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About this degree
The MFA offers students the opportunity to develop non-fiction filmmaking as a creative research practice – making films which interrogate and explore the contemporary world. Drawing on broad based anthropological thought about the social and cultural world we aim to produce filmmakers who are imaginative, risk-taking and intellectually engaged: pushing boundaries in the field. In the first year of the program, each student will make three short films, supported by weekly workshops, tutorials, seminars and screenings. In the second year of the program, each student will devise a graduation film project exploring a subject of their choice, supervised by an industry mentor.
Who this course is for
What this course will give you
We live in an increasingly audio-visual world. In the 19th century the novel was the form. Today it is moving image. If you want to show people new ways of looking at the world, if you want to use cameras, microphones, the possibilities of montage, to find new ways of representing the lived world, this degree is for you. We have no ideology and promote no house-style. We want to help you find your own voice in an artistic form that is in its earliest days - where 'anything goes'. If that sounds like your home then this degree is for you.
Over two years you will learn to:
i) handle cameras and sound recording equipment to produce non-fiction image and sound as well as mastering the technical skills to use professional editing programme/s and post production processes;
ii) you will be able to experiment with different forms of moving image, with work of different lengths for varied audiences, learning to take risks;
iii) under the highest quality supervision, you'll manage a large moving image project (up to 90 minutes of film) carried out independently;
iv) you'll devise a short collaborative visual research project with persons not trained in moving image.
UCL Public Anthropology is an integral part of the creative environment of the 21st century in which the university provides a space for creative work that can only rarely take place outside of its walls. Our studios are therefore a site of creative and collaborative creation, linking the creative industries and university life. Since 2008, and together with Open City Documentary Festival, we have explored how the teaching of creative non-fiction story telling can best be taught. We have pioneered practice-based teaching by practising (part-time) professional film makers.
This programme is based at our brand new UCL East campus in East London, forming part of the School for Creative and Cultural Industries. Students will benefit from cultural and educational connections with our East Bank partners such as the V&A and BBC, as well as state-of-the-art facilities including exhibition, performance and curating spaces, conservation studios and a 160-seater surround-sound cinema.