Course Title: Masters of Fine Arts in Motion Picture
We offer through our Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses a Master of Fine Arts which is two year long programme. We will enroll a small number of filmmakers in following areas:
·Directing
·Producing
·Cinematography
·Editing
·Animation
·Visual Effects
·Sound Design
·Production Design, to undertake a two year long programme.
The MFA is a recognized post graduate degree course that runs in the evenings and is designed to yield two ‘popular cinema’ narratives that will develop, produce, market and exhibit two feature films for South African audiences. The emphasis is first and foremost on local audience needs and requirements.
DIRECT BENEFITS OF THE COURSE
Become part of the new intellectual capital and leadership of the feature film industry – a critical network of democratic South Africa’s new and representative talent.
An opportunity to up-grade and/or formalise your educational qualifications and profile.
Direct participation and access to the research thesis work of key conceptual disciplines and the analysis of their contribution to targeting, researching, tracking and categorizing the broader local audience profile.
Direct access to the research, development and production findings of the reproduction model for each discipline.
Direct participation in the manufacture and exhibition of one or two feature films where, if selected, you could head up the Directing, Writing, Producing, Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Sound Design or Visual Effects departments of the film
This course is aimed at participants who possess an honors degree or equivalent with an interest in the film industry.