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Study Details: 1 year full-time OR 2 years part-time
MA Filmmaking explores contemporary storytelling across a variety of media and platforms, with a particular focus on short-form filmmaking, including narrative, documentary, and artistic practices. The programme helps you develop your voice and identity as a filmmaker, enabling you to communicate ideas through creative, conceptual, and technological approaches. Industry-focused and experimental production techniques are framed by sustainable practice and evolving modes of storytelling, preparing you to shape your future in filmmaking.
The School of Digital Arts (SODA) fosters strong professional connections within both local and global creative industries, positioning you at the forefront of the shifting media landscape. With access to the latest emerging technologies, you’ll gain industry-standard skills and collaborate with a vibrant community of creatives. You’ll be supported by a staff team that combines international research expertise with embedded industry professionals across the wider creative media, arts, and digital technology sectors.
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Courses at the School of Digital Arts have been developed with leading industry partners to ensure that you attain the industry-ready skills and technical abilities you'll need to gain experience, build a network and launch a career in the creative media, arts and digital tech industries. Graduates of MA Filmmaking could go on to become a: Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer, Documentary Filmmaker and beyond.
MA Filmmaking will be made up of five core modules.
Core modules:
Film Practice as Research
Co-Creation for Sustainable Futures
Collaborative Film Production
Exploration of Film Craft
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