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PGDip Film & Television (Online)

PGDip Film & Television (Online)

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Study mode

Online

Duration

2 years

Start date

27-MAY-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

Postgraduate Diploma

Subject areas

Film Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Establish an impactful and enduring career in the film and TV industries.

Course overview

Develop your unique voice and the skills and knowledge needed for the industry on this online PGDip in Film & Television. Channel the spirit of radical creativity into your practice, learning from professionals to enhance your screen production and research skills in a rapidly developing field.

From screenwriting, casting and pitching to production management, filming and editing, this online master’s in Film & Television will help you develop a technical prowess across pre-production and post-production. You will also be challenged to innovate; questioning industry traditions, conventions and creative canons to carve your own original space in the industry.

Whether you are already working in the industry, have just finished an undergraduate degree or are after a career change and want to level-up your skillset, we'll help you bring innovation and originality to your chosen specialism.

You will:

  • Establish a courageous practice through interrogating the industry and its cultural contexts, helping to determine your original contribution
  • Take your film and TV creative practice and technical craft to the next level of professionalism
  • Sharpen your skills across a broad range of areas within film and TV such as multimedia exhibition and distribution, project management and development, screenwriting, film criticism, curating, festival and event management
  • Upgrade your research skills to embark on an original path while reaching out to diverse audiences and collaborators
  • Boost your knowledge of the industry to find funding and commissioning opportunities, outlets, and audiences for transformational projects.

Course details

You will be supported by expert staff to enhance your filmmaking craft and research skills across pre-production, production and post-production. While developing projects that mirror industry workflows, you will deepen your understanding of how global cultural, political and social contexts frame and influence audience engagement. You will also learn to work with others in a productive and collaborative environment.

PGDip

You will need to complete four 30-credit modules (120 credits in total).?All modules on the course are compulsory and must be passed in order to complete the award. A dissertation (major project) is not required.

Modules

In this module, you'll pre-produce a short cinematic or televisual form or a screenplay. Practice informed by a critical study of selected examples will help determine your potential contribution to film and television culture. Designed for you to excel in film and television practice in an informed, professional way, yet crafted to help you follow your interests, this module offers two options: pre-production or screenwriting. You'll explore critical frameworks and screen practices as they pertain to fields of cinema, television, online viewing platforms, art galleries, transmedia, social media and citizen journalism. Active participation in practical project development will take you through the typical stages of film and television production, making you aware of real-world industry workflow. An overview of the contemporary industry and its commissioning, distribution and exhibition channels will help you situate your original ideas and skills within the current film and television market.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£3,960

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£3,960

Entry requirements

An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification is desirable. However, candidates without a degree or formal qualification are still encouraged to apply.