UCA University for the Creative Arts
Filmmaking MA
Farnham, United Kingdom
MA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The MA Filmmaking at UCA Farnham develops creative and technical skills for independent filmmakers. You’ll collaborate on short films, take Head of Department production roles and work to reflect contemporary industry practice. Facilities include digital and 16mm cameras, advanced sound, a film studio and post-production suites. Graduates have worked on Oscar-winning films, major TV and launched companies.
Career Outcomes: Expect roles across fiction film production and creative industries. Graduates work as directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, sound designers, screenwriters, production designers and VFX specialists, and may work in archives, curation, distribution, TV and streaming or commercial media roles and festivals.
Our MA Filmmaking degree course will give you the tools to enhance your creative and technical skills as an independent filmmaker, and fully prepare you to enter the industry.
Taught within the supportive structure of our Film School at UCA Farnham, you'll collaborate with your peers on a slate of short films and engage in specialist activities as a Head of Department in film production as you bring exciting cinematic visions to life.
The course allows you to experience the rigours of filmmaking by reflecting the realities of current film practice, enhancing your understanding of the professional demands of the film industry and equipping you for a freelance career, if this is a route you wish to take.
At UCA, you'll also benefit from access to a fantastic selection of cutting-edge facilities, including digital and 16mm cameras, advanced sound recording equipment, a purpose-built film studio and high-quality post-production suites.
Our graduates have gone on to work on Oscar-winning movies and box office hits. They have also worked on major TV programmes and with leading media companies, and started their own successful companies.
MA
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MA with Integrated Pre-Masters
A year-long preparatory course of study to ready you for your Master’s, developing your specialist skills, research acumen and confidence in working autonomously.
MA with Integrated International Pre-Masters
A year-long preparatory course of study to ready you for your Master’s in the UK, developing your English speaking and writing together with your specialist skills, research acumen and confidence in working autonomously.
This course prepares you for a career within the field of fiction film production and also equips you with a range of versatile skills that open up a broad variety of career paths.
Our graduates have gone on to work as directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, sound designers, screenwriting, production design and on VFX. Additionally students undertaking this course might include work in archives, curating or distribution.
Among the productions our graduates have gone on to work on include:
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Dark Crystal (Netflix)
- Gravity
- Harry Potter
- The Dark Knight
- Mission Impossible
- Skyfall
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Rush
- Total Recall
- Fast & Furious 6
