Focus on practical skills in media production. Improve your knowledge and build your CV. Get involved with high-quality media content, with technical skills that are in demand across the TV and Film industries.
Overview
MA Media Production will give you the skills, knowledge, experience, and confidence to be employable in the film, TV, and media industry, either in one or multiple professional roles.
The course is made up of four core practical modules and it has been awarded the ScreenSkills Select accreditation. The course aims to stretch your creativity and maximise your sense of personal fulfilment.
Throughout the course you will work on a range of projects and develop your practical production skills in areas including screenwriting, camera, sound, editing, lighting, colour grading, producing and directing. Your learning experience will be greatly enhanced by our lecturing team who are experts in their areas of specialism and by our first-class equipment including specialised cameras, sound recording equipment, movement rigs, and professional editing software packages such as Avid Media Composer and Avid Protools.
You will also have the option to take industry-recognised certifications in Avid software and albert – the industry organisation for environmental sustainability. You will work on group production projects supported by workshops, studio sessions and tutorials, as well as masterclasses led by industry professionals. The aim of the course is that you further develop your understanding of film and television production but at the heart of it is employability, we want you to work as closely as possible to the production process and techniques you would find in the industry. This combination of creative practice, research, and reflection will enable you to approach things with an open and critical mind, as well as the ability to communicate your ideas in a variety of forms.
Why us?
- MA Media Production is accredited by ScreenSkills – the quality mark for excellence in training within the Creative Industries - identifying this degree as the UK’s most industry-focused course using professional industry standard equipment and software
- Students are eligible to apply for a BAFTA scholarship
- Gain relevant industry skills from experienced staff in an Avid accredited training centre. Avid is the film and television industry’s leading post-production editing system and students
- Take an Avid certification to boost your employability included in your course fee
- We specialise in SteadiCam and moving camera stabilisation techniques
- First-class support from dedicated staff, specialist technicians, and access to industry-standard equipment and facilities
- Take advantage of the University's industry contacts including The Royal Television Society, ITV, BBC, and independent television production companies
- Access to a remarkable LED volume virtual production environment, green screen stage, a full body motion capture system, HD TV studio, and outside broadcast facilities
- Our lecturers have current industry credits
Course structure
Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this masters requires a higher level of independent working.
You will work on group production projects supported by workshops, studio sessions, and tutorials, as well as masterclasses led by industry professionals.
Assessment methods include your practical work with supporting reports that place the work in its academic context.
Facilities
The David Puttnam Media Centre is a thriving place to study and experience media. Rub shoulders with BBC Newcastle and Tyne & Wear TV, who are both based in the building. Volunteer with award-winning radio station, Spark Sunderland, write for one of our suite of websites or edit Spark Magazine in our mediaHUB. Get hands on in TV and Radio Studios, Journalism and Digital editing suites. Learn from experts in this centre of excellence for training.
Career ready
Previous students on the course have graduated and entered the industry in various roles. Our alumni are working as directors, producers, camera operators, editors, and videographers. Some graduates enter the industry as freelancers, others are employed by media companies, and some students set up their own media companies.
Employability
Sunderland is an accredited training provider for AVID software, which is the industry-leading editing system. We are also part of Avid’s worldwide network of Learning Partners, and as an MA student you will have an option to take an AVID certification that boosts your employability.
Industry-relevant teaching
MA Media Production is accredited by ScreenSkills who awards the quality mark of the Tick to practice-based degree courses that most effectively provide students with the skills and knowledge required by employers in the screen industries.
For employers, the Tick signposts work-ready graduates and apprentices from creative courses that have proven to understand and have links with the screen industry.
Graduates from Tick courses have privileged access to Trainee Finder, a service that matches trainees with companies across the UK’s animation, film, games, high-end TV and VFX industries.
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