Program Description

As screen-based media play a more central role in our lives, this course nurtures an advanced understanding of them, combining the critical skills needed to change the media industries with innovative, hands-on engagement with their inner workings. Why study MA Film and Television at BU? 

• Deploy your creative skills to address inequalities and injustices, in both the media industries and the wider world
• Work alongside internationally recognised experts in documentary, horror, science fiction, crime and espionage filmmaking
• Interrogate the cultural significance of screen-based media using hands-on, practice-based research techniques
• Investigate how film and television are constructed, how their industries operate, how they have developed over time, and how they continue to evolve and converge
• Develop advanced research skills, to build a CV for a career in the media industries or academia
• Work with producing, directing, scriptwriting, cinematography, sound and editing students to develop your intellectual and creative skills, and to foster a network of collaborators.

Admission Requirements

• General Requirement:-
  • Indian Students:-You need to have an Indian Bachelor’s (Honours) degree from a recognised higher education institution in a relevant subject and to have met the minimum required grades
  • Arab Students:-You are eligible to apply for a taught Master’s programme if you have: Bachelor’s degree
• The normal requirements for embarking upon this degree are:
  • A Bachelors Honours degree with 55%-60% in any subject.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6

Remarks:

• IELTS waiver for Indian Student:-
  • IELTS waiver is given to State Boards Only from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka State.
  • MoI accepted if UG completed in past One year from the Course application date)