Overview

Key Facts and Outcomes

This accelerated New York Film Academy graduate program immerses students in a unique, collaborative environment that emphasizes practical, hands-on instruction in cinematography and the related aspects of filmmaking. Through intensive workshop courses, individual projects, and rigorous critiques, students learn the fundamentals of visual storytelling and cinematographic technique.

Students develop their proficiency with different state-of-the-art camera systems, both film and digital, and learn to supervise the creation of sophisticated lighting schemes. As they shoot a series of challenging projects, culminating in a final Thesis Film, students create material for a compelling cinematography reel that showcases their skill and versatility as a cinematographer. Most importantly, the student cinematographers will be able to effectively harness the visual tools of cinema to tell meaningful stories.

MFA Cinematography students may participate in a series of advanced workshop courses, including Master’s Lighting, Advanced Grip Workshop, Underwater Cinematography, and Advanced Camera Movement, where students have the opportunity to work with a large, telescoping crane. With an intense schedule and challenging curriculum, this program is designed for students focused on ambitious goals in cinematography.

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Advanced courses and practical workshops that teach essential film and digital cinema cameras, lighting, camera movement, and storytelling techniques

Production time to develop technical expertise in lighting, grip work, camera operating, camera assisting, and other key areas of film production

Personal instruction and ongoing critique from award-winning faculty, with many that belong to prestigious cinematic societies all over the world

The opportunity to shoot a range of projects on the latest film and digital cameras, providing material to build each student’s cinematography reel

Access to industry-standard equipment such as cameras, dollies, lighting and grip, as well as production workshops with advanced equipment, such as a crane

The ability to attend exclusive guest speaker events with industry experts such as cinematographers, directors, producers, and more

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-08-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

61 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Los Angeles, United States

Disciplines

Film Studies Media Studies & Mass Media View 259 other Masters in Media Studies & Mass Media in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Completed Graduate (MA) Program Application

Application Fee ($75)
Undergraduate Degree Transcript
Narrative Statement
Letters of Recommendation
Creative Portfolio
Proof of English Proficiency (where applicable)

Tuition Fees

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44152 USD / year

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44152 USD / year

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44152 USD / year

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Living costs

Los Angeles

United States

1520 - 2570 USD / month

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Funding

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