Master of Arts in Producing

Program Overview

The MA Producing Program offers students a unique opportunity to develop the necessary skills to become the next generation of entrepreneurs in the screen business world. The programme aims to provide insight into, and mastery of, creative development, physical production and business and finance in relation to the creative screen industries. Specific topics will range from story craft and script analysis to budgeting and scheduling, from marketing and distribution to finance strategies and business leadership principles.

This programme is for students who are passionate about the moving image, love to lead, and have the ambition to become professionals in the screen trade. 

Why Take The Course?

Studying MA Producing at MetFilm School allows you to fast-track your creative career and gain a job in today’s ever changing creative industries.

• Practical: Students find and produce content for external industry clients working to a professional brief. Clients have included Shell UK, Transport for London, Saatchi, Time Out, Nespresso, DHL, Mind, Mencap, Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen and Stonewall. Producers lead teams of directors, cinematographers, screenwriters and editors on both the Industry Project and Master’s Projects. Networking and pitching skills are developed throughout the course with students pitching to high level film industry professionals, TV commissioning executives and business investors.
• Get employed: Since this course launched in 2014, 100% of graduates have gone on to work in the screen industries at a range of organisations or have launched their own companies. Employers of our graduates include: The BBC, Firecracker Films, Knucklehead, Invisible Ink, The Bureau and HBO. Find out more about our alumni success.
• Immerse yourself in the industry: Our students visit a range of film festivals including Berlin, Cannes, London and Berlin as part of the course. In addition, they spend time at companies such as Disney, Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One, AMVBBDO, ShoeBox Films, The Imaginarium, Mad Dog Casting and Rattling Stick. View student work.