Badgered - Student animation directed by Sharon Colman
Oscars - Nominated for Best Animated Short Film
Student Academy Awards - Nominated for Honorary Foreign Film award
Screened at Cannes - Cinéfondation
PROGRAMMES
MA Film and Television Courses
Diploma Courses
Documentary Summer School
Short Courses
NFTS graduates become highly successful film and television programme makers and many make important contributions to film and programme-making practice in their respective fields. Some will find fresh and imaginative ways to tell stories. Others will go on to instigate innovative formats, while yet others will develop new ways to apply the technology.
To set them on that path, all our courses are intensely practical. Little time is spent in conventional seminar rooms. Theory is put directly into practice in the studios and workshops, so that students learn by applying their developing knowledge in real filmmaking situations. Our courses develop each student's creative and intellectual potential, encouraging them to push the boundaries and come up with new perceptions and innovative work.
MA Film and Television Courses
This two-year programme, validated by the Royal College of Art, equips graduates to enter the Industry at a higher level than a generalist filmmaking MA. Courses are offered in:
Animation Direction
Cinematography
Composing
for Film and Television
Computer
Games Design and Development
Digital Post
Production
Directing Fiction
Documentary
Direction
Editing
Producing
Producing
and Directing Television Entertainment
Production Design
Screenwriting
SFX/VFX
Sound
Design for Film and Television
Because our students vary widely in background and experience, they undertake a short Foundation Programme shortly before the MA course starts. This first stage ensures that everyone embarks on the MA with broadly similar knowledge and technical skills.
The MA courses are based on learning and applying the crafts and skills of the medium. Collaboration is emphasised so that students develop a sound understanding of how their specialist role fits into the production process. Practical work is integrated with screenings and discussions that place learning in its craft and creative context. The Screen Arts programme - a systematic survey of screen history, culture and aesthetics delivered through seminars and screenings - is an integral part of the MA course. Students also undertake a dissertation or research project. While most students choose a topic related to their specialisation, subjects that attempt to draw connections with the filmmaking process as a whole are also encouraged.
Diploma Courses
Our Diploma courses vary in length from 12 to 18 months. Courses are offered in:
Editing
(Television Entertainment)
Production Management
Script Development
Sound
Recording for Film and Television
All Diploma courses follow a strongly practice-oriented curriculum that combines technical and theoretical study with production. Attendance at the Screen Arts programme is encouraged, though is not compulsory.
Find full details of your preferred course through the "Select Course" menu.
Documentary Summer School
A ten-week summer school, run in partnership with DocHouse, offers participants the opportunity to make a short documentary film using the School's facilities and under the guidance of experts in this field.
Find full details of this course through the "Select Course" menu.
Shortcourses@NFTS
The high standards and innovation set by the NFTS continue at ShortCourses@NFTS. Here, Industry professionals can further their careers through training courses taught by experienced tutors working in film and television.
The UK's leading provider of short courses for people already working in the Industry, ShortCourses@NFTS offers a huge range of technical and creative courses, in everything from 35mm camera to setting up an independent production company. Courses are linked to Skillset Professional Qualifications (SPQs) where appropriate and many courses are available to freelancers at a subsidised rate.
A complete schedule of short courses is available in the Shortcourses@NFTS
section of this site.
