Overview

Why Take the Course?

Practical: Gain training and experience in producing, directing, camera operation, sound, and editing.
Comprehensive: For students passionate about the various ways to shoot and document reality in today’s world, and who want to produce content that offers new insights and promotes compassion and awareness about a specific subject
Industry-facing: Build your understanding of the contemporary industry landscape for documentaries and factual programming, including commissioning, financing, distribution and exhibition.
Real-life Experience: You will conceive, create, and deliver a project to a client brief. Working within a creative team with other MA students, you will respond to a professional brief from a commercial or non-commercial business to produce a short project and showcase their creative talent to industry professionals.
Portfolio: Create a portfolio of work with accompanying creative development and pitch documents to support you in your future career.
Professional Tutors: Many of our teaching staff are currently working in the industry as Film and TV directors, broadcast journalists, producers, writers, and more*.

For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please see Our People.

Programme Structure

Find below an overview of the key learning themes that this course will cover:

Documentary and Factual Craft and Industry

Authorship and Context
Professional Profile

Factual Production for Clients
Documentary and Factual Business

Practice-based Research
Teaching, Learning & Assessment

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-23 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Film Studies Journalism Media Studies & Mass Media View 3 other Masters in Journalism in Germany

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

Age: All applicants must be 18 years or older at the time the programme begins.
Education: A 2:1 honours degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent.

Applicants must also submit:

A personal statement of at least 500 words. The MetFilm School online application form details the information that your personal statement must include.

Students Not Meeting Academic Requirements

Students without a degree, but who can demonstrate relevant industry experience or a degree below a 2:1 equivalent are still able to apply. They will need to submit the following:

A professional industry reference.
A professional CV.
A 750 word statement of why you wish to enter the screen industries, indicating the ways in which you think they are changing.

Equipment Requirements

Tuition Fee

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International

20500 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 20500 EUR per year during 12 months.
EU/EEA

18500 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18500 EUR per year during 12 months.

Living costs for Berlin

836 - 1340 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Documentary and Factual.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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