MA Film Television and Moving Image (Part Time)

If you love storytelling on screen, this course is all about making things happen, not just reading about them. You’ll get hands-on experience creating films, video essays, or even curating moving-image exhibitions, while learning how the industry actually works. The programme balances creativity with practical skills, so by the end you’ll have work you can proudly show to future employers or collaborators.

Here’s how your learning comes to life:

• Create your own work: From short films to video essays, you’ll take ideas from concept to screen. Everything you make is designed to reflect professional standards and give you a real portfolio.

• Choose your path: Whether you want to focus on screenwriting, fiction or nonfiction filmmaking, or moving-image curation and exhibitions, you can tailor the course to your interests.

• Major project: Your final project is a big moment — a short film, creative essay, web-series pitch, or a curatorial project — giving you the chance to make something substantial that shows what you can do.

• Collaborative production experience: You won’t work alone. You’ll team up with other students, handling production roles, camera, sound, editing, or exhibition tasks, just like a real set or media project.

• Professional-standard facilities: You’ll have access to film and TV studios, post-production suites, editing rooms, sound control rooms, and even VR/360° and immersive media equipment.

• Exhibition & curation opportunities: If you lean toward curation, you can design and run small screenings or moving-image exhibitions, learning how films are presented to real audiences.

• Blend of theory and practice: You’ll explore the history, culture, and theory behind film and TV, but always with a focus on how it applies to the work you’re producing.

• Industry connections: Guest lectures, field trips, and networking opportunities with London-based professionals will help you understand the industry and make valuable contacts.

Why it matters for you:

By the time you finish, you’ll have:

• A portfolio of real, professional-level work — films, essays, or curated exhibitions.

• Hands-on experience across the full production cycle, so you know what it’s like to take a project from idea to finished product.

• Curatorial and programming skills if you choose that path, preparing you for film festivals, galleries, or media arts organisations.

• The confidence and connections to step into the creative industries — whether filmmaking, programming, writing, or experimental moving-image projects.

Earning the Film, Television and Moving Image MA at Westminster equips you with both creative‑practice experience and critical/theoretical understanding — making you ready for roles such as filmmaker, screenwriter, curator / film‑festival programmer, film/tv producer or assistant producer, videographer / editor, researcher / academic, or various media‑industry and arts‑administration positions**. The broad, flexible training — from screenwriting to immersive media and curatorial work — gives you a versatile toolkit that fits many career paths in film, TV, moving‑image arts or media culture.

Here’s how this MA supports your career journey:

• University Services Supporting Employment & Industry Exposure

  • You’ll benefit from Westminster’s Careers & Enterprise support, which helps with placements, job‑applications, freelancing advice and industry networking. 

  • The programme works closely with the creative industries: staff include working practitioners; visiting industry speakers — from curators to festival programmers, screenwriters, distributors — regularly join to share insight. 

  • You’ll have access to industry‑standard facilities and production equipment (camera kits, editing suites, VR/360‑capability, immersive‑media tools, gallery/project spaces) on the Harrow campus — giving you hands‑on production experience that matches current industry standards. 

• Employment Outcomes & Typical Roles

  • Graduates have gone on to diverse roles: screenwriting, directing/production, film programming and curation, festival organisation, copywriting, media distribution, content creation, education, and research. 

  • Some alumni enter distribution or international media companies; others work in arts organisations, independent film / media ventures, or cultural institutions. 

  • The course’s balance of theory + practice — covering everything from film/TV history and aesthetics to production and immersive media — gives you wide flexibility: whether you want to make content, curate it, write about it, or work behind the scenes in distribution / festival programming / media management. 

• Industry & Institutional Partnerships, Networks

  • The MA is part of a network that includes membership in the global organisation CILECT — meaning your training connects to international standards and gives access to global industry networks. 

  • The programme maintains partnerships and links with leading London exhibition and research venues (cinemas, curatorial spaces, festivals) — including collaborations with organisations like BFI Southbank, LUX, and the Close-Up Film Centre — giving chances for real‑world exposure, access to screenings and curatorial projects, and networking with industry professionals. 

  • Through the university’s enterprise and careers arm (soon via the new hub Zone29), students get access to a large network of employers, mentoring, placement opportunities, and support for freelance or entrepreneurial career paths in media/film. 

• Long-Term Value & Academic / Creative Strength

  • The course gives you a deep understanding of moving‑image aesthetics, history, distribution, exhibition and contemporary media contexts — a strong foundation if you want to work in media theory, research, curation or academia. 

  • With three possible specialisms — fiction screenwriting, nonfiction filmmaking, or curating/exhibition — you can tailor the MA based on your ambitions (creative production, writing/curation, research). 

  • The “Major Project” (final project) lets you produce a substantial creative or research output: a short film, a screenplay, a curatorial project or a written dissertation — an asset you carry into your portfolio when applying for jobs, grants, festivals or further study. 

• Graduate Impact & Flexibility

  • Alumni have moved into established media‑industry jobs (film/TV production, distribution, programming, curating), festival work, creative production, or independent projects. 

  • Others combine creative and academic paths — working in research, teaching, cultural institutions, film festivals, or hybrid roles in media and arts. 

  • Because the training combines creative practice, critical thinking, and technical skills across different media platforms (film, TV, interactive/immersive media), you’ll have the flexibility to adapt to changing industry trends — whether you want to work on traditional film/TV, digital streaming content, immersive media, curatorial projects, or cross‑media experimentation.

Further Academic Progression:
If you choose to continue studying after this MA:

• You can pursue a Research Degree (MPhil / PhD) in Film, Television and Moving Image, Media Studies, Cultural Studies or related fields — Westminster supports research‑oriented paths as well as creative‑practice ones. 

• You might choose specialised postgraduate certificates or professional training in areas like film programming/curation, documentary production, immersive media (VR/AR), interactive media, or media distribution — using the MA as a strong foundation.

• If you prefer a career in media academia, curating, or criticism/analysis, the theoretical and research‑oriented part of the MA will serve you well when applying to further academic or research-based roles.