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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
London College of Communication
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
03-OCT-22
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Duration
15 months
Course summary
MA Screenwriting is an industry-focused screenwriting course that develops writers and script editors for the film, television and radio industries.
MA Screenwriting at London College of Communication is one of the UK’s leading film and TV scripting courses, with a strong reputation in the industry.
Graduates of MA Screenwriting have gone on to win numerous awards, both UK and international, work on major film projects in active development and are writing for a wide range of programmes currently being screened on UK television.
Leading the field, this industry-focused screenwriting course is aimed at developing writers for film, television and/or radio industries. The course will provide you with the opportunity to develop the abilities, knowledge and skills you will need for a career in scriptwriting.
What can you expect?
MA Screenwriting introduces you to the foundations of contemporary scriptwriting practice in a theoretical context.
You’ll develop research methodologies that will become the foundation for future practice and analysis.
The course offers you the opportunity to study feature film, television and radio narrative, the development of a script from a short story and research, which lays the foundation for your major project.
You will also complete a collaborative unit that reflects your specialist interests in scriptwriting and related topics, whilst engaging with the need to understand and communicate with the industry you wish to work in.
In the last term of the course, you’ll undertake a major project that allows you to focus on a specialist area of interest that you identified during your previous study.
You will write several drafts of an original screenplay for film or TV or a TV pilot episode(s) with format documents. In addition, you’ll engage in peer-to-peer review and the writing of reader reports.
Application deadline
13 April 2022
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University information
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University League Table
38th
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Campus address
University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London, London, WC1V 7EY, England
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Subject ranking
32nd out of 87 11
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Entry standards
/ Max 239141 64%26th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10060.0 60%28th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.71 74%71st
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