your own location
  • Develop courageous practice through interrogation of the industry and its cultural contexts, helping to determine your original contribution
  • Upgrade your research abilities to embark on an original path while reaching out to diverse audiences and collaborators
  • Boost your knowledge of the industry to find funding opportunities, outlets, and audiences for transformational projects

Careers

As a graduate of this Film & Television MA, you will become an adaptive thinker, a creator and a supportive contributing team player. You may decide to work solo, or in collaboration with other creatives, shaping the future of the film and television industries.

You could go into roles such as:

  • Production designer
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Researcher
  • Project developer
  • Production assistant
  • Research skills embedded throughout the modules and with the Major Project could also allow you to successfully progress into postgraduate research programmes, PhD and MPhil studies.

 

Recent graduates from the School of Film & Television have had their work featured at world-class festivals, secured development from the BFI and BAFTA, and been published in titles like Film International, MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture, Total Film, The Telegraph, The Guardian and Little White Lies.

Entry requirements

An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification is desirable. However, candidates without a degree or formal qualification are still encouraged to apply.

We’ll ask you to provide a piece of work that relates to the moving image, which you have been involved in making. This could include an example of a screenplay, a film, a showreel, or a piece of writing that demonstrates your commitment to the theory of the moving image. It could include previous project work and/or your current work in progress and could take the form of a link to your blog or website. Please also provide a statement of approximately 250 words that gives information on what your contribution was to this work.

English Language Requirements

If your first language is not English, you’ll need to take an English Language test. Falmouth accept:

IELTS – minimum overall score of IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

TOEFL iBT (online test) – minimum of 88 overall and at least 21 in all 4 components

LanguageCert (online test) – a High Pass from the ESOL B2 Communicator test in reading, writing, speaking and listening (2 parts)

The university also accept a range of other recognised English language qualifications.

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