Film and Television Production - MPhil, PhD

Program Overview

This research-based Film and Television Production program at ARU allows students to explore their interests or join research projects, guided by experienced supervisors. Students will critically contextualize their work, contribute new ideas to the field, and benefit from industry connections and research forums. The program provides opportunities for career development and training, preparing graduates for various roles in the film and television industry.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This course allows you to join one of ARU's research projects or explore your own interests in Film and Television Production, supported by the expertise of their staff.

Objectives:

• Critically contextualize your work
• Clarify theoretical and practical research-based inquiries
• Contribute distinctive new ideas to the field

Description:

Informed by your particular discipline, you'll critically contextualize your work, clarifying theoretical and practical research-based inquiries, and contributing distinctive new ideas to the field. You'll be allocated two supervisors, with additional staff members available if necessary. ARU's supervisors are experienced in most areas of film and television production, including the management of media SMEs, the effect of digitization on program production and distribution, narrative in factual programming, experimental film and video, cinematography and the role of the director of photography, and the 'glass ceiling' in factual programming. Based in the historic Cambridge School of Art, you'll be part of a growing community of researchers from many different fields. ARU provides various research forums and holds regular seminars and informal presentations for their postgraduate and research students. ARU also has links with their Faculty's StoryLab Research Institute and Anglia Research Centre in Media and Culture (ARCMedia). You'll have the chance to take part in various exhibition and conference opportunities in the area of film and television production and benefit from ARU's strong links with institutions like the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium, the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, Kettle's Yard, and the University of Cambridge's Centre for Research into Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH).

Faculty:

You'll be supervised and supported by staff who have professional and academic expertise in film and television production and have worked on the production of many films, documentaries, and television programs. ARU's research expertise includes:

• Shreepali Patel: documentary; creative tools of production in storytelling across genres; audience/user engagement in site-specific, multi-platform, and interactive audiovisual projects; cross-disciplinary collaborations between audiovisual art, science, and politics.
• Catherine Elliott: social history and film; the documentary; gender and television; current trends in the British television industry; the history of educational television.
• Sophie Jackson: alternative storytelling in both fiction and non-fiction films; the changing landscape of financing and distribution of independent films.

Careers:

Paths:

ARU will provide you with many opportunities for career development and training and encourage you to get involved with external activities like film projects, conference organization, and giving papers. In conjunction with University research support, you can request specific support for writing-up, conference papers, general research methods, and other research skills if you need it.

Tuition Fees and Payment Information:

UK students, 2023/24 (per year) £4,712 UK students, 2023/24 (part-time, per year) £2,356 International students, 2023/24 (per year) £15,000 International students, 2023/24 (part-time, per year) £7,500 UK students, 2024/25 (per year) £4,786 UK students, 2024/25 (part-time, per year) £2,392 International students, 2024/25 (per year) £15,900 International students, 2024/25 (part-time, per year) £7,950