This course provides students with the skills, knowledge and creative development to advance their skills as a film and screen maker. It is designed to encourage focus on the role or part of the industry specific to their ambitions.Why choose this course?You will be given the opportunity to develop as a film and screen maker, working with our expert staff on a range of advanced craft skills such as cinematography, editing, lighting, sound, production design and virtual production amongst others. You will also be guided to investigate key and current film and screen trends to better understand the area of the industry you want to work in.There will be opportunities to collaborate with other students, and you will be encouraged to contact, and work with, contributors (e.g. interviewees, actors) from outside the university. You will also develop your skills as an academic researcher by carrying out research which feeds directly into your film projects.The course culminates in the Masters Project, where you will be the key creative leader of a film or screen production, taking on a substantive role alongside producing the piece.What's unique about this course?You will have the opportunity to develop advanced skills that focus on your own ambitions.The course provides an opportunity to develop your creative practice, enhance your portfolio of practical work and explore a broad range of film and screen theory.Our state-of-the-art facilities allow for development and understanding of up to date techniques and trends in the Film and Screen industry.What happens on the course?In a typical week, a full-time student on this course will have up to ten hours of class time which will be a mixture of seminars, tutorials and practical workshop sessions.In your sessions, you will typically be given ‘food for thought’ in relation to your own project ideas. In workshop sessions you will get to practice film-making techniques related to your own project work needs. In seminars you will share ideas and discuss with tutors and fellow students. In tutorials you will have one-to-one or small group discussion about your works in progress.The general flow of the course for a full-time student is to start with production skills, research skills and scriptwriting in the first semester. In the second semester you move on to a small personal project which will combine all that you have learned from these three areas. In the final semester, you bring it all together in a personal film/screen production project which is seen as the culmination of your studies.Part-time students experience the same course modules and course content, but broken down into smaller groups of modules.Opportunities:The course is built upon negotiated production work, which means you get to propose and develop your own ideas for film and screen. The teaching staff are experienced in documentary, scripted and unscripted production work, and will guide you according to your ambitions, skills and needs.There is always the opportunity to work on ‘live’ project briefs, which can be used as the basis of a module project, or alternatively as an extra-curricular experience which informs your development on the course and allows you to network with students on related courses.Potential Career PathsThe course will be useful for anyone seeking to advance their career in media production, arts/media management, or other leadership roles in related creative industries. In media production, this may involve developing your career in specialist areas such as directing, producing, editing or cinematography.