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| Application Deadline: | June 30th for Sept entry | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,250 | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The MFA Advanced Film Practice programme aims to equip you with the creative, professional and technical knowledge you will need to enter the professional arena as a writer, producer or director.
The programme is delivered through a series of lectures, seminars, screenings, workshops and tutorials. There are also regular masterclasses and visits from professionals working at the highest level in the industry. You will also write, produce and/or direct a short film project to professional standards with a budget provided by the Screen Academy.
You will also have the chance to meet and work with other post and undergraduate film students at Napier University, Edinburgh College of Art and the other members of the UK-wide Skillset Screen Academy network and to present your work to visiting industry professionals. You may also have the opportunity to collaborate with students or graduates of other European film schools through our ENGAGE programme of international workshops.
Developing your Professional Practice at Edinburgh Skillset Screen & Media Academy
Edinburgh Skillset Screen & Media Academy runs a programme of Professional Practice sessions for students and alumni in order to support student and graduate professional development through interaction with working industry professionals. The Professional Practice programme at the Screen & Media Academy offers mentoring and work placements as well as a range of masterclasses and workshops.
Contents
Programme Structure
The programme is offered on a full time basis, over one year, requiring attendance of at least 3 days per week . The MFA Advanced Film Practice is delivered in a modular system. Each module is worth 40 credits apart from the final Major Project module, which is worth 60 credits.
Trimesters 1 and 2
There are three modules worth 40 credits, which are delivered concurrently in Trimesters 1 & 2: Creative and Critical Practice, Professional Practice and Project Development and Preproduction.
Critical and Creative Practice (40 credits)
A series of lectures and seminars enable you to engage critically with the major currents of world cinema. In parallel with this, you are encouraged to develop your own creative voice as a film maker through workshops and exercises revolving around style and tone, mise-en-scene, directing actors, shooting the documentary, cinematography and editing.
Professional Practice (40 credits)
Regular sessions with top industry practitioners in the first trimester help ground your work in a professional context.
In the second trimester, you will have the opportunity to embark on a small film-making project or work placement that explores a particular professional issue in greater depth.
Project Development and Preproduction (40 credits)
A series of workshops and lectures will help you take your idea and shape it into a treatment, script, and proposal package for your final project . Then, further classes including budgeting, scheduling, casting, financing, locations, and previsualisation, enable you to drive forward the preproduction of that project.
Trimester 3
There is only one module in Trimester 3:
Project Production and Post Production (60 credits)
This is your opportunity to complete a major project to professional standard. You will most probably either produce or direct a short film, or documentary, or write a feature film script, although other options are possible by arrangement.
Teaching is by tutorial in this module, there are no timetabled classes and regular attendance at the Screen Academy is not required during Trimester 3.
You are encouraged to take up the offer of a heavily-discounted Industry Pass to the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June, which provides an excellent opportunity for a vast range of extra-curricular educational opportunities - viewing films, assessing the current market, attending guest lectures and industry-focussed sessions, networking, pitching projects and making contacts.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
The normal requirement for admission to the MFA Advanced Film Practice programme is an honours degree, and a Masters in a film-related discipline. We are also prepared to consider candidates who we believe possess professional or semi-professional experience that is equivalent to the formal qualifications.
All applicants must submit a portfolio of work that best shows their abilities as a screenwriter, producer or director.
If your native language is not English, you 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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