MA Film, Television and Creative Practice

MA Film, Television and Creative Practice

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Please note this course is now closed for September 2012 entry applications. We are however accepting applications for September 2013 entry.

The new MA in Film, Television and Creative Practice allows you to combine study in creative film and television production with historical and theoretical approaches to film, television and related media. Our School has identified creativity and development as key areas of knowledge that are essential for any budding career in film and television, and we include a specialist module that considers the essential role of creating, developing and pitching successful film and programme ideas. Focusing on the production knowledge needed to work in the creati…

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Please note this course is now closed for September 2012 entry applications. We are however accepting applications for September 2013 entry.

The new MA in Film, Television and Creative Practice allows you to combine study in creative film and television production with historical and theoretical approaches to film, television and related media. Our School has identified creativity and development as key areas of knowledge that are essential for any budding career in film and television, and we include a specialist module that considers the essential role of creating, developing and pitching successful film and programme ideas. Focusing on the production knowledge needed to work in the creative sector, you will also engage with practical skills such as camera operating, digital editing and screenwriting, as well as gaining an understanding of visual grammar, syntax and structure.

The activities offered within our MA in Film, Television and Creative Practice offers skills that you will be able to apply in production related careers. All students gain hands-on experience with a range of film and television production equipment, including digital cameras, Avid editing and scriptwriting tools. You will also be equipped to develop ideas for creative projects in both film and television, and present them to a range of different audiences.

Course Content and Structure

Taught by industry professionals from the UK and the US, our MA in Film, Television and Creative Practice offers you the chance to take over 50% of your studies in practical work, with all students delivering a dissertation (by practice) in supervision with Film and Television Studies staff.

Our MA in Film, Television and Creative Practice also allows you to choose from a wide range of Film and Television Studies modules that run alongside the archival training, enabling you to focus on topics such as television genres, Hollywood cinema, Japanese media and British film.

Students on the MA in Film, Television and Creative Practice take the following compulsory modules:

Film Studies: History, Theory, Criticism

This module will provide you with the key approaches and research skills needed for the study of film and television, whether you are retraining in the discipline or have some existing academic knowledge. You will gain a sense of the historical development of film, and learn to identify the main objects, theories and methods in film analysis, including approaches around textual analysis, reception studies and ethnography.

Film & Television Production

In this module you will be introduced to key skills in film and television production, including the processes of screenwriting, camerawork and editing. The module is also designed to develop students’ understanding of key debates and approaches to the study of film and uses this as a basis for practice based work. The module also explores the connections between academic or theoretical analysis and the practice of working with visual, narrative based media. Students will engage in the analysis of image, narrative and character and consider the technical construction of a range of media forms and genres. Students will gain an understanding of the entire production process through their practice work in which they take an idea from inception through the process of development and pre-production through to production and final delivery of a short film piece.

Creativity and Development in Film and Television Production

This module will introduce you to key skills in film and television development practice. It will provide an understanding of the processes of creative script and project development, including film and TV business, the activities of the market, and dealing with bodies responsible for commissioning films and television programmes. You will explore how the film and television business functions, begin to develop skills in approaching commissioning and financing bodies, and understand the process of developing film and TV scripts.

Film Studies Dissertation (by practice)

The Dissertation (by practice) is an opportunity for you to produce a dissertation project that demonstrates production skills, engages with relevant theoretical material, and which reflects on the development and practical execution of that project. You will be assigned a member of staff as a supervisor to advise you on the research and writing up of this dissertation. The format of your practice-based dissertation will be agreed in discussions with your supervisor.

Compulsory Modules

FTVFM023: Film Studies: History, Theory, Criticism FTVFM041: Film & Television Production

FTVFM058: Creativity and Development in Film & Television Production

FTVFM03X: Film Studies Dissertation

Option A

3 x 20 credit modules from FTV catalogue that may include (2010 list):

FTVFM015: The Big Picture – Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

FTVFM032:Japanese Film: National Cinema and Beyond

FTVFM

FTVFM039: Science Fiction

FTVFM044: Television Genres

FTVFM046: Effects, Audiences & the Media

FTVFM056: Spectacle in British Cinema

Students are also allowed to select one free choice module from outside the School.


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Entry Requirements Degree Subject: Humanities or Social Sciences Degree Classification: UK BA (Hons) 2.1 or equivalent Students for whom English is a Foreign language

We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:

  • IELTS: 6.5 (minimum 6.0 in all components)
  • TOEFL: Internet-based score of 92 (minimum 19 listening, 21 speaking, 19 writing and 20 reading)
  • PTE (Pearson): 62 (minimum 55 in all component

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

Other tests such as TOEIC and the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English are also accepted by the university. Please check with the Admissions Office for further details including the scores or grades required.

INTO UEA and INTO UEA London run pre-sessional courses which can be taken prior to the start of your course. For further information and to see if you qualify please contact intopre-sessional@uea.ac.uk (INTO UEA Norwich) or pseuealondon@into.uk.com (INTO UEA London).

Intakes

The School's annual intake is in September of each year.

Assessment

All applications for postgraduate study are processed through the Faculty Admissions Office and then forwarded to the relevant School of Study for consideration. If you are currently completing your first degree or have not yet taken a required English language test, any offer of a place will be conditional upon you achieving this before you arrive.

UEA was one of the first British universities to develop the study of cinema and television.

We have a thriving postgraduate programme and community. Some 20 MA students take the MA in Film Studies each year and another 10 or so take the unique MA in Film and Television Archiving. We also have around 30 students working towards a PhD. We have 12 dedicated members of academic staff, with several more colleagues contributing on a part-time basis. More than 40 graduates of the MA and PhD programmes hold teaching posts at universities in the UK and elsewhere. There is a rich and dynamic research culture in Film and Television Studies. The academic staff of the School have published widely on various aspects of British, American and Japanese cinema and television and film and cultural theory.

In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, the School of Film and Television Studies was rated as producing work of 'international excellence' that is 'world leading'. It also regularly receives top ratings for the quality of its teaching and for student satisfaction.

We have hosted a number of very successful events in recent years, including major conferences on British cinema (1988), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Post-Feminism and popular culture (2004), Going Cheap: Female Celebrity in the Tabloid, Reality and Scandal Genres (2008), and the Anglia TV and the History of ITV conference (2008).

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Fees and Funding Tuition fees

Tuition fees for Postgraduate students for the academic year 2013/14 are £5,000 for Home/EU students and £12,500 for International Students.

If you choose to study part-time, the fee per annum will be half the annual fee for that year, or a pro-rata fee for the module credit you are taking (only available for Home/EU students).

We estimate living expenses at £600/650 per month.

Scholarships and Awards:

For details of all of the scholarships available to postgraduate applicants in the School of Film, Television and Media Studies please click here.


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