Course Overview

Our MA in Screenwriting offers you an integrated program in the history, theory, and practice of screenwriting. It will develop your practical screenwriting skills and techniques, and you will be able to develop outlines, treatments, and scripts for a portfolio of original projects. Projects may be for film or television and the program will encourage you to write in different genres and expect you to rewrite draft scripts with feedback and tutor support. One distinctive feature of the program is the fast-track core module which will allow all students enrolling in the course, including graduates in other fields, to gain detailed knowledge of screenwriting theories, conventions, and formats, and develop the ability to apply these to writing practice. Subsequent modules will deepen your writing skills and knowledge of screenwriting with assignments of increasing length designed to meet industry requirements, such as feature film script and television series writing. You will also study the discourse and practices of screenwriting.

General Eligibility

A second-class honors degree (2:2) or above in any related subject; other qualifications will be considered. Applications are encouraged from those with or without prior screenwriting experience. As part of the application process, applicants are required to submit the following: Part 1: the opening ten pages of script for a film or TV drama Part 2: a four-page feature film treatment Part 3: any three pieces of creative text, such as a short story, an extract from a novel (five pages), an article, or a poem. After a review of the application and entrance task, the admissions tutors may invite candidates to attend an interview.

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Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this course is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 7.0, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.