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Postgraduate Reviews of Courses at MetFilm

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MA Directing

METFILM

N/A - January 2024

Avoid MetFilm School. Zero graduate support. No real support during the course either. Lack of facilities and kit. read full review

MA Producing

METFILM

Connor - August 2022

This MA in producing is not a course for film makers or professionals who wish to take the next step in their career. It's very much a starter course for film enthusiasts (despite it being a so-called Masters programme). Whilst the school may say that 100% of students are in work, this is factually far from the truth. Most students have not received their first post-grad job, and we completed the course 12 months ago.

I joined the course after a few years experience in the industry, but hoped to accelerate my career by understanding the role of producing from the ground up. The course is sold this way, but not delivered as such.

I made a mistake by going here, after enjoying a short course here the previous year by the one experienced tutor who did have a solid understanding of film.

This truly is one of the those 'if I could turn back the clock' moments when I decided to take this course.

If you're brand new to the industry and perhaps don't know what you want yet, and have no understanding of film, and you're able to look past the lack of experience from the majority of the faculty, the complete absence of opportunity this course brings both during and after the course, money to blow, a year with no plans, with an accute sense of blind positivity and a therapist on standby then perhaps this course may be for you.

The majority of people I've spoken with not only from the producing course, but from the various courses across the school are deeply dissatisfied with this course and probably wouldn't spend their time writing a review on this page but the taste is so sour in my mouth from how poor the course is, despite how well they sell it on their website.

To summarise the experience:

Tutors didn't know anything about the industry
Tutors would avoid direct questions about anything specific
Course would require you to spend time on time wasting tasks such as 'film a video on your phone'
Nonsense group discussions on the regular about topics such as genre or 'what does this film mean to you'
Tutors are rather obnoxious which comes across very jarring as they relay false claims about the film business that they appear to have read off the back of a crisp packet.

This list goes on.

What I didn't learn was anything about the industry that was true, anything that would progress my career, and by no means anything to do with producing (baring in mind it was a production course).

Keep clear. Save your money. Save your year. In hindsight I would recommend a proper film school such as NFTS, or perhaps intern in a production department, or look for production assistant/runner roles through Facebook groups.

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MA Directing

METFILM

Student Reviewer - April 2019

The overall experience was positive. I got the opportunity to meet talented students that are now my colleagues and we work together. I had the chance to attend interesting masterclasses. Finally I got the chance to develop my filmmaking skills and craft in London. read full review

MA Directing

METFILM

Student Reviewer - April 2019

I personally loved Met and even though it has its own downfalls (as any school does), I would highly recommend the course I attended! Met is a practical school where you get to enhance your skills and collaborate with other future industry members. The school is what you make it and if you are willing to grab every opportunity accessible, you will not be disappointed! read full review

MA Screenwriting

METFILM

Student Reviewer - January 2019

I really enjoyed my experience at Met, I learned so much about screenwriting and there were so many opportunities available. I think it's a place where, if you use the initiative and make the most of the opportunities, you learn a lot, but you do have to be proactive. For me, being at Met fueled my passion to become a writer and confirmed that it's something I can definitely do if I work hard enough, and therefore the experience was pretty great. read full review

MA Post Production

METFILM

Student Reviewer - June 2014

When I think of my course I think it was worthwhile, when I think of the college as a whole the only thing that comes to me is 'Money hungry'.

For me Met Film School was mainly positive however I know it was a very different case for others. I took part in a 6 month intensive course in digital animation, my lecturer was brilliant, he had years of experience working on big high profile films and his showreel was brilliant.

The description online for my course was written by the college and without checking with my lecturer, it promised programs and lessons on areas completely different to his field.

From the aspect of my lecturer it really was worth it however this was mainly due to the fact we had 7 people in my course so the college was making a profit on that particular course. Many other courses were being cut down to shorter days, smaller rooms, less facilities and even less days in the week because of a smaller class size.

They were absolutely no help in finding accommodation, which really was a difficulty as an international student. Before I moved over to England I emailed and asked how a student would get set up, what did they have in place to help. They avoided the questions repeatedly and when they couldn't avoid it anymore just stopped replying to my emails altogether.

In general the course was good for me, expensive but enjoyable and worthwhile.
However if you have a small class size you may get shorter times, have inexperienced lecturers and overall a far less valuable time. They will try to cut the costs of the course as much as possible going completely away from what is promised. One such class was cut from 5 days a week to 4 days and was given a lecturer who admittedly only learned the specific software in a night class and had no experience.
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