Film Production MA

MA Film Production develops your creative voice while deepening your technical expertise across all stages of filmmaking. Through workshops, collaborative projects, and critical analysis, you’ll explore your specialist area, be it directing, producing, editing, cinematography, or sound recording and design. You’ll gain hands-on experience in studio and location shoots, using industry-standard tools and workflows. Ethical, sustainable, and inclusive practices underpin every aspect of the course.

Study in London, the heart of the UK’s screen industries, with direct access to studios, production companies, and creative networks.

Gain hands-on experience through live briefs, practice-based workshops, and placements that enhance employability and professional readiness.

Explore how emerging technologies – including AI and virtual production – are reshaping storytelling and production.

Build a portfolio of professional-standard projects that position you for a global screen career.

Choose between one- and two-year modes with embedded, credit-bearing work experience on real-world industry projects. Our practice-based approach to learning means you learn vital new skills in professional contexts, enhancing your CV and your employability.

Join an interdisciplinary community of digital creatives studying together in our state-of-the-art facilities at MDX Studios. We have a range of studio spaces including a double-height studio for film production, sound recording, Foley and ADR studios as well as suites for editing and colour grading (DiVinci Resolve). We offer AVID Media Composer and Pro Tools certification. Our motion capture studio utilises a 25-camera OptiTrack motion capture system and a Vanishing Point Viper to enable the creation of industry-level VFX and VP in a sound-proofed green-screen environment.

Our Kit Hub has a vast collection of high-end creative tech to support student projects including professional cameras, sound recording kit and VR headsets. With strong relationships with industry partners, Canon, Sony and AVID, Kit Hub is a vital resource for our creative community to keep up to date with the latest tech.

We normally require a 2:2 degree or above, or equivalent qualification, in film, media, or a related discipline, although other subjects may be valid.