Skip to main content Go to Site Map

MA Film Practice Welcome Guide

Preparing for your course

We're delighted that you've chosen to join our creative community at Arts University Bournemouth. We can't wait to see what you'll create.

Welcome to the MA Film Practice course

This welcome pack is designed to give you an idea of what to expect during the first weeks of your course. Please take the time to read it carefully and take particular note of the pre-course preparation. We hope that you'll enjoy a happy and productive time with us, and we look forward to meeting you.

A message from your Course Leader

I’m really pleased that you’ve chosen to study MA Film Practice and we will have the chance to learn and work together.

MA Film Practice is a uniquely positioned programme that offers students the opportunity to develop and realise their creative ambitions through practice-based research, in an inclusive, integrated and stimulating environment.

The course asks you to be a reflective practitioner, a universalist with specialist interests, to interrogate your practice and its context. Also, we encourage you to partake in connected activities, engage with the world around you and be a critical being. This awareness will enable the production of thoughtful and dynamic work, which in turn supports your professional and practice related development.

Our programme of study initiates a process of (re)defining, developing and realising your intentions through individual and collaborative projects that are designed to focus your creative research, ideas and their resolution in an exciting and relevant manner.

The film staff and students look forward to meeting you!

– Dr. Andrew Vallance, Course Leader

Before you join us

Before your arrival, please start to formulate your Research Question:

  • Consider what it is you really want to examine – in my experience the more you’re invested in your subject the more chance you have of producing a worthwhile and satisfying resolution. 
  • Think through your creative and conceptual intentions – be inventive and experimental, instinctive and reflective, consider form and content, balance realistic aims with innovative ambitions.
  • Your ideas will undoubtedly alter with time, but this will give you a strong initial position. 

How to submit your pre-course project

One of your first activities will be to present your research (e.g. main themes, issues, aspirations) to the course.

What to bring on your first day

  • Notebook and pens/pencils.
  • An open mind!
  • You may also require an external hard drive for backing up work.

Digital capabilities

The course uses both Apple and Windows computers.

You're encouraged to bring your own laptop and mobile device to support online learning, collaboration and communication while at university.

Follow Graduate School on social media

Explore more

Overview

We’re delighted for you to join us at AUB – we can’t wait to see what you’ll create.

Two university buildings with square shaped trees in front of them.

Next Steps

Find out the useful dates and contact before you start here

Latest news and events