MetFilm School
MA Film and Television Production

London, United Kingdom

DEGREE TYPE

DURATION

1 year

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

* we accept applications and offer places on a rolling basis throughout the year

Key Summary

About: The MA Film and Television Production at MetFilm School is a multidisciplinary, practice-led programme that develops craft practices, screen storytelling, and production skills for film, television, and online platforms. You’ll make content for multiple screen platforms, try practical roles, and build industry awareness through industry-facing tutors, MetFilm Futures career support, and real-world briefs from broadcasters, producers, and businesses. The course aims to place you in an industrial context so you can enter the screen industries on graduation.

Career Outcomes: Graduates work across roles like Producer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer, VFX artist, TV assistant producer, Production coordinator, Screenwriter and Camera assistant.

The MA in Film and Television Production is a multidisciplinary programme designed to enable you to develop the skills and understanding needed to work in a variety of roles in today's screen industries. Through the programme, you will gain understanding of screen storytelling and how different screen platforms work. You will gain practical experience of making content for a variety of screen platforms, and try out a number of practical roles. You will also develop awareness of industry and your employment opportunities.

At its heart, this programme develops craft practices, intellectual understanding, and aims to place you in an industrial context so that you – like so many before you – can enter the screen business upon graduation.

This programme is for students who are passionate about screen content and production, love to learn and collaborate, are aware of the world around them, and have the ambition to become professionals in an ever-evolving and expanding industry sector.

Practical: Focusing on contemporary screen media, this course aims to deliver employable and smart thinking graduates ready for industry and aware of the issues that making content for screens big and small entail.
Comprehensive: Learn a multi-skilled approach to the screen industries, perfect for specialists wanting to offer more than one skill.
Industry-facing: With career and employability support offered throughout including access to MetFilm Futures, students are supported by leading industry tutors. This MA course is part of the suite that have produced high levels of graduate employment and success.
Real-life Experience: Students have the opportunity to work on real-world projects with briefs from broadcasters, film producers, and commercial or non-commercial businesses.

The overview below is not a complete list of MA Film & Television Production modules. For the complete list, please download the full Course Specification on our website.

Film and Television Craft and Industry

During the early weeks of the module you will work together to make a short video using a camera phone based on something that you want to say. Using the video ideas a starting point, you will evidence your developing understanding of content, industry, and audiences, to pitch a feature film or television project to an industry panel.

Making Drama

Through seminars and practical workshops, you will explore the fundamentals of visual storytelling and directing actors, basics of operating cameras and offline editing. Additionally, you will explore the industry contexts for dramatic screen stories and the fundamentals of managing productions and working in a crew. You will pitch ideas and work collaboratively to script, produce, direct, and deliver a short screen film or video in a format of your choice, based on ideas adapted from a contemporary news story, phenomenon or social issue.

Professional Profile

You will develop authentic and detailed career paperwork and supporting materials including a CV and personal profile. As part of the module, you will be offered Elective Upskilling sessions – opportunities to develop screen industry skills outside of your chosen discipline or as part of your multi-skilling profile.

External Client Production

You will liaise with external clients with whom you will agree a brief. Working together with students on the course, you will develop and pitch ideas, create workable schedules, manage all key aspects of production including contracts and risk assessment, and work towards the creative realisation of the idea.

Making Television

Through seminars and practical workshops, you will develop and understanding of the demands of serial drama production, including story and character development, storylining, shooting on two cameras, and character editing. You will work with colleagues to deliver episodes of a web series drama or comedy.

Practice-based Research

Building on the work of previous and concurrent modules, you will gain a deeper insight into current theories, principles, and discussions relating to issues of diversity, sustainability, and ethics within the screen industries.

Final Project and Career Plan

Your project is an opportunity to deliver work that is distinctive, industry-aware, based in research, and reflects awareness of a diverse and inclusive world. You will also present your career plan, including evidence of new skills to be assessed by industry employers as you prepare to enter or re-enter the screen industries on graduation.