StudyQA — Master: Digital Film and Television Production

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This Masters degree is designed to offer students an intensive and increasingly specialised programme that will equip them for the challenges of entering a film and television industry that is undergoing unprecedented and rapid change. Over time, we expect the MA to foster a distinguished roster of filmmakers and television innovators as directors, producers, writers, cinematographers or editors.

Our facilities
The equipment and facilities available to the course are of the highest quality found in professional film- and programme-making. A new £24 million departmental building on the Heslington East campus houses a further £6million investment in:

* a sound stage and (five- and three-camera) television studios
* a 148-seat cinema equipped with a 12-metre screen, DTS 5.1 sound, and 35mm film and Barco 2K digital projectors
* rehearsal rooms
* RED cameras (among others) and lenses
* full tungsten and daylight lighting kits (including HMIs)
* a dedicated graduate-only post-production lab running Final Cut Pro
* picture-finishing suites running Flame/Smoke/Lustre, as well as Nucoda Film Master, a motion-picture DI/grading workstation that is typically found in many of the best Soho postproduction facilities
* audio postproduction suites including two dubbing theatres and foley/ADR, all running Protools
* graduate-only facilities including study rooms (with full access to the departments media servers) and common room

Lectures

A full programme of lectures that introduce all aspects of the MA, from project development (including screenwriting to production/postproduction digital workflows

Workshops

These will provide students with opportunities to experiment with new techniques and technologies in film and TV storytelling.

Masterclasses

Offering a regular chance to meet and gain insights from some of the leaders in their field from the film and television directors/producers/editors/etc successfully working in film or broadcast television to executives making decisions now that will affect students future career paths.

Group and individual projects

Providing opportunities to create short drama and/or documentary films, original television projects, and screenplays. We assess projects by assigning group and individual marks

Screenings

All film and television screenings take place in our digital cinema and in a dedicated graduate screening room.

You will be expected to have good existing knowledge of film, video or TV production.This may have been gained via a first degree in a related discipline or through professional practice.IELTS 7.0 with no less than 5.5 in each component for the MSc in Contemporary Cinema and Television, and the MA in Theatre, Writing, Directing and Performance English Language Requirements IELTS band: 7 CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 80 (Grade A) IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.