MA Film Producing

Why choose Herts?

Industry-standard production environment: Work with professional film facilities and post-production systems, including our award-nominated EditShare media asset management workflow.
Award-winning creative outcomes: A subject with a proven record of Student Academy Awards and Royal Television Society wins for outstanding student work.
Embedded industry experience: Access real-world work placements and production links, including opportunities with major broadcasters such as BBC’s EastEnders.

A degree, ideally in a closely related subject (film/television/media production) (2.2 minimum), plus a portfolio demonstrating recent engagement and creative activities in your intended study area. Accreditation of professional experience may be possible for practitioners without a first degree.

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Institution code	H36
Course length	Full Time, 1 Years
Location	University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

Employability

Careers

When completing MA Film Producing at the University of Hertfordshire, you’ll graduate with a strong portfolio of professionally produced projects that demonstrate your creative leadership, industry awareness, and ability to manage productions from development through to delivery. Through industry-structured filmmaking projects and collaborative workflows, you’ll gain hands-on experience that reflects real-world professional practice, preparing you for both freelance and employed roles across the screen industries. You could also progress into further academic or professional study.

Career opportunities are wide-ranging; you could move into roles in producing, production management, development, post-production coordination, marketing and distribution, or production co-coordination. Many graduates begin in runner and junior positions within major organisations before progressing into roles such as Assistant Producer, Post-Production Coordinator, set PA and beyond. With the UK film industry facing significant skills shortages and rapid job growth, graduates are well positioned to build sustainable careers across film, television and digital media.

About the course

MA Film Producing at Herts will enable you to:

Develop and deliver original film projects across production and post-production, from concept through to final completion
gain in-depth understanding of professional production processes, workflows and industry practice
understand how the film industry operates globally, including business models, markets, audiences and regulation
build transferable and entrepreneurial skills to support long-term careers in the screen industries
embed sustainable production practices through BAFTA albert–accredited training and workshops.

Why choose this course?

Do you want to develop the creative, organisational and leadership skills needed to manage film and television projects at a professional level? From the first idea through to the finished film, producing is about bringing stories to life On the MA Film Producing course you’ll learn how projects are developed, funded, planned, produced and delivered, while building a strong portfolio of practical work.

You’ll study within a specialist postgraduate film production environment, working alongside students in directing, cinematography, screenwriting and editing. This shared creative culture reflects how productions operate in the industry, giving you hands-on experience of professional workflows and collaborative filmmaking.

Practical production sits at the heart of the course. You’ll produce multiple projects and work directly with professional actors through workshops and filmed productions. You’ll have access to industry-quality post-production systems and the university’s unique film and television oral history archive.

Teaching is delivered by award-winning industry professionals, supported by strong industry links and work placement opportunities. Students regularly achieve national and international recognition, and graduates progress into a wide range of roles across the screen industries.

With strong demand for skilled professionals across UK film and television, MA Film Producing prepares you for a successful career in producing and related creative roles, or for further study.

What will I study?

The MA Film Producing is delivered full-time over one academic year, beginning in September. You’ll study across two days per week, combining practical filmmaking with academic research and industry-focused learning. Teaching takes place through lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and independent study, mainly face to face with some hybrid delivery where appropriate. Assessment is 100% coursework, including practical projects, presentations and written work.

You’ll explore ideas in lectures and seminars before developing them in practice-based workshops, often working with professional actors. Modules focus on pitching, development and industry context, helping you shape ideas into viable productions. Alongside this, you’ll build strong research skills, deepening your understanding of film styles, technology, finance, audiences and the wider industry.

The course culminates in a major project, here you bring together your creative, research and production skills to deliver a substantial film project that meets professional standards and strengthens your portfolio.

All students are supported by a named Personal Tutor, with additional academic writing and English language support available.

Level 7

Module	Credits	Compulsory/optional
Screenwriting and Film Production Techniques	60 Credits	Compulsory
This module explores the dual aspects of film storytelling in the written script and in its translation to the visual medium of film, through production practices. You will consider a range of screenwriting and storytelling methods, and see how these translate from script to screen, as well as how actors and directors interpret written direction. Screenwriters learn about how to write for the screen, while filmmakers learn how to adapt a script into a moving image. Additionally, the module introduces you to the environmental impact of global and national production methods, regulations and policy, and ways in which to reduce the carbon footprint of productions with the accredited BAFTA albert certification training and assessment.
Investigative Minds: Culture, Industry, Research	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module aims to equip you with a range of research skills which can be deployed in academic and professional contexts within your chosen area of discipline. Focusing on both academic and industry research and presentation, key skills addressed include those of research management, critical evaluation, academic conventions, research methodologies, and a range of modes of contextual analysis. The module provides an opportunity for you to engage with a cross-section of people and environments from throughout the creative industries, seeking an understanding of how your own practice may be located within these contexts, locally, nationally or globally.
Finding the Story: Major Project Development and Planning	30 Credits	Compulsory
This module explores and applies the skills required to plan and prepare to work on and participate in the completion of a professional film production (documentary or fiction) or feature length script in readiness for application in one of the following Semester C modules: 7CTA2011 Major Project in Film Producing 7CTA2012 Major Project in Screenwriting 7CTA2076 Major Project in Film Editing and Post Production 7CTA2101 Major Project in Factual and Documentary 7CTA2102 Major Project in Cinematography 7CTA2103 Major Project in Directing It provides an overview of scheduling and budgeting for a professional film production, as well as protocols of working with cast/contributors and crew, story outlines and script planning (including synopses, treatments and beat sheets), scheduling, production management and budgeting, casting, preparing to direct and how a director works with their creative team, pre-production cinematography and lighting design, post production and editing considerations, post workflows, marketing and delivery, post-completion sales and the value chain. A pre-production pack, aimed to inform the writing of a feature script or production of a short film, is typically created in readiness for the major study.
Major Project in Film Producing	60 Credits	Compulsory
This module enables you to realise a sustained film project (usually 10-15 min in length), having negotiated and planned for the work to be undertaken in the 7CTA2011 Finding the Story module prior to this. Typically – supported by a mentor staff member – you will receive a number of one-to-one tutorials and mentoring sessions during the various stages of the production and post-production process, including edit reviews, in order to assist you in generating independent, self-managed project work at an advanced level. The Major Project offers a setting in which you can increase your confidence in creative decision making, whilst expanding awareness of the requirements of film style and technologies, the marketplace and audiences. With tutor supervision, you are expected to work independently and to manage the challenge of the Major Project.

Further course information

Programme specifications
MA Film Producing - Full Time, Sem A	Download

Additional information
Sandwich placement or study abroad year	n/a
Applications open to international and EU students	Yes

Student experience

At the University of Hertfordshire, we want to make sure your time studying with us is as stress-free and rewarding as possible. We offer a range of support services including; student wellbeing, academic support, accommodation and childcare to ensure that you make the most of your time at Herts and can focus on studying and having fun.

You’ll study in the award-winning FMM (Film, Music and Media) building on the College Lane campus, with access to high-spec computer labs and industry-standard facilities. You’ll edit and complete post-production work in the Walter Murch Post Production Lab, use the Mike Newell Sound Stage for film production, and develop your camera skills in the Doug Milsome Cinematography Lab, which is also used for film screenings. You’ll also have access to professional software and hardware through the Learning Resource Centre. If you’re a home student, you can access parts of the course remotely, while overseas students study on campus in line with visa requirements. All students are welcome on campus five days a week.

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Funding and fees
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Fees 2026
UK Students
Full time
- £10320 for the 2026/2027 academic year
EU Students
Full time
- £17950 for the 2026/2027 academic year
International Students
Full time
- £17950 for the 2026/2027 academic year
*Tuition fees are charged annually. The fees quoted above are for the specified year(s) only. Fees may be higher in future years, for both new and continuing students. Please see the University's Fees and Finance Policy (and in particular the section headed "When tuition fees change"), for further information about when and by how much the University may increase its fees for future years.

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2026
Start Date End Date Year Location Link
21/09/2026 30/09/2027 1 UH Hatfield Campus Apply online (Full Time)
2027
Start Date End Date Year Location Link
21/09/2027 30/09/2028 1 UH Hatfield Campus Apply online (Full Time)

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MA Film Producing

Why choose Herts?

Careers

About the course

Why choose this course?

What will I study?

Further course information

Student experience

Other financial support

Fees 2026

UK Students

Full time

EU Students

Full time

International Students

Full time

Living costs / accommodation

International/EU applicants without pre-settled status in the UK

Home and EU applicants with pre-settled/settled status in the UK

2026

2027