Why choose this online MA?
Explore complex elements of scriptwriting such as deep structure and sustaining narrative
Create a major script development project for a platform or medium of your choice
Mode: 100% online
Duration: 2 years (part-time)
Start dates: Jan', May, and Sept'
Transform your scriptwriting career with our MA programme. Discover business strategies and collaborative skills essential for success in freelance scriptwriting.
Learn key script writing skills around script layout, genre, setting, character, and dialogue
Explore complex elements of scriptwriting such as deep structure and sustaining narrative
Create a major script development project for a platform or medium of your choice
Our course advisors will guide you through the entire application process, including answering any questions you have about the course. Upon starting, you can connect with your tutors via weekly webinars and through email, and turn to our student advisors for all non-academic questions.
Up to twice a year*, you can choose to attend various scriptwriting-related events, which may be held digitally or physically. The cost of all tickets will be entirely paid for by Falmouth University, but please note that you’ll need to cover your own travel and accommodation for physical events.
Previous events have included a visit to the Screenwriting Research Network Conference in Milan, where our students had the opportunity to participate in sessions on adapting a movie into a TV series, writing female characters, writing comedy and screenwriting history.
*Please note that given the variability in participant numbers and the specific nature of planned events, it may not always be possible to organise them for every course every year.
This course is affiliated with The Script Department, a production company run by screenwriters, for screenwriters. Created by university academics, The Script Department’s scripted podcast regularly features student work and provides the opportunity to partner with alumni as well.
"This master’s is very different to other screenwriting courses that I’ve come across, in that it focuses on business practices within screenwriting that will help you as a professional screenwriter. It’s taking that step on from just writing the script."