Digital Media: Production MA

The Digital Media: Production MA route combines cultural and media theories and creative practices in digital media production, allowing students to critically engage with key debates and develop specific techniques in digital media production. Different from degrees focused on technical mastery or marketingadvertising, this course is designed to support students to become reflective, critical practitioners capable of producing socially relevant and compelling works, as well as creative modes of enquiry, in response to a rapidly changing digital landscape. Students will engage with digital media and cultural studies theories and creative practices in fields such as animation, interactive media development (e.g., VRXR), game design and making, and storytelling. The degree interweaves critical theory and creative practice, and the studio-based structure of the Media Production Studio facilities at the UCL Knowledge Lab equips students to produce theoretically informed digital media artefacts. This course will interest students who seek to become critically informed digital media makers. It is suited to those interested in combining theoretical knowledge and creative skills in digital media, know (or are open to learn) coding, and are considering a career in the creative and cultural sectors or further postgraduate study. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

Applicants with a 2:1 from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a media or design specialism (e.g. Media Studies, Digital Design, Digital Media Arts, Interactive/Digital Media, Game Design) will be considered. Applicants with a 2:2, in a relevant subject, plus at least 2 year's work experience in the fields of media, interactive design or cultural industries, and a relevant design portfolio may be considered. Applicants with a non-relevant subject will not be considered.