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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.
This MA is built to help students establish successful careers as writers in the script writing industries, irrespective of where they are in their professional journey.
Upon graduating from the course, you’ll be well-equipped to work professionally across a variety of mediums – including video games, cinema, television or digital media. Falmouth graduates have worked on productions with companies such as Netflix, Amazon Studios, and HBO.
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.
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.
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ARTU Ranking (Out of 45 UK universities included in their table)
QS World University Rankings- QS Quacquarelli Symonds rankings data– (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
