MA Acting for TV, Film and Radio
Loughton Campus
About MA Acting for TV, Film and Radio
MA in Acting for TV, Film and Radio is a one-year course aimed at training highly skilled professional actors with an emphasis on
the recorded media.
With concentration on TV, film and radio, it provides actors with suitable material for a show reel.
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The course offers students the chance to train intensively as an actor, using the established and renowned acting traditions of East 15. They will learn how to deal with the modern technicalities and disciplines that are required in today’s industry, acquiring a foundation for a professional career as an actor. Throughout the year, students follow a programme of acting, audition technique, voice, singing, movement and theory. In addition to this, specialist media classes are included to prepare students for each of the end of term projects.
Applicant information
MA in Acting for TV, Film and Radio would particularly suit professional actors looking to gain more acting experience in front of the camera and microphone or graduates (possibly from a related background) who wish to become professional actors.
First term
In the first term, students are given an introduction to basic acting methodology, whilst the media classes concentrate on a programme of radio and
voice work culminating in a studio recording of a radio drama production. A professionally recorded copy of this radio drama is given to students.
Second term
In the second term, students start work on acting for the camera, both single
and multi-camera, television, fast turnover, soaps and new writing for
television.
Third term
In the third term, the programme brings together all of the skills and ideas developed earlier,
working on single camera and applying their training to the production of short
films. The films are screened in the graduating showcase event in September at a
West End venue for agents, casting directors and film, television and theatre
directors. This unique showcase allows students to apply all the acting
skills they have learnt in a series of short films that are shown on a cinema
screen. A professionally edited copy of the showcase is given to the students.
Students working towards the MA, have the option of doing a practical performance project with a reflective portfolio or writing a dissertation.
After East 15
Although MA Acting for TV, Film and Radio has a
focus on recorded, recent graduates have gone onto work in
theatre as well as TV, film and radio.
