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FORM B PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION Please refer to the ‘Guidance Notes for the completion of required Validation documentation’ when completing this form. Name of final award: MA Programme title: MA Filmmaking - Directing MA Filmmaking - Screenwriting MA Filmmaking - Business & Producing MA Filmmaking - Post Production Level: 7 Credits: 180 School: Art, Design & Media / Met Film School Field: Media Document Version: 2 Date Document Completed: 14.05.13 Document Completed by: Lisa Neeley, Director of Postgraduate Programmes Met Film School Form B - Programme Specification – Oct 2010 Page 1 of 17 1. Awarding body/Institution University of West London 2. Teaching institution Met Film School 3. Admissions criteria The MA Filmmaking Programme would be open to candidates (20+ years of age) who possess a (relevant) undergraduate degree with a 2.1 minimum from a UK university or overseas equivalent. It is also possible for non-graduates to apply if they can demonstrate significant and relevant work experience, and if they can demonstrate an ability to complete and benefit from the course. Each application is considered on its individual merits. International students need to meet our English language requirement at either IELTS at 6.5 or above (including at least 6.5 in the written paper), TOEFL paper based test score at 575 or above, TOEFL computer based test score at 232 or above, TOEFL internet base test score at 90 or above. IELTS Score for International Students 6.5 or above (including at least 6.5 in the written paper) 4. Codes UCAS Code A Not Applicable UCAS Code B JACS Code Other 5. Professional / Statutory / Regulatory body accreditation (if applicable) The course team will be seeking Skillset accreditation upon validation. 6. Career and progression opportunities Postgraduate Exit Awards: Postgraduate Certificate 60 credits Postgraduate Diploma 120 credits Masters Degree 180 credits The MA Filmmaking Programme is designed to give students industry relevant knowledge and specialist training in their chosen pathway in accordance with programme learning outcomes. Graduates of this programme will have the necessary creative, technical and industry skills needed for work in today’s film, television and new media industries. The global nature of the skills they will have developed will prepare them for a variety of career options, while also Form B - Programme Specification - Oct 2010 Page 2 of 17 nurturing the cycle of on-going practice and a thirst for life-long learning. They will also possess the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility; decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations; and, the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development. Graduates of this programme would potentially be qualified to enter the industry in a number of roles, as follows: Directing - Potential Industry Routes • Freelance director in Film, TV, commercials, music video, online content • Assistant Director • Well positioned for other non-directing crew roles Screenwriting - Industry Routes • Freelance screenwriter • Script Reader • TV story editor • Development Executive • Screenwriting Tutor Business & Producing - Industry Routes • Independent Producer • Entry level position with sales, distribution, or marketing companies • Entertainment business executive • Line Producer or Production Manager Post Production - Industry Routes • Freelance editor • Audio/Dubbin Assistant • Colourist • Trainee Assistant Editor • Post production runner 7. Location of delivery Met Film School (including Ealing Studios, Warwick Road Shooting Block) 8. Mode of delivery (Copy and paste this symbol - ) Full-time Part-time Distance learning Work-based learning* Other If other, please specify: 9. Planned programme duration 1 year (12 months), Full-time (45 weeks taught + 7 weeks combined holiday/breaks) Form B - Programme Specification - Oct 2010 Page 3 of 17 After the initial delivery we would hope to be able to consider options for part-time study and/or a possible distance learning strategy. 10. Sequencing within the academic calendar (Copy and paste this symbol - ) October only start February only start October and February start Other If other, please specify: 11. First date of delivery of the programme (month and year) 14 October 2013 12. Language of study English 13. Links with External Organisations, Industrial Partners The MA Filmmaking Programme design incorporates the latest industry developments and debates in line with the broader discussion about the sustainability of the UK film industry. Creative Skillset, the licensed Sector Skills Council for entertainment media, has identified its current areas of focus to include craft and technical skills, production management, VFX, business support, and digital content. They identify the current need of the industry to “develop writers, producers and directors,” and recognize that the “existing craft, technical and production skills long associated with the film industry remain in demand.” They also recognize that “as the business model and technologies underlying the film industry become more complex, individuals will also need to develop a more sophisticated understanding of how the different sectors and functions of the industry inter-relate and of the impact of new technologies.” Met Film School has developed the MA Filmmaking Programme with industry expertise from a variety of sources, including current faculty members who are practising industry professionals, our industry partners and Met Film School’s Advisory Board, which includes the distinguished directors Sir Alan Parker and Stephen Frears. Our programme is poised to offer students an industry relevant education that equips them with the skills and professional practice articulated by leading industry voices. The BFI’s recent paper in support of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee Report on the creative economy (November 2012) cites that “skills are the bedrock of the creative economy and the breadth and depth of the talent base is fundamental to the UK’s ability to compete internationally now and in the future.” The BFI’s new five-year plan, Forever Film, highlights the need for creative entrepreneurship by stating that “successful film businesses are run by people who understand how to reach and build an audience for their work…We need to encourage original entrepreneurs and help to fuse creative, technology and entrepreneurial skills.” Met Film School engages with our industry partners and relationships in a variety of ways. Industry professionals teach on our accredited courses, and we invite distinguished filmmakers to give master classes at the school on a regular basis. Past guests have included David Yates (Harry Potter franchise), Asif Kapadia (Senna), Judy Morris (Happy Feet, Babe-Pig in the City), Chris Morris (Four Lions), and documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto (Pink Saris). Form B - Programme Specification - Oct 2010 Page 4 of 17 We recently launched a new event series, entitled In Conversation With…, where industry guests speak informally, talk-show style, about their career experiences to an audience of students, staff, and faculty. Our first guests in this series have included Sir Alan Parker, Andy Serkis, Stephen Frears and Lord David Puttnam. In the coming months, planned guests include Tim Bevan, producer and CEO of Working Title Films, Liz Trubridge, Downton Abbey series producer, and film director, Kevin MacDonald. In 2012, Met Film School was voted prestigious membership in CILECT (Centre Internacional de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma e de Télévision), the global organization of leading film and television schools, for its exceptional level of educational provision. Founded in 1955, CILECT now comprises over 160 audio-visual educational institutions from sixty countries across every continent. CILECT remains committed to maintaining the highest possible educational standards of audio-visual teaching and learning in its member schools, and strives to be a key factor in the contribution to the major cultural and communication processes around the world. Over 75% of the world’s award winning and highest box-office film and TV creators are graduates of CILECT member schools. Our relationship with CILECT offers us an arena for global engagement and evaluating academic quality and standards, but also includes the opportunity to submit our best student work in the annual CILECT PRIZE student film competition which is voted on by the full organizational membership. We have an ongoing relationship with Creative Skillset, having established the Met Film School Skillset Writer’s Training Scheme in 2008, which supported ten emerging writers to develop a first draft of a feature film script whilst supporting their creative and professional development through an intensive training programme. In developing the MA Filmmaking programme we have sought information from the BFI and Creative Skillset, and would be keen to approach these organizations to explore potential collaborative opportunities or professional accreditation as we continue to develop the MA programme. The Programme Leadership and Teaching Team is comprised of industry practitioners an educators with vast, award-winning experience across the disciplines of directing, screenwriting, producing, editing, post production, visual effects and animation, distribution, marketing and sales. Members of the teaching team also hold individual membership in a variety