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The Master of Arts in Film and Creative Media (90 ECTS, NFQ Level 9) is a cutting-edge specialized program tailored for both working professionals and newcomers to the creative sector. This course offers a dynamic environment to hone creative abilities, expand knowledge, and assemble an impressive portfolio across various creative disciplines. Combining hands-on creative growth, contemporary research, and practical industry application, this career-oriented program prepares students for real-world success.
Participants will typically work with creative forms that align with faculty expertise and available technologies. While not limited to, these may include:
Feature-length screenplay
Half-hour documentary production
Television series pilot
Cross-platform film project
Experimental film/video artwork
Audio production or original music album
Interactive digital publication
Multimedia exhibition piece
Digital research thesis
Live artistic performance
Theatrical production incorporating media elements
Music visualizer
Social media film project
Prospective students are welcome to discuss alternative creative approaches with faculty members.
Ideal for graduates in media, arts, or related fields - as well as those from diverse backgrounds with proven creative interests - this program helps establish professional identities within creative industries. It equally benefits current professionals looking to upgrade or diversify their skills. Participants develop critical thinking, creative direction, and modern production capabilities to propel their careers forward. A key advantage includes learning from seasoned DBS faculty and visiting industry experts.
Fundamentally, this program empowers students to find their visual narrative voice, enabling them to craft stories through their preferred medium that add to humanity's collective visual record. Whether avant-garde, mainstream, artistic or conventional in approach, the public presentation of creative work connects practitioners with a broader creative community, situating their output within contemporary cultural discourse.
The Applications are welcome from any suitable qualified learners from any discipline with a Primary Honours Degree award of at least Second Class Honours Degree (H22).
You must have the minimum requirement in the English Language which is greater than or equal to B2+ in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages for admission where full-time study has been conducted in a language other than English or applicants whose first language is not English.