Creative Digital Film Production MA
University of Bedfordshire
Key Course Facts
Course Description
Skilfully blending theory and practice, this course gives you hands-on experience of film-making to a professional standard, from scripting through to post-production. It prepares you to work in the TV and film industries or write your own story as an independent film-maker. The course encourages you to explore the world of film production including cross-media approaches to story-telling; scriptwriting; production planning and development; digital film production; editing and post-production techniques; film history and theory. You also complete a final dissertation or project. If you choose to produce a project, you take on the challenge of making your own film - either fiction, a documentary piece of work or a hybrid.
Why choose this course?
- Gain the specialist knowledge and skills you need to work professionally and do well in the fast-evolving field of digital film production
- Study with a dynamic, experienced team of acclaimed film-makers, academic experts and published scholars
- Develop your industry network and future employment potential through meeting leading filmmakers, film editors and industry executives
- Learn a range of important transferable skills relevant to work in broadcasting; journalism; arts or media administration; governmental regulation of the media; research; marketing, sales and advertising
- Benefit from a degree equipping you to continue to MPhil and PhD research degrees
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 5.0
- Foundation / Pathway Courses
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- 6.0
- Graduate Degrees
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- 6.0
- Undergraduate Degrees
Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree at Honours level, or equivalent.
Applicants should have an initial degree in the area of arts, humanities or social science; or significant media industry experience.
All applicants must provide a two-page proposal for a documentary they would like to make and provide evidence of an ability to use images to tell stories via a show reel.
Costs
Average student cost of living in the UK
| Rent | £518 |
| Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
| Supermarket shopping | £81 |
| Clothing | £35 |
| Eating out | £33 |
| Alcohol | £27 |
| Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
| Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
| Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
| Transport within city | £17 |
| Self-care / sports | £20 |
| Stationary / books | £13 |
| Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
| Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
| Insurance | £51 |
| Other | £95 |
| Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
University Rankings
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About University of Bedfordshire
The University of Bedfordshire is a publicly funded university located in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. One of the main campuses, in Luton, is home to the university’s Business, Media, Art & Design, Science, Computing, Law, Psychology, and Social Sciences schools. The Bedford campus is just a twenty minute walk from the town centre, and is home to the Primary Education, Secondary Education, Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, and Tourism schools.
List of 306 Bachelor and Master Courses from University of Bedfordshire - Course Catalogue
Student composition of University of Bedfordshire
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Total number of students enrolled at University of Bedfordshire by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 10090
- postgraduates:
- 3170
- Total:
- 13260
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