MA in Filmmaking
Lois Jones, Filmmaker/Sound Designer
1 year full-time.
Please note this programme starts in January.
Deadline: 31 August. If you're applying for funding, you may be subject to an application deadline – 14 February is the deadline if you're applying for AHRC funding.
When you are applying, please outline your first and second choice of specialist roles (see information in the column on the right). You should also emphasise your practical/theoretical experience in the arts or the media. When submitting your application, please also submit (upload under 'additional') an example of your recent work in a related field, or include links to a page hosting that work. Failing which, please post an example of that work to: Admissions Office, Goldsmiths, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK. Please make sure you include your application reference number (which you will receive when you enter your online application) and the MA degree title. Please see ‘Returning your work’. Web links to online portfolios and moving-image samples are acceptable for this programme.
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.
Places still available
Find out more about applying
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 (including 7.0 in the written element) or equivalent. If you have not yet achieved IELTS 7.0, you will need to inform us of the date of your upcoming IELTS exam. The deadline to achieve IELTS 7.0 for this January start programme is 1 October of the preceeding year. Find out more about our English Language requirements.
The Department of Media and Communications may offer fee waivers for this programme. Check the most up-to-date information on our departmental awards page.
Find out more about funding opportunities for home/EU applicants, or funding for international applicants.
Please see Tuition fees.
References - our departmental preference is for referees to upload a confidential reference to the on-line admissions system. Please make sure to select the option for your referees to be automatically notified of the need for them to submit a reference on your behalf.
Please see Staff research interests.
Contact Gerry McCulloch (Sound Design, Cinematography, Lighting) or Robert Smith (Editing, Producing, Directing)
Enjoy a film school style experience in world-renowned arts university setting. The Goldsmiths MA in Filmmaking is housed in a new purpose-built media facility. All film projects are photographed on either super-16mm film or red.
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.
For this reason, the programme allows you to specialise in one of several filmmaking craft areas:
- Sound Design
- Editing
- Cinematography-Camera
- Cinematography-Lighting
- Producing
- 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
- Introduction
- Programme overview
- Time commitment
- Best Short Script competition
- Project costs
- Guidelines for applicants
- Film excerpts
Assessment
Examination of finished film projects; examination of your reflections on the filmmaking process; examination of two formal essays.
Skills
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.
Careers
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.
Register your interest
If you register your interest in this programme we will keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information. If you subsequently decide to apply for this programme you will be able to use the same login details to apply.
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