london film school
An intensive two-year course with a School located in the heart of London, the
MA Filmmaking trains to a professional level in a full range of filmmaking
skills. Students leave with a portfolio of directing, cinematography, editing,
producing, production design and sound credits. The school produces a huge
output of films each year on this particular programme, many of which are
screened at key festivals annually, previously winning many prizes, including at
Locarno, Berlinale, Edinburgh, LaCinef (Cinéfondation). Learning is based on
short film production and our students make a new film each term. Each term
these film exercises become more technically sophisticated, more considered and
more complex in their ambitions. The school specifies the skill base for each
exercise, providing the equipment and training students to new levels in each of
the various craft skills. Students make all aesthetic decisions while solving
problems similar to those faced by professional units, on a steeply increasing
slope of difficulty. The work is constantly assessed and critiqued. This is the
core of the London Film School method. Students learn by applying themselves to
aesthetic and practical problems generated by the actual process of filmmaking.
