The MA Screenwriting will help students to develop personal voice in their writing, create distinctive and high-quality work, and to take that work from concept to industry-ready screenplay. The unique approach combines technical practice with academic theory. The programme is flexible in its format and divided into three blocks; voice, writing and pitching, allowing students to focus on the areas that interest them the most. The aim is to bring the most out of the individual talent of each writer.
Students will be encouraged to develop their own writer’s voice – that deep-seated, often hidden message that urges students not just to write, but to write about the things that move them. Writing from an emotional, often psychological space offers freedom to the writer and greater engagement from an audience.
Students will learn how to develop this voice and learn how the screenwriter is an ethnographer, paying close attention to descriptions of peoples and cultures, considering their customs, habits and mutual differences. Students will also learn how to make their screenwriting stand out, using non-traditional, decolonised, less Western-focused forms, applicable from the gallery space to the theatre.
Whether they are a playwright, fine artist or producer, students develop their screenwriting skills with hands-on work and personal tuition that will result in a full feature or TV pilot screenplay of 60-100 pages, from concept to second draft. Students will learn about sensory ethnography, underground screenwriting, the development of voice, different forms of screenwriting and the importance of packaging their work. Students will graduate with a piece of work of a standard they will be able to present not just to industry, but within their field of specialisation.
Finally, students will learn how to package their script and pitch their work. Students will learn about industry requirements so they can ensure their work is coherent, accessible, professionally presented and noticeable. This includes live pitching sessions, development funding applications, guest lectures from industry speakers, and field trips.
The MA is for both recent graduates and mature students who wish to take their writing to the next level, and to be able to engage with the film industry as screenwriters, writer-directors, creative producers, translators or script editors.
| Level | Masters |
| Discipline | Fine Arts |
| Duration | 12 months |
| Intakes | Apr, Sep |
| Application Fees | GBP 0 |
| Tuition Fees | GBP 14800 |
| Campus | Main |
| Language proficiency (minimum) | |
| IELTS | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| TOEFL | 89 |
| PTE | 59 |
| Duolingo | Not Accepted |
| Exam proficiency (minimum) | |
| SAT | Not Required / Waiver |
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| ACT | Not Required / Waiver |
| GRE | Not Required / Waiver |
| GMAT | Not Required / Waiver |
Minimum GPA - 70%
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