MA Producing for Film and Television (with Advanced Practice)

Course overview:

Good producers are thin on the ground, and in high demand. They are crucial to the UK’s screen-based creative economy. This specialist course meets a strategic industry need for skilled producers who can deliver projects efficiently and creatively at a time when the producer's role is evolving and expanding far beyond its traditional boundaries.

The course is delivered by practicing professionals with established high-profile track records. Direct industry engagement is integrated into a project-driven learning experience designed to support authorial producers: people who can shepherd the collaborative swirl of project through development, production and beyond with strong creative and practical intent.

Behind every successful moving image project is a strategically nimble and creatively insightful producer. This course is for those people - the ones who get it made.

The one-year programme is a great option if you want to gain a traditional MSc qualification. The two-year master’s degree with advanced practice enhances your qualification by adding a vocational or research based internship to the one-year master’s programme. A vocational internship is a great way to gain work experience and give your CV a competitive edge. A research internship provides you with the opportunity to develop your analytical, team-working, research and academic skills by working alongside a research team in an academic setting. We guarantee a research internship, but cannot guarantee a vocational internship. We will, however, provide you with practical support and advice on how to find and secure your own vocational internship position should you prefer this type of internship.

How you are assessed:

This course uses a variety of assessment methods to develop the knowledge and skills required by a successful producer – reports, presentations, project packages, strategy documents. Central to the course is discussing and presenting work in progress.

Career opportunities:

Once you graduate you are well placed to work in a production department in TV and/or film as well as in creative project management roles in related sectors.