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MA Film (Screenwriting)
MA Film (Screenwriting)
Overview:
MA Film is a new opportunity to study film at Postgraduate level in Cardiff. The course provides a strong general grounding in the needs of the contemporary British Film and Television industry, with opportunities to develop and hone key skills via multiple pathways that lead directly to different career opportunities. By combining these different disciplines, students gain the opportunity to collaborate with each other, with other USW students and with industry professionals to develop their skills to a higher level.
The MA Film (Screenwriting) pathway is designed to give you the knowledge needed to write your first feature, moving from pitch to treatment to final draft within a year. Alongside this, in your first term, you’ll be asked to write scenes that can be shot with our actors and directors as well as a ten-minute short you can pitch to the rest of the cohort. In the second term, our focus shifts to longer form storytelling. Looking at dramatic structures and series design, you’ll work in a writer’s room to shape your very own series and write an episode. The final term is entirely focused on your feature, ensuring that you leave us with a calling card script you can be proud of.
Applicants who are unsure as to which pathway they should apply for are encouraged to contact the course team for an informal discussion before making an application. Should you choose to apply for more than one pathway, your portfolio should demonstrate your interest and experience in each individual area and therefore more than one portfolio may be required.
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Entry Requirements
A minimum 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant discipline or appropriate professional qualification; or an HND/HNC and relevant experience; or equivalent international qualifications. Those without such qualifications will be considered on an individual basis, where prior experience will be taken into account.
Portfolio
Please provide evidence of a website or relevant digital portfolio as part of your application. This should be a link provided in the first section of your personal statement or uploaded as a pdf in section 12 of the application form.
WHAT YOU WILL STUDY
You will study a number of specified modules and then have the opportunity to specialise in your area of interest.
Modules include:
- Industry – A series of lectures by industry practitioners, workshops and industry experience(s) with a Wales-based production company will give you an overview of the current film & TV production sector and will be your first steps towards building an industry network of contacts.
- Specialist Craft Practice/Advanced Specialist Craft Practice – These modules will allow you to develop your skills to the industry standard in one key area of expertise.
- Film: Theory and Play – A module that integrates film theory with practical workshops, where you get the chance to put theory into practice, to play with the forms. Comprised of lectures examining film language and theory, along with workshops – often with industry professionals – where you collaborate with the other pathway students on a series of short film exercises.
- Collaborative Practice – this module will give you the opportunity to collaborate with fellow students from across the course and Faculty of Creative Industries on a short film.
- Major Production Project – you will work with industry professionals, practitioners, staff and fellow students from across USW on a substantial film project, utilising your chosen craft skill
Teaching
Students on the MA Film course will be taught by means of workshops, seminars, lectures and tutorials, as well as guest lectures and masterclasses from industry professionals.
Assessment
Assessment will be via a series of practical assessments based around live briefs and production projects (70%), combined with written reflections and critical analysis of students’ work (30%).
COURSE DETAILS
Placements
The course features a unique, in depth work experience module with a local major film and tv industry employer as well as numerous opportunities for paid and unpaid work experience and shadowing with a broad range of screen industries companies.
Facilities
Students at USW Cardiff Campus benefit from industry-standard equipment, software and studio and production facilities.
There is an on-site cinema, that is available to students to screen their work, as well as hosting guest lectures and master classes.
We regularly revalidate courses for quality assurance and enhancement
At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
CAREERS
The course features a unique, in-depth work experience module with a local major film and tv industry employer as well as numerous opportunities for paid and unpaid work experience and shadowing with a broad range of screen industries companies.
Graduates from this course could enter a variety of careers upon graduating. These include jobs in film & TV, screen industries and creative industries more generally.
Fees
Full time
- 12 to 18 months
Complete your degree in the shortest possible time and study flexibly – when and where suits you!
£7,250
You’ll study 9 modules in total (approx. 37 hrs/week).
Part time option one
- 12 to 18 months
Study for a degree whilst fitting it around your work, care and other life commitments.
£4,250
You’ll study 6 modules per year (approx. 25 hrs/week).
Part time option two
- 12 to 18 months
Take time to study and spread the tuition fees over a longer period – at no extra cost.
£5,500
You’ll study 4–5 modules per year (approx. 19 hrs/week).
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