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MA - Master of Arts
City Centre Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
City Centre Campus
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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MA Feature Film Development will help you to understand what is required to make sure a major film is ready to be pitched to investors. Youll learn all about the extensive pre-production activities all big-budget movies currently go through before they are green-lit. Youll be taken through each stage of pre-production development to navigate, understand and avoid common problems.MA Feature Film Development is suitable for Directors, Producers, Editors, Film Makers, Screenwriters, Directors of Photography, Concept Artists, Production Designers, Art Directors, Animators, Technical Directors, Story Artists, & Pre-Visualisation Artists looking to start or further a career in feature film.This course is part of Birmingham City Universitys Film Futures suite, designed with industry to reflect the growing need for highly skilled film graduates who can fulfil roles within the international film industry. Focusing on film development, pre-production, story art and pre-visualisation, youll become part of a vibrant and multidisciplinary film community.Courses within the School of Games, Film and Animation are built upon workplace simulation and industry-standard work, ensuring you behave less like a student and more as a professional, gaining the workplace experience and attributes you need. The aim is to produce confident, work-ready graduates.
Applicants are expected to have:
A background in film-making alongside a portfolio and show reel demonstrating your best work.
Core Art skills, including drawing, anatomy, composition, value and colour theory.
Skills within 2D and 3D software.
Animation skills, focused on performance.
A degree in art, design, graphic, visual communications, animation or related discipline is desired but not essential.
You may be required to demonstrate your suitability via an interview or submission of a course proposal. Interviews will take place in person or via Skype/telephone.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,820 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£18,600 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£18,600 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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