MA Screen Acting

This vocational course provides advanced training in screen work. It focuses on refining performance techniques, understanding the nuances of camera work, and mastering the art of storytelling. Students engage in workshops, on-camera exercises, and industry seminars to develop their screen acting skill set and knowledge.

The curriculum includes voice and movement training, script analysis, and character development, alongside practical experience in filming and editing. Graduates will be well-prepared for professional acting careers in the screen industry, equipped with both technical skills and artistic insight.

Course highlights:
- Two full-scale short film productions in the autumn term
- Two full-scale short film productions in the spring term
- A collaborative student-led film production in the summer term
- Workshops on varying practitioners such as Meisner, Viewpoints, Chekhov and Laban
- Screen combat training
- Voice acting training
- Devising opportunities with MA Directors and Writers
- Tutorials providing individual performance feedback

Career pathways
You’ll leave the course with a Spotlight profile and show reel material, as well as screen acting techniques that have you prepared at an industry-standard level. 

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School will act as a liaison between you and agents, in helping you obtain the industry representation that is right for you.

Graduates of MA Screen Acting have gone on to work on projects for Disney+, Netflix, Paramount, Apple TV and the BBC.  

You can read more about the course here - MA Screen Acting