MA/MFA Film Directing at eca

A project-based collaborative and creatively stimulating approach to writing and directing film across the drama, documentary and fine art genres

course structure: full-time across four terms.
dates: October 2008 - September 2009
location: Edinburgh College of Art
application deadlines: June 2008 or later if places are still available

The MA and MFA programmes in Film Directing take a project-led, practice-based collaborative approach. While allowing you to explore your creativity, this encourages ways of working that mimic industry practice as well as fostering the important exchange of ideas.

In the department of Film and TV at eca you will be given the opportunity to work across fiction, documentary and experimental media. You will join an international body of postgraduate students coming from different cultural traditions to work in a broad range of audio-visual media within an integrated framework.

The aim of the Film Directing programmes at eca is to:

produce professionally able students skilled in two production disciplines across a range of programme types

combine the contemporary energy and discipline of fine art practices with the professionalism and accountability of contemporary media industry practices, in order to produce innovative and grounded work

facilitate the interrelationship between different cultural traditions, traditional and emerging screen technologies, and classical and non-traditional cinematic genres and conventions.

provide postgraduate education in media production that constitutes a clear progression from undergraduate education whilst maintaining distinctiveness from industrial training

to challenge boundaries, encourage original thought, and develop intellectual and critical approaches to making meaning in sounds and images.