MA Film and Television Production

Course Overview

Develop your creative skills, technical knowledge, and critical thinking with the MA in Film and Television Production. Learn through a mix of practical film and TV production workshops and projects, as well as classes that give you an in-depth understanding of these global industries. If you’re brimming with ideas and want to take your creativity to the next level, then this MA is for you.

You’ll be joining UEA’s highly reputed centre of learning in Film, Television, and Media. Our world-leading researchers, industry experts, and media technicians offer you an outstanding learning experience. Together, they’ll support you as you learn how to interpret as well as make film and television, and as you master the technical skills needed to realise your own vision.

Through the course, you’ll gain a greater understanding of the creative process in the media industries. Learn how to develop your ideas for different media forms and in film and video production. You’ll also take classes looking at key topics, genres, social and cultural issues, or facets of the media industries. In your final project you can focus in depth on a subject that inspires you.

Throughout, you’ll have access to our state-of-the art Media Suite and dedicated, on-campus television studio. Known as BLOC, our media production facilities are where you’ll find the technology and technical support you need for success, from cameras to editing suites, sound equipment to digitisation equipment. Our first-class team of media technicians offer training and guidance throughout your studies. UEA is home to the East Anglian Film Archive too, a unique collection of films and TV programmes and amateur home recordings. This archive is available to you to explore as you go looking for inspiration for your own projects. We have close links with the British Film Institute in London, and to the Norwich Film Festival, which takes place right here. As well as being located within reach of the capital, Norwich is a dynamic and well-connected centre of the media industries.

When you graduate, you’ll be poised to enter the media industries, equipped with creativity, technical know-how, and an understanding of the industry. Perhaps you want to become a writer, producer, or director, or a media executive. Perhaps you want to refine your creativity as a way of understanding film and television before you take your transferable skills in communication, teamworking, and self-management into a career in marketing, advertising, the charity sector, or other business pursuit. Or perhaps you’ll build on your MA studies and pursue a PhD. Whatever direction you choose to take, this MA will be the start of an exciting journey.

This course is open to

UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.

Typical International Entry Requirements

Degree classification

UK Bachelors degree - 2.2 or equivalent

Degree Subject

Any subject area

Additional Entry Requirements

Applicants are expected to have experience of using editing software and professional level cameras. Details of the cameras/editing software that have been used should be listed on the relevant section of the application form.

English Foreign Language

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):  

• IELTS: 6.0 overall with minimum 6.0 in Writing & Speaking and 5.5 in Listening & Reading

Test dates should be within 2 years of the course start date.

We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies for a list of qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement. 

If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:  

• Pre-sessional English at INTO UEA  

• Academic English at INTO UEA 

Admissions Policy

Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all postgraduate applicants.

Employability

Examples of careers that you could enter include:

• Film and TV production
• Publicity officers
• Cultural heritage and archives
• Arts festivals
• Social media
• Publishing (books, magazines, newspapers)

Discover more on our Careers webpages.