MA Production Management for TV, Film and Digital Media
Manchester, United Kingdom
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
This programme is designed for students who want to work in the field of Production Management within TV, Film and digital media. You will gain practical industry experience in the planning, organization, execution and delivery of TV production in the genres of documentary, studio and drama.
You will gain hands-on experience in analysing and managing production workflows and develop key skill sets including creative problem-solving and people management.
Located in the heart of MCUK, you will have the opportunity to network with industry production managers in seminars, masterclasses, tuition and industry-aligned projects. This programme has strong links with BBC, ITV, True North, Dock 10 and many other high-profile production companies across the UK.
There will be plenty of opportunities to get involved with industry projects and apply for work experience in the media industry.
You will:
- Be based in MediaCity and surrounded by a wide range of TV and media production companies
- Receive bespoke guidance from current broadcast and media production managers across a wide range of genres
- Develop your networking skills through engagement with media professionals
This course embraces a range of diverse teaching, and learning assessment methods and aims to:
- Provide you with a range of skills, attributes and competencies – personal, creative and business-oriented – required by production and post-production industries.
- Develop creative, critical, analytical and intellectual competencies appropriate to master level and informed by current industry practice.
- Enhance your knowledge and understanding of professional, contextual and collaborative frameworks and equip you with creative problem-solving and team leadership skills
The programme structure consists of four taught modules, followed by a practice-based research project or dissertation.
Semester one
- Production Management for Factual Programming
- Line Producing for Drama
Semester two
- Production Management for Studio
- Creative Entrepreneurial Practice
Semester three
- Major Project: Practice Research Project or Dissertation
Students with previous TV experience as a Production Coordinator can expect to apply for jobs as Production Managers across a range of TV genres.
Students with no previous TV experience can expect to apply for jobs as production coordinators with the expectation that, with the skillset they acquire, they will be fast-tracked to becoming a Production Manager.
Some of our students succeed through related professions in events management, education, community development or enterprise.
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