Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Screen and Television 24 months Postgraduate Programme By Pepperdine University |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Communication and Media StudiesMain Subject Area

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Study Level

Masters

Pepperdine's two-year MFA in Writing for Screen and Television prepares students to pursue vocations as screenwriters as well as to become cultural leaders in the entertainment industry. Hollywood professional’s nurture, train, and support students in writing workshops and in courses that examine the storyteller in conversation with contemporary culture. Here at Pepperdine we take a values-centered approach to education and work to strengthen student lives in purpose, service, and leadership. The MFA degree requires that students do an internship and take a corollary class (2 units). Our MFAers have done internships with the following: 1895 Productions BBC Fox Freefall Films Gersh Agency Harmonius Claptrap (Dan Harmon) The Idea Factory Intrinsic Value Films Kaplan Stahler Agency Kopelson Entertainment Leeding Media Lionsgate MarVista Moxie Firecracker Films (Rory Kennedy) NBC/Universal Oxygen Network Participant Resolution Revelations Entertainment (Morgan Freeman) Roll Call T-Group Twentieth Century Fox The Untitled Owen Wilson Company Vesuvio Warner Brothers The Weinstein Company WWF Films And more!

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Study Level

Masters

Pepperdine's two-year MFA in Writing for Screen and Television prepares students to pursue vocations as screenwriters as well as to become cultural leaders in the entertainment industry. Hollywood professional’s nurture, train, and support students in writing workshops and in courses that examine the storyteller in conversation with contemporary culture. Here at Pepperdine we take a values-centered approach to education and work to strengthen student lives in purpose, service, and leadership. The MFA degree requires that students do an internship and take a corollary class (2 units). Our MFAers have done internships with the following: 1895 Productions BBC Fox Freefall Films Gersh Agency Harmonius Claptrap (Dan Harmon) The Idea Factory Intrinsic Value Films Kaplan Stahler Agency Kopelson Entertainment Leeding Media Lionsgate MarVista Moxie Firecracker Films (Rory Kennedy) NBC/Universal Oxygen Network Participant Resolution Revelations Entertainment (Morgan Freeman) Roll Call T-Group Twentieth Century Fox The Untitled Owen Wilson Company Vesuvio Warner Brothers The Weinstein Company WWF Films And more!

Admission Requirements

6+

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