Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Media
Programme Director: Mr WAN, Derek
The Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Media is a three-year, full-time programme, leading to a terminal degree. It is the first of its kind in Hong Kong and mainland China. Our programme and faculty are entirely based upon requirements stipulated by the American University Film and Video Association. The programme emphasizes professional employment in the media industry and/or teaching posts at universities.
The programme aims at enriching media workers or university graduates to systematically acquire broad experiences in film, TV and the digital media, and to independently create high quality works in particular media forms. Also, we will provide opportunities for the specialized technicians trained at other institutions, therefore contributing in an integral manner to foster complementary education among our tertiary institutions.
We offer advanced training to our students through a combination of production and non-production programmes, in the professional, conceptual and aesthetic aspects of film, television, and digital media. Students will gain valuable creative experience with systematic in-class activities, which are grounded on the knowledge structure of audio-visual production. Students will produce traditional and innovative works and develop their conceptual, aesthetic and technical abilities in various media channels.
Graduates of this programme will become media professionals with artistic sense, social responsibility, and international vision. Some of their career goals will be produces, directors, screenwriters, and other professional areas in the media industry. They will be able to move the industry forward, especially in the age of digital production, and enable it to compete globally. Graduates with an MFA degree are also eligible to take up teaching posts at universities.
Students are required to take at least 19 courses (57 units) in order to obtain the necessary training to take up their thesis project, which bears another 9 units, summing up to a total of 66 units for the entire programme. Normally the programme is offered on a full-time study basis taking three calendar years to complete.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Required Courses | 30 units |
| II) | Elective Courses | 36 units |
| 66 units |
Requirements
| I. | Required Courses | 30 units |
| CTV 7010 Postgraduate Film Production I | 3 units | |
| CTV 7020 Postgraduate Television Studio Production | 3 units | |
| CTV 7040 Postgraduate Film Production II | 3 units | |
| CTV 7081 MFA Thesis Project I | 3 units | |
| CTV 7082 MFA Thesis Project II | 6 units | |
| CTV 7100 Postgraduate Script Writing | 3 units | |
| CTV 7220 World Cinema: History, Aesthetics and Cultural Issues | 3 units | |
| CTV 7360 Idea, Story, Script | 3 units | |
| CTV 7400 Explorations in Digital Media | 3 units | |
| II. | Elective Courses | 36 units |
| Students must take 9 units of the prerequisite courses (marked with #) for CTV 7081 and CTV 7082 MFA Thesis Project I and II (refer to Note 2). | ||
| Group A | ||
| Students must take at least 15 units from the following production and creativity oriented course category: | ||
| CTV 7050 Advanced Television Studio Production | 3 units | |
| CTV 7070 Media Management | 3 units | |
| CTV 7110 Advanced Script Writing Workshop# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7120 Creativity Workshop | 3 units | |
| CTV 7130 Comedy: Theory and Practice# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7150 Postgraduate Dramatic Film/TV Production# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7160 Advanced Documentary Production Workshop# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7170 Advanced Dramatic Film/TV Production Workshop# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7370 Cinematography for Directors | 3 units | |
| CTV 7380 Dramaturgy and Directing | 3 units | |
| CTV 7410 Digital Media Production | 3 units | |
| CTV 7420 Basic Acting Techniques | 3 units | |
| CTV 7430 Visual Effects# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7440 Television Drama Writing# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7470 Special Topics - Professional Development | 3 units | |
| CTV 7490 Sound Design for Media | 3 units | |
| Group B | ||
| Students must take at least 9 units of courses from the following aesthetics and theory course category: | ||
| CTV 7140 Postgraduate Documentary Seminar# | 3 units | |
| CTV 7230 Graduate Seminar on Chinese Cinemas | 3 units | |
| CTV 7240 Critical Issues of Film Theory and Criticism | 3 units | |
| CTV 7250 Graduate Seminar on Hong Kong Television | 3 units | |
| CTV 7260 Hong Kong Media and Globalization | 3 units | |
| CTV 7270 Current Issues of Asian Media | 3 units | |
| CTV 7290 Critique of Contemporary Arts | 3 units | |
| CTV 7300 Great Works and Human Condition Seminar | 3 units | |
| CTV 7450 Alternative Cinema | 3 units | |
| CTV 7460 Film and Other Arts | 3 units | |
| CTV 7480 Special Topics - Aesthetics and Appreciation | 3 units | |
| Other Elective Courses | ||
| CTV 7310 Independent Study | 3 units | |
| CTV 7330 Internship | 3 units | |
| Elective Courses from MA in Communication (MACOMM) and MSocSc in Media Management (MMGT)^ | ||
| MACOMM Courses | ||
| COMM7040 Issues in Intercultural Communication | 3 units | |
| COMM7050 Media and Communication in Chinese Societies | 3 units | |
| COMM7060 Issues in Corporation Communications | 3 units | |
| COMM7160 Organizational Communication | 3 units | |
| COMM7170 Communication Campaign Workshop | 3 units | |
| COMM7180 Media Law and Ethics | 3 units | |
| COMM7190 Issues and Cases in Mass Communication | 3 units | |
| COMM7200 New Media Workshop | 3 units | |
| COMM7220 Advertising Management | 3 units | |
| COMM7230 Writing for Multimedia in Public Relations | 3 units | |
| COMM7240 Media Economics | 3 units | |
| COMM7250 Strategic Public Relations and Crisis Management | 3 units | |
| COMM7300 Consumer Insights | 3 units | |
| COMM7310 International Advertising | 3 units | |
| MMGT Courses | ||
| COMM7260 Introduction to Media Management | 3 units | |
| COMM7270 Media Policies and Regulations | 3 units | |
| COMM7280 Communication Technologies and Media Organizations | 3 units | |
| FIN 7250 Corporate Financial Management | 3 units | |
| MKT 7070 Global Marketing Strategy | 3 units | |
| MGNT7090 Strategic Management and Business Policy | 3 units | |
^ Students may only select TWO electives at most from courses offered by the MA in Communication and MSocSc in Media Management in their whole course of study.
Note:
- Not all elective courses will necessarily be offered in a given year.
- Students should complete the following prerequisite courses of the MFA Thesis Project in the first and second year of study:
| Either |
| A) Thesis delivered as a film production: |
| CTV 7150 Postgraduate Dramatic Film/TV Production |
| CTV 7170 Advanced Dramatic Film/Television Production Workshop, and |
| One of the following courses: |
| CTV 7140 Postgraduate Documentary Seminar, Or |
| CTV 7160 Advanced Documentary Production Workshop |
| Or |
| B) Thesis delivered as a work of scriptwriting: |
| CTV 7110 Advanced Script Writing Workshop |
| CTV 7130 Comedy: Theory and Practice |
| CTV 7440 Television Drama Writing |
| Or |
| C) Thesis delivered as a work of digital media: |
| CTV 7430 Visual Effects |
| Any two prerequisite courses |
| Intensive Digital Media Workshop(s) (non-credit bearing) with satisfactory grade. |
