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Master's Programme in Film and Television
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Master's Programme in Film and Television is organized by the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Majors of the Master’s Programme in Film and Television
There are nine majors in the Master’s Programme in Film and Television:
- Documentary Film,
- Screenwriting,
- Film Editing,
- Cinematography,
- Film Directing,
- Film and Television Producing,
- Film Sound Design,
- Production Design and
- Costume Design: Performing Arts & Film
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Cinematography - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
In Master’s Programme in Film and Television, major in Cinematography, the student deepens his/her vocational competence to achieve a greater mastery of the overall artistic, production and technical entity of his/her professional area in various film, TV and advertising productions.

Costume Design: Performing Arts and Film - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
Are you interested in studying Costume Design at the forefront of the field? Would you like to explore costume from a practice-based perspective that stimulates new concepts and ideas? Do you want to be part of international costume-related events? The Costume Design major of the Master’s Programme in Design for Theatre, Film and Television aims at creating the future professionals for the field of costume design, supporting the development of a dynamic artistic vision and a research-oriented approach for the performing arts and the film and media creative industries.

Documentary Film - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
The goal of the major in Documentary Film is to form innovative, critical, and analytical documentary filmmakers for both the national and international arenas. The students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the history and conventions documentary filmmaking. Moreover, the program will encourage students to engage future perspectives of documentary filmmaking as a storytelling, art and research form.
Students will be able to develop their artistic and research skills through creative enquiry, practice and collaboration. They will be able to combine practical mastery and conceptual thinking, increasing their professional competence and situating them at the forefront of the documentary filmmaking field.

Film Sound Design - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
Create the soundtracks for the hit films of tomorrow - our sound design programme will equip you with the skills and theory you need as a professional sound designer and sound engineer in all areas of film production. You'll learn how to think about sound in terms of dramatic composition and to understand sound and space.

Film Directing - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
Master’s programme in Film and Television, major in Film Directing in Elo Film school Finland strengthens the student’s capacity to generate and develop cinematic ideas, storybuilding and narration skills in addition to developing the director’s personal cinematic style and directorial identity.

Film Editing - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
The aim of the MA degree is to develop the student into an expert of viewing and seeing, a storyteller and an artist.

Film and Television Producing - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
The goal of the Master’s Programme in Film and Television, major in Film and Television Producing, is to deepen the student’s skills in their chosen direction – towards independent audiovisual entrepreneurship, a research or development project in the film producing field, a deeper understanding of artistic leadership or some corresponding advanced competence planned together with the student.

Production Design - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
The major in production design involves training artistic designers who are responsible for the visual, operational and production entity of a film production.

Screenwriting - Film and Television, Master of Arts (Art and Design)
The aim of the Master's Degree Programme in Screenwriting for Film and Television is to strengthen the student's individual expression, skills in writing for film and the abilities required in artistic and production-related process work and group work. Master’s students become familiar with the central theoretical questions in the field and its research.
