Screenwriting

Overview

Students will hone professional skills and develop their creative voice towards a final original piece of writing for the large or small screen. In addition to the specialist modules in screenwriting, students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with students from the other programmes, at key points during the year. 

This programme is for students who are passionate about the moving image, love to write, and have the ambition to become professional screenwriters. 

The MA Screenwriting course from Metfilm School Leeds equips students with professional skills to develop their own voice and produce marketable and commercially successful scripts for film, television and web series. During studies, students will take part in a unique industry project for an external client. 

Careers

From the very first day at MetFilm School , we concentrate on employability. Students and graduates of MetFilm School will gain access to our dedicated careers advice department MetFilm Futures, who focus on supporting you and ensuring you develop the skills needed to succeed in the industry.  

MetFilm Production, our sister production company, offers 3-4 in-house work experience placements per year for MetFilm School graduates. Selected graduates work in a variety of capacities on all of MetFilm Production’s films such as award-winning The Reason I Jump, 23 Walks and Swimming with Men.   

Our graduates work across the industry as VFX Artists, Directors, TV Assistant Producers, Script Editors, On-Air Producers, Campaign Managers and many more besides. Below are just some of the companies they’ve gone onto work for.