Filmmaking (Directing Fiction) MA

**The MA Filmmaking (Directing Fiction) is the premier place to develop your skills as a director, working on a range of projects from personal ‘essay’ films to large-scale shoots with professional actors and feature crew.** <br/><br/>This Masters, a pathway of the MA Filmmaking, will enable you to gain a full understanding of how to collaborate on all stages of filmmaking, from scripting and pre-production through shoot, post-production and marketing/exhibition of your work. It will build your skills and confidence in expressing your unique vision and conveying it to your team.<br/><br/>**What we offer**<br/><br/>The programme is housed in a new purpose-built media facility equipped with state-of-the art teaching spaces including film and photography studios equipped with Arri lighting and Greenscreen, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Film Editing, Animation, Digital Special Effects, Pro Tools Audio Postproduction and Foley suites.<br/><br/>We have extensive production facilities and informal rehearsal and meeting spaces where you can discuss and collaborate with scriptwriters, actors, producers and your shoot team.<br/><br/>We also have established relations with casting directors, agents, production designers and other professionals who will both advise you and provide their skills to enhance your productions.<br/><br/>You work on at least one film per term in your specialist role, culminating in a major production towards the end of the degree. In addition to your specialist area, you attend classes in related disciplines such as Film Directing and Editing and collaborate with students across specialisations on film projects. This framework is designed to stimulate collaborative practice by providing you with a breadth of filmmaking knowledge combined with a high level of expertise in your chosen filmmaking discipline.<br/><br/>The Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies has been ranked 2nd in the UK for world-leading or internationally excellent research (Research Excellence Framework, 2021) and 12th in the world (2nd in the UK) in the 2022 QS World Rankings for communication and media studies.<br/><br/>**Expert guidance**<br/><br/>Experienced tutors enhance the flow of your individual research, experimentation and artistic achievement. The guests have all provided expert guidance at Goldsmiths. <br/><br/><br/>- Gillies Mackinonn (Above Suspicion; The Village)<br/><br/><br/>- Asif Kapadia (The Warrior; Senna)<br/><br/><br/>- Danny Boyle (Trainspotting; Slumdog Millionaire)<br/><br/><br/>- Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham; Bhaji on the Beach)<br/><br/><br/>- Stephen Frears (The Queen; Dirty Pretty Things)<br/><br/><br/>- Sally Potter (Orlando; The Man Who Cried)<br/><br/><br/>- Michael Winterbottom (Wonderland; 24 Hour Party People)<br/><br/><br/>- Alan Parker (Angel Heart; Mississipi Burning) <br/>