Name: MA Producing - Courses - London - Berlin - MetFilm School
Author: Tom Picken

Overview

MA Producing 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.

The producing course is designed to be skill specific (budgeting, production management, raising finance, idea development, pitching) and interdisciplinary (group productions, brainstorming, team building). Threaded through the programme are opportunities for you to meet and collaborate with students on complementary pathways and to build your own professional profile. We want you not only to understand your own role, but to get the bigger picture – how do others think, how does industry work?

Why Take the Course?

Practical: Producers lead teams of directors, cinematographers, screenwriters, and editors on a variety of projects. Networking and pitching skills are also developed throughout the course.
Real-life Experience: Students find and produce content for external industry clients, with previous examples including HM Treasury, Transport for London, Time Out, Nespresso, DHL, Mind, and Stonewall.
Professional Tutors: Many of our teaching staff are currently working in the industry as Producers, Production Managers, Commissioners, and more*.

*For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please see Our People.

Awarding body: BIMM University

Our outstanding credentials are recognised by leading higher education bodies. This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen-based industries and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.

Programme Aims

A deep understanding of the roles and responsibilities relating to being a producer across a range of contemporary screen platforms.

The ability to produce work of increasing ambition and quality including experimentation with content and form.

The ability to assess and initiate creative projects suitable for industry and audiences.

Editorial and production skills that enable you to have creative oversight of projects from development to delivery.

Comprehensive understanding of financing and marketing screen products including distribution and sales.

Advanced skills in the practical management of people and resources including risk assessment and contracts.

A detailed, structured and ethical approach to content production including sensitivity to a range of abilities and qualities of collaborators to enable them to deliver their best work.

Wide understanding business principles including the screen business landscape.

Understanding of the role of research and intellectual enquiry as an integral part of academic development and professional practice.

The skills, knowledge and attributes to build a career as an enlightened and contemporary screen industry professional.

What You Will Study

Over three trimesters you will gain advanced insight into not only the work of a producer but also into the implications of creating and delivering screen content to a wide variety of audiences and contexts.

Trimester One focuses on the creative and financial elements of producing. Alongside that you will explore your own qualities as you build a career profile that will develop as the course – and your understanding – increases.

In Trimester Two you will put your understanding into practice through an ambitious production exercise that you will lead. You will also gain insight into the entrepreneurial essence of producing and explore in depth the role of research in both your academic and professional development.

In Trimester Three you will draw together your practical, theoretical and industrial understanding into the creation and delivery of a filmed artefact and complete your career plan as part of your progression into real world employment.

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Module Overview

The overview below is not a complete list of MA Producing modules.

You will master the “nuts and bolts” of production while building a deep understanding of content, industry trends, and audiences. This module culminates in you pitching a feature film or television project to a professional industry panel.

Gain an insider’s view into how projects are commissioned and funded. You will explore the different types of investment available and study the increasing convergence between film and television financing in the age of global streaming platforms.

You will explore how film and television work by looking at the relationship between genre, audience, and the industry. By studying how audiences engage with screen content both globally and at home, you will learn how to apply these insights to your own creative projects and use genre to tell more impactful stories.

In this collaborative module, you will lead teams of students from across all disciplines to create and deliver screen content for external clients. Acting as the creative lead, you will use industry-standard production models to gain first-hand experience in how a producer manages a professional shoot.

As you deepen your producing expertise, you will learn how businesses are built and grown within the creative media sector. This module connects your practical production skills with the entrepreneurial knowledge needed to launch and sustain a successful media company.

You will identify your place in the industry and build a professional portfolio of materials to use immediately upon graduation. By learning core entrepreneurial skills alongside specialist producing knowledge, you will develop the tools needed for a long-term career. You will also pitch your Final Major Project, showing how it aligns with your career goals.

You will focus on the preparation and planning of your Final Major Project, applying your specialist skills as a producer to bring a major vision to life. This module is largely self-directed, allowing you to explore your creative identity and produce industry-standard prep work under the guidance of a project supervisor.

This is your opportunity to deliver a distinctive, research-based project that showcases your development as a producer. Your work will be industry-facing and reflect an awareness of our diverse and inclusive world. You will also present your refined career plan and new skills to be assessed by industry employers, ensuring you are ready for the professional market.

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Entry Requirements

Standard Entry Requirements

Age: All applicants must be 18 years or older at the time the programme begins.
Education: A 2:2 honours degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent.

Applicants must also submit:

A personal statement of at least 500 words. The MetFilm School online application form details the information that your personal statement must include.

Students Not Meeting Academic Requirements

Students without a degree, but who can demonstrate relevant industry experience or a degree below a 2:2 equivalent are still able to apply. They will need to submit the following:

A professional industry reference.
A professional CV.
A 750 word statement of why you wish to enter the screen industries, indicating the ways in which you think they are changing.

If you meet certain criteria, you may be eligible for a contextual offer with reduced entry requirements.

Find out more about our contextual offers

Students receive the Office 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud License for the duration of their course. For more information, please check Equipment in the Study with Us section for your chosen course, and the Location sections for the range of equipment and learning resources available on each of our campuses.

For more information on MA Producing entry requirements, language requirements, funding, and the application process please visit:

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Dates & Prices

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The prices below cover the duration of the course. Please select the course location.

21 September 2026 - 24 September 2027

£22,000 – UK Students

£24,000* – EU/EEA Students

£24,000** – International Students

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*EU, EEA and Switzerland Student Discount
An automatic discount of £2,000 per year of study will be applied to all applicants holding a valid passport from these countries.

**Early Acceptance Discount
International students from outside the EU/EEA can save £2,000 per year of study by accepting their offer and paying their deposit by 15 June 2026.

Creative Futures Discount

Eligible MetFilm School and BIMM University alumni commencing a postgraduate programme with an intake year from 2026 will receive a £1,000 discount on their tuition fees for UK study and €1,000 discount for study in Germany.

This discount applies to both full-time and part-time postgraduate programmes offered by BIMM University. You will qualify for our Creative Futures Discount if you have successfully completed one of the following at MetFilm School or BIMM University:

Undergraduate degree programme
Master’s programme, including a postgraduate certificate or diploma

This discount cannot be used with any other discount, bursary or scholarship.

21 September 2026 - 24 September 2027

€20,500* – UK Students

€20,500* – EU/EEA Students

€20,500** – International Students

Apply Now

*EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland Student Discount
An automatic discount of €2,000 per year of study will be applied to all applicants holding a valid passport from these countries.

**Early Acceptance Discount
International students from outside the EU/EEA can save €2,000 per year of study by accepting their offer and paying their deposit by 15 June 2026.

Creative Futures Discount

Eligible MetFilm School and BIMM University alumni commencing a postgraduate programme with an intake year from 2026 will receive a £1,000 discount on their tuition fees for UK study and €1,000 discount for study in Germany.

This discount applies to both full-time and part-time postgraduate programmes offered by BIMM University. You will qualify for our Creative Futures Discount if you have successfully completed one of the following at MetFilm School or BIMM University: