MA Screenwriting 12 months Postgraduate Programme By The University of Manchester |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Performing ArtsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

The intensive one-year MA Screenwriting training programme will professionalise writers and presents a genuine gateway into the film and television industries. On this course, students will undertake a rigorous combination of workshops, seminars, one-to-one meetings and regular talks from a variety of industry professionals. Students will also be equipped with hands-on industry experience through structured internship programmes with leading production companies that have included Film4 ( Room, Ex_Machina, The Lobster) , Wildgaze (Brooklyn) , Number 9 Films (Carol) , Left Bank (The Crown), Warp (This is England) , Red Productions ( Happy Valley, Scott and Bailey ), and Hammer Films ( The Woman in Black , Let Me In ). Over the course of the year, students will work with leading industry practitioners to develop their screenwriting, pitching and story-breaking skills. By the end of the course, students will have developed a full length feature film screenplay, a pilot TV episode and two short films. This MA is taught by practitioners and, as such, it is vocationally-oriented and industry-focused. Students will have access to individual career guidance and training in how to navigate entry-level work in both the television and film industries. In the second semester, there will be a London industry day based at BAFTA with talks from agents, producers, and writers, as well as a meeting with the BFI. Students will study story design, visual story-telling and character arcs in both long-running television series and feature films, and develop the tools to be able to analyse and critique screenwriting craft, as well as learn how to disseminate their own work.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Performing Arts

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

The intensive one-year MA Screenwriting training programme will professionalise writers and presents a genuine gateway into the film and television industries. On this course, students will undertake a rigorous combination of workshops, seminars, one-to-one meetings and regular talks from a variety of industry professionals. Students will also be equipped with hands-on industry experience through structured internship programmes with leading production companies that have included Film4 ( Room, Ex_Machina, The Lobster) , Wildgaze (Brooklyn) , Number 9 Films (Carol) , Left Bank (The Crown), Warp (This is England) , Red Productions ( Happy Valley, Scott and Bailey ), and Hammer Films ( The Woman in Black , Let Me In ). Over the course of the year, students will work with leading industry practitioners to develop their screenwriting, pitching and story-breaking skills. By the end of the course, students will have developed a full length feature film screenplay, a pilot TV episode and two short films. This MA is taught by practitioners and, as such, it is vocationally-oriented and industry-focused. Students will have access to individual career guidance and training in how to navigate entry-level work in both the television and film industries. In the second semester, there will be a London industry day based at BAFTA with talks from agents, producers, and writers, as well as a meeting with the BFI. Students will study story design, visual story-telling and character arcs in both long-running television series and feature films, and develop the tools to be able to analyse and critique screenwriting craft, as well as learn how to disseminate their own work.

Admission Requirements

3+
100+
7+

Jan-2000

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