Television Production MA
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1 year full-time
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Why study MA Television Production at University College Falmouth?
MA Television Production - additional information (1.32 MB)
Do you see yourself directing a crew on location, or in the studio waiting to go on air? Or developing and researching ideas, pitching them to commissioning editors, and managing a creative team? If you do, then this postgraduate television production course is for you.
You do not need experience of television production to undertake this course, and we work closely with you so that you acquire the skills necessary to enable you to enter the TV industry.
University College Falmouth is part of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy network - a UK-wide group of institutions identified as centres of excellence in creative media education and training.
Tell me more about the MA Television Production course
Intensive, practical, creative and professional - postgraduate Television Production at Falmouth ticks all the boxes. From writing proposals to managing budgets, our course has been closely planned with industry professionals so that you graduate with the skills that employers really want.
You’ll study everything from camerawork and editing, to researching and directing. Lectures and seminars from experienced staff and high calibre guest speakers will open your eyes to the possibilities of programme-making, and with access to state-of-the-art digital recording and editing facilities, you’ll get plenty of hands-on experience to help you develop a wide range of skills.
At Falmouth, we’re renowned for nurturing creative style as well as technical excellence, and that’s what makes our graduates stand apart. We want to teach, challenge and inspire you to make original and creative television. Are you ready?
The course runs from October to September.
“This is a television production course that attracts highly motivated people and gives them a useful and practical grounding, helping them to identify a subsequent career path within the industry, and enabling them to choose and decide direction.” Jeremy Gibson, External Examiner and former Controller of BBC Documentaries
Guest lectures
Molly Dineen guest lecture
The inaugural event of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy at University College Falmouth could not have been more prestigious with a screening of BAFTA award-winning documentary film maker, Molly Dineen’s latest film, The Lie of the Land.
Date of lecture: 27 February 2008
Guest Lecture series: Molly Dineen (streaming audio)
Professional contacts
The course has very close connections with the television industry, and practitioners often visit Falmouth to talk to students about their own productions and to discuss students’ work in progress. As well as these contacts, the course runs a number of projects with broadcasters and production companies, and some examples are listed below:
ITV Westcountry
Every year, ITV Westcountry selects a number of students from our Television Production course for work placements. The chosen students spend their time on location, in sound and edit suites and transmission, experiencing at first hand what it is like to work with a crew to tight deadlines and exacting standards. In order to be considered for the scheme, students have to undergo a formal interview, so they also gain invaluable experience in developing ideas and appearing before interview panels.
Denham Productions
This project gives students the chance to present their ideas to a commissioning panel. They are asked to develop an idea for a programme or series, and then to pitch it in a live presentation. All the students who pitch receive careful and helpful feedback on their ideas. The best ideas can be selected for production at University College Falmouth, with the opportunity for ideas to be piloted for broadcast
Twofour TV
Twofour Broadcast, the major production company based in Plymouth, offer two MA TV Production students bursaries of £1,000. In addition to the bursaries, the two students have the opportunity of work experience placements.
Answers and advice about the course
If you have any queries about the course please visit our HelpMe Forum.
HelpMe Forum: MA Television Production
Additional information
2010 Postgraduate Prospectus (4.82 MB)
Funding your study
A Master’s degree represents a significant investment in your future, and you will rightly be concerned about funding. Our student fees & funding section outlines fees for full and part time students and has guides to introduce you to ways of funding your course at Falmouth.
South West Screen
South West Screen is offering industry-backed Postgraduate bursaries to three South West students.
Creative Enterprise Cornwall
Put your skills to use in Cornwall's dynamic business environment on a paid placement project
Creative Enterprise Cornwall is a project offering financial support to postgraduate students who live in Cornwall during their studies. It is run by University College Falmouth and part-funded by the European Social Fund. The aim of the project is to promote graduate opportunities within Cornwall - develop new business skills if you are changing your career, or use the opportunity to strengthen the skills you already have. A maximum of £1250 is available.
The placement project must meet the following criteria:
- It must take place in Cornwall or benefit a Cornish company
- It must meet your course objectives (Course Leader must agree to the placement)
- Must be a minimum of one working week in duration (maximum 3 weeks) and be confirmed by the company
More information about the project can be found here
Where do our graduates find jobs?
“Studying at Falmouth gave me the chance to develop my creativity in a stimulating and supportive environment. The TV production process is complex and demanding, and the postgraduate course at Falmouth gave me the confidence to succeed.” Matt Clifford, Head of Development, Flawless Films and television production course graduate
Because the range of skills that the programme covers is so broad, graduates have gone on to find jobs in all kinds of areas of TV work. They work in production companies throughout the UK as well as in Europe and further afield as researchers, directors, producers, editors, camera operators and sound recordists.
- Some of them become researchers, working on programmes as varied as documentaries, light entertainment, daytime, children’s, or features.
- Some decide that they want to work in drama, and that the best way into that field is to start as runners and, later, assistant directors.
- Some students, who become interested in technical areas, go on to find posts such as assistant editors or assistant cameramen.
- Some go into ideas development, coming up with new ideas for TV programmes.
- Students from the programme have also gone on to find work as production assistants, production managers, creative designers and sound recordists.
The range of jobs in TV in enormous and the tutors work with each student to help them to find their own direction within it.
Graduate case studies
Entry requirements
Entry requirements through the university sector include Honours Degrees, Foundation Degrees and HNDs in a related subject. If you have solid professional industry experience rather than academic achievement, this may be acceptable for entry to study at this level through a process called APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning).
For further information about MA TV Production at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 214375.
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