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| Application Deadline: | June 30th | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,252 - ≈ € 11,280 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Edinburgh Napier University
If you're determined to break into the competitive world of screenwriting, this highly regarded Screen Academy Scotland course will maximise your chances. As well as giving you direction and guidance in developing and polishing ideas into finished scripts, you'll learn how the film, television and interactive media businesses operate. Practising industry professionals will guide your learning, providing valuable insight and contacts. By the end of the course, you'll have produced a portfolio of scripts that can be your calling card, an important tool for a new screenwriter when approaching producers or directors.
Skills
While your primary focus throughout the course will be developing your writing skills for moving media, secondary skills will also be addressed. This is a business that requires determination and discipline, and you'll learn motivational techniques, collaborative skills and confidence in presentation. Business issues are also covered, giving you insights into the financial and organisational processes of the industry.
Career Prospects
As Edinburgh's top university for Graduate Employability (HESA 2010) and one of the top in the UK for Graduate Prospects (The Independent and The Times University Guides for 2009), we can offer you a valuable head-start in your chosen career.
You'll encounter plenty of competition on your way to a screenwriting career, but this qualification will ensure you're well-equipped to take advantage of every opportunity that may come your way. A number of modules within the course are shared with the MA Screen Project Development and will give you the opportunity to meet up-and-coming producers, development executives and script editors. Past students of this course have made contacts with visiting industry speakers, received commissions and won prizes.
As a screenwriter, you'll find your work could be utilised in:
* feature film production
* short films
* television
* computer games
* internet-based content.
Contents
This course is studied full-time over one year. You will learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, seminars, demonstrations, screenings and through independent study.
This award has optional exit points at Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma levels.
Below you'll find an indication of the subjects you will most likely study on this course.
Trimester 1
Writing for the Screen: Writing and Screen Project Development, Script Workshop 1, The Business of Screen Project Development
Trimester 2
Developing Interactive Media, Script to Screen, Script Workshop 2
Trimester 3
Major Project
For detailed information on individual modules, visit the Module Description page
Professional accreditation
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IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
An Honours degree in an appropriate discipline (creative writing, publishing, theatre or journalism) or related areas (broadcasting, film, television or multi-media) or other qualifications or experience that demonstrate that the candidate possesses appropriate knowledge and skills equivalent to Honours degree standard.
Applicants whose first language is not English must have IELTS level 7.0.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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