Overview
The MA Screenwriting at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is one of the UK’s leading film and TV scripting courses, with a strong reputation in the industry.
Graduates of MA Screenwriting have gone on to win numerous awards, both UK and international, work on major film projects in active development and are writing for a wide range of programmes currently being screened on UK television.
The course will provide you with the opportunity to develop the abilities, knowledge and skills you will need for a career in scriptwriting.
What can you expect?
MA Screenwriting introduces you to the foundations of contemporary scriptwriting practice in a theoretical context.
You’ll develop research methodologies that will become the foundation for future practice and analysis.
The course offers you the opportunity to study feature film, television and radio narrative, the development of a script from a short story and research, which lays the foundation for your major project.
You will also complete a collaborative unit that reflects your specialist interests in scriptwriting and related topics, whilst engaging with the need to understand and communicate with the industry you wish to work in.
In the last term of the course, you’ll undertake a major project that allows you to focus on a specialist area of interest that you identified during your previous study.
You will write several drafts of an original screenplay for film or TV or a TV pilot episode(s) with format documents. In addition, you’ll engage in peer-to-peer review and the writing of reader reports.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Short Film: Process and Practice
- Industry Knowledge, Skills and Methodologies
- TV / Film / Radio: Adaptation - Existing Format – Process and Practice
- Collaborative Unit
- Major Project
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 15 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Creative Writing View 196 other Masters in Creative Writing in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Entry requirements
- It is preferable that you have a previous degree, but it is not essential. We also accept students based on their writing talent and the work they submit during their application.
- Honours degree
- Possession of equivalent qualifications
- Prior experiential learning, the outcome of which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required
- Or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning which, taken together, can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required
- If your first language is not English, you can check you have achieved the correct IELTS level in English
- CV
- Current and/or previous education and qualification details
- Employment history
- Personal statement
- Written assignment
Student insurance
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- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Tuition Fee
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29990 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29990 GBP per year during 15 months. -
National
14000 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14000 GBP per year during 15 months.
Living costs for London
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Scholarships Information
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