Prepare to combine the development of your existing creative skills in film and television production with a fascinating grounding in the historical and theoretical approaches to the two media.

Your core modules will focus on creativity and developing ideas, the study of media forms, and video production – giving you a strong base of knowledge. You’ll then have free rein to pick complementary modules from a range of options covering areas such as gender in media, Hollywood cinema, and national and international film cultures.

One of the most important aspects of your MA is the dissertation-by-practice: an audio-visual project combining your intellectual and theoretical knowledge with your practical skills, supervised by a faculty member. This is your chance to focus in depth on a subject that inspires you and takes you closer to your career goals. 

Your studies will come to life in a number of different ways. As well as lectures, seminars and film screenings, you’ll have access to UEA’s Television Studio and our state-of-the-art Media Suite, packed with cutting-edge media technologies including editing suites, cameras, sound equipment, a sound studio and a digitisation suite. You will have the opportunity to be fully trained in how to use this equipment, deepening your understanding of how film and television is produced.

We are also home to the extensive East Anglian Film Archive, a unique resource which you can make use of during your time here. And we have close links with the British Film Institute in London.   

Graduates from our MA frequently progress to PhD study and have gone on to rewarding careers in various fields including archiving, academia, journalism, and in the film and television industries.

Our MA Film, Television and Creative Practice graduates go on to a wide variety of fields. Some have chosen to work in the film and television and media industries, both in the UK and elsewhere in the world, in roles in production, press and publicity, publishing (newspapers, books and magazines), cultural heritage and archives, social media, and arts festivals. Many also continue their academic passion in PhD study at UEA.

As well as your subject specific knowledge and skills you will develop many transferable skills, including high-level communication skills, team working, and self-management, all of which open up a wide variety of careers. At our annual event, 'Working with Words', you can meet and hear from a wide variety of successful UEA alumni from across the creative industries.  

CAREER DESTINATIONS

• Film and TV production

• Publicity officers

• Cultural heritage and archives

• Arts festivals

• Social media

• Publishing (book, magazines, newspapers)