Screen Performance and Communication Techniques MA

In todays visual world its not just actors who perform on screen. Many other professionals are called on to present themselves in front of a camera. This course will build your screen performance skills to make sure you stand out from the competition.

Through a mixture of work-based learning and theory this postgraduate course develops your communication presentation and acting skills so you can perform confidently and to a professional standard before the camera.

It is intended for people who may need to perform or present in sectors such as performance journalism politics or business and who might have some previous experience in acting presenting and public speaking.

Why choose this course?

• Develop your individual performance skills based on up-to-date practices and techniques of working before the camera covering a range of situations from fictional drama to factual programming
• Gain the confidence to communicate your ideas with clarity and promote your screen performance skills within the media industry
• Participate in a range of masterclasses run by experts working within the media industry events that help you build professional contacts; take up work placements or employment within established casting and production companies; or audition for screen-based productions
• Learn how to operate recording and editing equipment and facilities to support the final presentation of your show reel
• Graduate with a professional-standard show reel which showcases your skills and personal approach to screen performance as well as being tailored to cover a gap in the screen-based media market

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country