MA in Filmmaking
Enjoy a Film School style experience in world-renowned Arts University setting.
This January-start programme aims to facilitate your creative and intellectual development whilst exploring your interest in the practice of contemporary fiction filmmaking. It is distinctive in that it focuses on the practical, analytical and creative aspects of filmmaking from a range of perspectives rather than solely from the perspective of the filmmaker as auteur.
1 year full-time.
Deadline: 3 March if applying for funding (14 February if applying for external funding), otherwise 31 August. Please include an example of your recent work in a related field; this should be clearly labelled with your name and details. Please see ‘Returning your work’. Please emphasise your practical/theoretical experience in the arts or the media. Please note this programme starts in January. When you are applying, please outline your first and second choice of specialist roles (see information in the column on the right).
Due to the popularity of this programme we ask you for a deposit of £450 to secure any offer made to you after applying for the programme. The deposit will be credited against your tuition fees when you enrol.
Please see How to apply.
As well as an undergraduate degree in the humanities, you should have a level of practical experience from work in the arts or the media. If your first language is not English, you normally need a minimum score of 7.0 in IELTS or equivalent.
AHRC
Our students go on to pursue a variety of careers ranging across the media and cultural industries. A number also pursue further studies and occupy academic posts throughout the world.
We aim to help you develop yourself as a creatively and conceptually capable sound designer, editor, cinematographer, producer or director. In addition to practical filmmaking skills, we encourage you to develop a variety of transferable intellectual, organisational and communication skills to equip you for future employment.
Please see Tuition fees.
Please see further information about this course.
Please see Staff research interests.
Download a booklet [PDF, 1,428KB] or contact Gerry McCulloch (Sound Design, Cinematography, Lighting) or Robert Smith (Editing, Producing, Directing)
Media & Communications
For this reason, the programme allows you to specialise in several filmmaking craft areas: Sound Design, Editing, Cinematography-Camera, Cinematography-Lighting, Producing or Directing. Innovation and the integration of film theory with practice are important components of the programme. The academic content of the MA concentrates on situating creative filmmaking within a wider enquiry into media practice as a cultural activity.
The MA is structured around the making of short films in small production teams. You work on at least one film per term in your specialist role, culminating in a major production towards the end of the degree. In addition to choosing a single specialist area on which to concentrate, you attend classes in related disciplines and collaborate with students across the specialisations on film projects. This framework is designed to stimulate collaborative practice by providing you with a breadth of filmmaking knowledge combined with a high level of expertise in one of six key filmmaking roles.
What you study
- See more detailed information about this course including information on course guidelines, project costs, Goldsmiths' Best Short Script competition and time commitment required.
Assessment
Examination of finished film projects; examination of your reflections on the filmmaking process; examination of two formal essays.
Application enquiries
Please see how to apply for information on applying to this programme.