MA Filmmaking (Screen Documentary)

This MA will develop their skills and creative vision in documentary production. It enhances their understanding of the historical context and contemporary modes of documentary production against a backdrop of the wider issues in media production. This Masters, a pathway of the MA Filmmaking, will encourage their understanding of the politics, aesthetics and ethics of documentary production, and the nature and diversity of documentary practice in contemporary society. The programme is housed in a new purpose-built media facility equipped with state-of-the art teaching spaces including a range of digital cameras, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Film Editing suites, Animation, Digital Special Effects, Pro Tools Audio Postproduction suites.

Students will be able to make their own documentaries, learning and refining research, interviewing, self-shooting and editing techniques – but also have the unique opportunity to be part of a programme that includes specialised producers, cinematographers, editors, sound recordists and sound designers, so that students can develop the scope and range of their filmmaking by collaborating with them. If they are passionate about fashioning an exciting career for students as a filmmaker in an environment that promotes innovative filmmaking, this course is for them. Our alumni are active in the film, media and cultural industries around the world, working and winning awards as documentary producers and directors.