AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR FILM PRODUCING MASTERS
MA Film Producing (MAP) is a one year course taught over five modules, and addresses all the core competences required of a professional film producer in an industry which operates globally. Aspiring film producers are immersed in the LFS creative hothouse of student directors, screenwriters, and cinematographers from over 50 nations at Britain's longest established film school. The School is housed in two film studio buildings in Covent Garden, which contain shooting stages, full post-production facilities, and extensive camera and location kit. Script development, project management, budgeting and delivery and business skills are the key skills taught on this explicitly industry-facing MA programme.
Full course outline:
MA Film Producing includes all the technical skills required of a producer and students will have the opportunity to collaborate across the entire filmmaking programme on up to 180 films. For example in 2024 the Graduate Showcase comprised over 70 films over five days which screened at a special event at the BFI Southbank. Producers are constantly in demand for this enormous output (the largest of any European film school). However, the MAP course itself does not include practical filmmaking within its curriculum.
The central role of the Producer sits at the heart of the UK industry’s dramatic growth over the last decade (where production spend trebled from £2.4bn to £7bn – making the UK the second largest production centre for film and high-end TV drama in the world after California).
By the end of the course students will be sufficiently trained to enter the film / TV industry as a producer / line producer / production manager with the technical skills (project management, scheduling, financing and contracting) which have been repeatedly indentified as part of the UK skills shortage by industry reviews including the BFI / Broccoli Report. Graduating students will also be able to construct viable film / television proposals to external stakeholders, combining creative, business and legal requirements while also addressing hot button current issues such as diversity and sustainability.