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MA - Master of Arts
University of Leeds
Full Time
SEP-25
12 months
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MA - Master of Arts
University of Leeds
Full Time
SEP-25
12 months
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This course combines the theory and history of cinema with the study of the industry and craft of filmmaking. It gives you the opportunity to explore your interests in film history, global cinema, contemporary film, and cinema’s key role in modern society. We take a world cinematic approach to film that speaks to the University's commitment to decolonisation and global citizenship. We have particular expertise in videoessay production and festival curating.
Through the core module (Film Arts and Industries), you’ll be acquainted with the theoretical, historical and cultural approaches to the medium of film and institution of cinema, and you’ll investigate the variety of skills and activities around film as an art, as well as cinema as an industry.
The independent project will allow you to specialise in your own interests in a way that will serve your intellectual and creative aspirations and career goals. Working with a specialist academic, you can choose to write a dissertation based on research into a film/cinema topic, or you can choose to combine a shorter dissertation with a creative or practice-based activity appropriate to your interests and skills.
Career opportunities
Upon graduation, your prospects for employment in the film and media and creative sectors will be enhanced, as well as your capacity for creative self-employment. This course will offer you a route to postgraduate research, including doctoral study, and you will also be well-placed to develop careers in education in a context of growing demand for specialist film and media educators in many parts of the world.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (Hons). We welcome applicants from a diverse range of subject disciplines, including: film and media, theatre and performance, literature and creative writing, art and design. The relevance of undergraduate degree subjects/studies must be articulated in the supporting statement. Other relevant experience (such as professional/work/voluntary experience) may also be considered. Applicants are required to demonstrate an enthusiasm for film and to describe any experience in the study, production or exhibition of film, in their supporting statement.
Students living in
Domestic
£12,000 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)
£25,750 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£25,750 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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