Filmmaking

Led by award-winning filmmakers and taught by highly experienced practitioners, this Filmmaking degree offered at University of Sussex will help you gain the skills to analyse and critique fiction films and find your unique voice in this competitive field.

At University of Sussex we offer exceptional opportunities for graduate study. The university has strong industry connections. You'll learn through masterclasses with leading figures in film and television. You also have 24-hour access to the latest professional-grade equipment and post-production facilities.

You learn how to:

• write compelling scripts
• raise funds
• cast and direct actors
• shoot and edit films using professional equipment and software.

You’ll produce a low-budget independent film to a professional standard.You’ll also graduate with your own showreel – a portfolio of work that will boost your employment prospects.

Careers

• By the end of the course, you will have produced a minimum of two short films and created a showreel, aiding your future employment prospects. Your final film is screened at an end-of-year Filmmaking MA degree show.
• You are given advice about screening your work via a range of platforms including film festivals, independent screenings, broadcast and online.
• You’ll have the necessary skills to work in the creative industries in roles such as:

• scriptwriter
• producer
• director
• cinematographer
• sound recordist
• editor.

Courses include:

• Approaches to Documentary
• Film Analysis: Theories and Methods
• Gender and Representation
• Writing for the Screen
• First Person Film (MA)
• Podcasting
• Queering Popular Culture