Filmmaking and Media Arts (Taught)

The Masters focuses on low-budget and experimental filmmaking and media art. It is designed to provide the necessary practical and critical skills required for current and ‘future’ screen-based production. At a time when new technologies continuously transform or shift the production and dissemination of film and new media arts, developing versatile skills and knowledge is ever more essential for those in experimental filmmaking, moving image and media art practice. This programme crosses between practice and theory of film, moving image and new media arts, and provides an open space for experimentation, while advancing skills and creative practice. It is suitable for experimental filmmakers, media producers, new media artists, and those involved in theory and practice of moving image arts.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• This is taught by internationally recognised scholars and artists, you will learn and advance necessary skills and concepts in filmmaking and media arts.

• Glasgow offers a vibrant context for filmmaking and media arts practice. Key cultural events include the Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow International (a biennial international festival of contemporary art).

• Recognising that the programme will attract a diverse range of creative individuals, we offer a variety of software and hardware options (e.g. Adobe Creative Cloud, cameras, audio and lighting equipment)

• The programme is taught in the Gilmorehill Halls which offers a Media Lab, its own cinema as well as a Media Archive which has more than 6,000 holdings, complementing the Library’s extensive collection of film, television and media art books.

• The Gilmorehill Halls is home to the international journal Screen and hosts the journal’s annual conference every summer, attracting leading names in film and television studies from across the world. You will have the opportunity to participate in the conference as well as to engage with guest speakers from the academy throughout the year.

• In addition to the University of Glasgow Library and The Hunterian Museum, you will have access to other world class libraries and museums. The city is home to the Glasgow Museum of Modern Art as well as venues renowned for exhibitions of emerging and established screen-based artists such as Tramway and The Centre for Contemporary Art.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Through practical workshops, master classes, and history and theory courses, you will have the opportunity to learn from professionals, media artists, and world leading academics in film and digital media theory.

Semester one
Core courses
Practical Workshop 1: Project Preparation
Experimental Art and Media
Semester two
Core courses
Practical Workshop 2: Pilot project
Optional course
You will also choose one course from a range of academic options. The optional courses available vary from year to year, offering you the opportunity to engage with staff research specialisms. To give you an idea of what may be available in the next academic year, recent courses have included:

Advanced Topics in Film Studies
Advanced Topics in Television Studies
Festivals
Genders
Making Time: performing and thinking temporalities in the creative arts

Assessment of optional courses will vary depending on the learning objectives of the course but may include:
academic essays
reports
research proposals
detailed sequence analysis
group projects
presentations

Summer
Practice led dissertation (compulsory)
You have the opportunity to develop, with support from technical and academic supervisors, a film or media arts self-directed project. You will also write a 3000-word critical explanation to supplement your media work.

Teaching methods
 The programme will offer a combination of lectures, practical workshops, seminar discussions, screenings and one-on-one tutorials.