The good thing about the met is that they give you the tools you need to be able to work independently; and like in the industry- your progression and learning experience will depend on you, your motivation and passion. In each course there is a significant number of international students which I thought was great socially and professionally because I got to learn from my friends about how films are being made around the world. I took the cinematography route where I feel like I gained not only technical skills, but also developed creative thinking is different roles in the camera department. The tutors are industry professionals which -because of the school's resources - will teach you how to use industry standard equipment. A nice extra was we learned how to work on 16/35mm film cameras which I personally really enjoyed! Since we were 15 people in our group, the tutors were able to personally respond to each student's needs according to his level of progress. Although I was in the cinematography class, I took other courses during the BA that I was interested in like TV production, documentary filmmaking, short film production... The school has a family feel to it and I felt tutors and staff are very approachable, and since the school is quite new, they care about your feedback and will give space for new initiatives. I recently finished my course and I'm still in touch with the Met through Met-Go which links graduates to work opportunities and offers interesting paid projects.

I really enjoyed my experience at Met, I learned so much about screenwriting and there were so many opportunities available. I think it's a place where, if you use the initiative and make the most of the opportunities, you learn a lot, but you do have to be proactive. For me, being at Met fueled my passion to become a writer and confirmed that it's something I can definitely do if I work hard enough, and therefore the experience was pretty great.

Lots of equipment to use if we needed. Generally really good.

The support was really good, Sarah has been great in helping me to find opportunities. Generally the tutors were great and gave really helpful notes, although some were more useful than others which is to be expected. I didn't make use of the counselling, but I knew there was some available if I needed it.

London is obviously a great place to be, with lots of opportunities for young filmmakers.

Tutors gave helpful notes and we were encouraged to share our ideas. There were lots of useful courses and I genuinely learnt a lot about screenwriting. There could have been more opportunities to get us working with the other filmmakers, and I felt like screenwriters were overlooked slightly for directors and producers.

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Sarah at Met film futures has been really good at connecting me to useful contacts and helping me to find opportunities. They also regularly send employment information out via email to all met alumni.