Writing for Script & Screen MA (Online)

Course Details

Course overview
Gain the writing techniques, industry know-how, professional skills, and experience of collaborative working to present your writing to the leading streamers, media companies, and broadcasters. On this dynamic online master’s course, you will learn how to excel across different screen industries and create work that stands out from the crowd.

Why study this course at Falmouth?

• Learn about the fundamentals of storytelling as well as advanced structure theories and how these can be applied to your chosen screen medium – whether that’s writing for film, television, or games
• Develop professional skills that will make an impression with agents, managers, and commissioners
• Collaborate with a global community of screenwriters and make meaningful connections with industry leaders and agents
• Benefit from our industry links: previous guest speakers have included Academy Award winners and leading industry figures

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements
Qualifications

An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification.

A piece of sample writing in the form of a screenplay, formatted to an industry standard. The screenplay can be as long as you wish but should be at least 5 pages. It can be an excerpt of a larger piece of writing. You can also submit other pieces of sample writing such as short stories, plays or radio dramas along with your screenplay, to support your application.

English Language Requirements
If your first language is not English, you’ll need to take an English Language test. Falmouth accept:

IELTS – minimum overall score of IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

TOEFL iBT (online test) – minimum of 88 overall and at least 21 in all 4 components

LanguageCert (online test) – a High Pass from the ESOL B2 Communicator test in reading, writing, speaking and listening (2 parts)

The university also accept a range of other recognised English language qualifications.