MA Scriptwriting

Key Information

Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time

Tuition fees:

UK/RoI: £9,250

Overseas: £17,000

Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent

MA Scriptwriting not only develops your creative and critical skills as a scriptwriter, it offers an equally strong focus on your professional development as a writer and script editor through collaborative work with MA Directing Film & Television and MA Producing Film & Television students. This equips you with the skills and attitudes required for successful script development processes in the industry and you’ll also get the chance to have some of your writing produced for the screen.

• Develop your ideas from concept to industry-standard final draft, develop your own voice, learn how to critique others' work and make industry contacts to pitch for employment

• See your scripts come to life and contribute to others’ productions by working collaboratively with students across the framework

• This intense course allows you the opportunity to work both in teams in addition to producing individual writing pieces www.bournemouth.ac.uk/masf

• Become a writer with a distinctive authorial voice with an industrystandard portfolio, writing in a range of formats and genres and a robust attitude to collaboration and development.

Accreditations: International Moving Image Society (IMIS).

Units of study: Scriptwriting Principles | Storytelling | Story Development | Approaches to Industry | Media Production Master's Project.

MA Sound Design for Screen

Key Information

Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time

Tuition fees:

UK/RoI: £9,250

Overseas: £17,000

Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent

This degree will advance your knowledge of sound design in a variety of screen-based media projects and genres. With a strong focus on narrative, the course examines the creative opportunities for sound as a storytelling tool and focuses on how it is used to engage audiences emotionally. As well as learning theoretical principles and developing practical skills, you will work on collaborative projects with MA students from other Media Production and BU courses.

• This was the first MA course in Europe to focus on sound design when launched in 1997

• It is one of the few sound design MA courses recognised by BAFTA UK as an eligible course for the BAFTA UK Scholarship Programme

• Use industry standard facilities and kit including Sound Devices location recorders, AVID S3 & Pro Tools Ultimate stereo mixing suites, Foley / ADR studio, AVID S6 equipped 7.1 dubbing suite and access to AVID S6 equipped Dolby ATMOS mixing theatre

• As an AVID Learning Partner, the course provides industry relevance and credibility, including the option to gain the Pro Tools 101 qualification.

Accreditations: International Moving Image Society (IMIS).

Units of study: Sound Design: Theory & Practice | Storytelling | Sound Design: Format & Genre | Approaches to Industry | Media Production Master's Project.