入学要求 Requirement:
学术要求: A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree in an appropriate discipline. We also welcome applicants who do not have this academic qualification who are able to demonstrate in their application that they have relevant professional/creative skills and experience.
英语要求:IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.5 in Writing and 6.0 in the other sections. Internet TOEFL with 90 overall including 24 in Speaking and 25 in Writing.
学费 Tuition Fee:2011/2012 £10,900
课程特征 Course Features:
Led by award-winning filmmakers, experienced producers and critical theorists, this MA offers a unique opportunity to explore the creative practice and analysis of documentary. The programme explores documentary in the context of media convergence and the growth of interactivity, and fosters a lively exchange of ideas and skills as the basis for original production and writing.
The programme includes:
•emphasis on project development, direction and management
•a 20-minute documentary project in the summer, and
•teaching on all aspects of production from research and formulating a distinctive approach, to budgeting and identifying markets for work.
课程内容 Course Content :
Autumn term: you take the core course Documenting the Real, involving practical work in documentary production alongside the study of the history and theory of documentary. In addition you choose one option from a list that may include Cinema: Histories, Institutions and Technologies Expanded Media Forms ▪ Film Studies: Theories and Methods ▪ Gender and Representation ▪ Media, Technology and Everyday Life ▪ Media Theory and Research I ▪ Promotional Culture ▪ Theory and Practice of Interactive Media (a course combining practical workshops and theoretical seminars).
Spring term: you take the core course Research and Project Development for Documentary Practice, and one option from a list that may include Feminism and Film ▪ Global Cinema ▪ Media Audiences ▪ Media Theory and Research II ▪ Mobile and Locative Theory and Practice ▪ Musical Multimedia ▪ Latin American Cinema ▪ Photography: Documentary, Landscape, Politics ▪ Queering Popular Culture ▪ Video Documentary in Contemporary History.
You may substitute one course from another arts and humanities programme with the approval of the programme convenor and the course tutor.
Summer term: with guidance from your supervisor, you complete a major documentary project of up to 20 minutes on a subject of your choosing, plus an accompanying critical essay.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment:
Assessment is by practical video/media work and production documentation and critique. The final assessment is a major documentary project plus essay, or a dissertation
职业机会Career opportunities:
Our Digital Documentary graduates have gone on to work in a range of film-making, television and other media jobs in leading national, international and local companies. Some are pursuing directing careers and are working independently as film-makers. Others have taken on such roles as associate producer, researcher, and editor, and obtained places on training schemes with major organisations such as Channel 4 and Vodaphone, or are working in related areas such as communications. Some graduates have benefitted from the qualification to enhance their teaching careers and expand their skills in media production.