This one year course gives you the chance to develop, produce and complete a short cinema film to professional standards. In parallel with this you will develop your creative and professional skills through practical exercises and master classes with leading industry practitioners. You will be working in a busy filmmaking hub in the culturally vibrant city of Edinburgh. We offer great scope for collaboration, with more than 200 students engaged in film activities – from cinematography and editing to documentary and animation As an aspiring screenwriter, director or producer, you'll be aware of the importance of hands-on experience that leads to finished projects. Apart from acquiring practical skills, you'll create projects that can form the basis of your portfolio. In this course, you'll develop your existing skills to a near-professional level, collaborating with students and working practitioners alike to create a fully funded short film, documentary, feature film script or similar finished creative product. Through visiting speakers and industry-based teaching staff, you'll make contacts that will help you navigate your way into this highly competitive industry. Your qualification carries Screen Academy status, the only film qualification in Scotland to offer this, and one of only a few throughout the UK. On entry into this course, you will already have demonstrated advanced skills in production, direction or screenwriting. By graduation, you will have honed these skills and added to them, exiting the course at a level that approaches professional standard. You'll learn techniques that will allow you to further develop your creative voice, plus the production skills necessary to bring a film project to completion. As you will be working on a project of your own, with a real budget and collaborative team, these skills will be consolidated through practical experience. Film maker Professionally accredited by: This course has been awarded the Creative Skillset Tick, the industry kitemark of quality, following a rigorous assessment process by experts working in the Creative Industries. The Creative Skillset Tick is awarded to practice-based courses which best prepare students for a career in the industry.

We offer industry informed courses which combine the optimum balance of theory and practice to equip graduates for success. 92.3% of our undergraduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving (HESA, 2012). We also offer a unique personal development programme called Stand Out. While career opportunities can be difficult to come by in this industry, this course maximises your chances of success. You'll meet and work with industry practitioners, forming contacts and networks that can form the basis of a potential career. Past graduates have received commissions following a connection that was made during the course, some going on to win major film commissions.