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Maximising accessibility and choice, AFTRS offers flexible study options for the Master of Arts Screen: Business. Study on-campus, online (or a combination of both) and choose between 1-4 subjects per semester.
Designed for a new generation of screen leaders, AFTRS’ Master of Arts Screen: Business is Australia’s foremost screen business course. For more than a decade it has accelerated the careers of screen media practitioners, delivering high-quality content to producers, developers, broadcasters, filmmakers, creative arts managers, founders, and many, many screen sector entrepreneurs. It has driven the expansion and growth of new and existing IP, generated numerous, sustainable start-ups, grown businesses, and enabled the adaptation and monetisation of new technology through highly developed creative screen business models.
World-leading among film schools, AFTRS is consistently ranked among the top fifteen international film schools by The Hollywood Reporter. As an industry-facing institution, it is uniquely positioned to offer a balanced delivery of theory and real-world practice unparalleled in Australia, and its Master of Arts Screen: Business has long been acknowledged as one of the best postgraduate programs in contemporary screen business and creative leadership in the world.
Importantly, as the industry develops and grows, so does the MASB, keeping pace with rapid changes in technology and screen business practice. It offers a compelling mix of in-depth research and intensive workshops exploring the benefits and opportunities to be found in a screen sector undergoing profound disruption. The MASB is offered in a variety of formats to meet the growing demand for more flexible, nationwide delivery and specialised study through a range of focused electives.
A range of scholarships are available to successful applicants of the Master of Arts Screen: Business; you will be prompted to apply for them following your submission.
The Master of Arts Screen: Business is a transformational program designed for mid-career professionals from all aspects of the screen media sector. It aspires to develop graduates into visionary, highly-skilled leaders and entrepreneurs able to enrich Australian culture, expand and grow the Australian screen media economy, build businesses and achieve high-level, sustainable careers in the dynamic, fast-moving, global screen media landscape.
The MASB is a course aimed at understanding the screen media landscape and forming a strategy that takes you where you want to be. In classes, you will share knowledge on a peer-to-peer basis, forming lifelong relationships with key players across the sector. At the completion of your studies, you will emerge with a fully realisable plan to take to the market. It will be, perhaps, the most important step of your career.
Importantly, as the industry develops and grows, so does the MASB, keeping pace with rapid changes in technology and screen business practice. It offers a compelling mix of in-depth research and intensive workshops exploring the benefits and opportunities to be found in a screen sector undergoing profound disruption.
All students begin with a prerequisite finance subject and end their course with a capstone project, which is a major, concluding piece of work. The capstone brings together the strands of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Finance and is supported by research into an area of expertise, and sophisticated skills in presentation techniques and report writing.
The one-year, full-time offering is an intensive version of the course delivered over two semesters, each with four subjects, making up the eight subjects of the course. All are delivered in face-to-face or fully online formats. The full-time offering is for those students looking to accelerate their learning.
In preparing screen professionals for their future roles in the screen media sector, the course emphasises intensive, practice-based development and skills training, balanced with theoretical frameworks that equip students to think critically and evaluate the complex, real-world problems encountered when engaging with the global screen media market.
Teaching is a combination of specialist lectures, workshops, expert tuition and sophisticated interaction with the screen media industries.
Students will gain crucial knowledge and skills in entrepreneurial leadership, collaboration and team management, financial management and modelling, strategic innovation, and the development processes and associated business planning modelling for content and project creation, from inception through to realisation. Throughout the course, there will be sustained, detailed research and analytical skills development, along with complex problem solving directed at the advanced analysis of existing and emerging screen technologies. There will also be associated business opportunities.
The electives are designed to enable students to engage in global screen business gaining international perspectives and contexts. Electives also deliver focussed teaching in creative arts management and project development.
AFTRS’ Master of Arts Screen: Business is designed for the screen leader ready to engage with the unlimited potential of the media industries. Armed with a suite of financial and entrepreneurial skills, graduates of this course will create new businesses, lead creative teams in the public, creative arts and private sectors, and join a network of screen business alumni operating at the forefront of screen content around the globe.
AFTRS screen business alumni include Chloe Rickard, Partner and COO, Jungle Entertainment; Bridget Callow-Wright, Midwinter Films; Angela Bates, Development and Investment Manager, Screen Australia Indigenous Department; Sue Maslin, Producer; Matt Hancock, General Manager, SBS On Demand; Nathan Anderson, COO and Executive Producer, Start Beyond; Peter Drinkwater, CEO, Screen Audience Research Australia (SARA); and Paul Wiegard, Co-founder and CEO, Madman Entertainment.
Meet your Lecturers
A writer, producer and executive producer for a many national and international companies, among them Crawford Productions, PBL Productions, Taffner…
Dr. Gerard Reed is a Senior Lecturer in Screen Business at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and…
Research and evaluate the political, economic, cultural and social dynamics of the local and global screen business industries and develop solutions to identified issues
Analyse, identify and communicate financial matters and sophisticated business models through the critical evaluation of screen business financial frameworks and measures
Develop and deploy an approach to leadership in their business or career to achieve a defined outcome
Deploy appropriate research methods and strategic frameworks applicable to the screen media industries, and an approach to innovation to construct a competitive business advantage, overcoming issues and planning for future growth
Critically appraise the screen media market potential and formulate an approach to reaching audiences/customers that aligns to a screen product or company
How to apply
Admission requirements
Application tasks
Fees and scholarships
To apply you will need to:
1. Answer all mandatory questions marked with an asterisk (*).
2. Upload supporting documentation, which includes certified copies of your:
(a) Proof of citizenship/residency
(b) Highest educational qualification
3. Upload specific application tasks relevant to the course for which you are applying.
4. Agree to the terms and conditions at the end of the application.
You do not have to complete your application in one sitting. Save your application and log back in at any time prior to the closing date to pick up where you left off.
When uploading application tasks that are media/video files, please be patient as this can take some time.
If you require assistance, please contact the Admissions team at applications@aftrs.edu.au.
Places in this course are competitive and are based on merit selection.
1. Prerequisites
Applicants to postgraduate programs are required to hold a relevant undergraduate degree at bachelor level or to have completed equivalent work experience and/or training.
The typical duration of a bachelor degree is 3-4 years, and candidates applying by degree equivalence are required to demonstrate they have achieved corresponding learning outcomes by completing a similar volume of relevant work experience and/or training. If you wish to apply for admission to a postgraduate program by degree equivalence, you will need to submit a Degree Equivalence Form. For more information, please contact the Admissions team at applications@aftrs.edu.au.
2. Application Tasks
You are required to submit the following:
Demonstrating achievement against the following selection criteria –
3. Educational qualifications
You must also provide a certified copy of your highest education level as detailed on the How and When to Apply page on the AFTRS website. Use the link provided for information on how to certify documents. Resume formats can be found on a variety of sites, and examples are numerous on sites such as LinkedIn.
4. Proof of citizenship/residency
Ensure you submit a certified copy of your birth certificate or passport as detailed on the How to Apply page on the AFTRS website. Use the link provided for information on how to certify documents.
1. PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM VITAE
Write a Professional Curriculum Vitae outlining your experience in the relevant Screen Media Fields, Educational Qualifications, and Credits and or Relevant achievements. Please reference industry- standard Templates for this task.
2. PERSONAL STATEMENT
Write a personal statement that outlines your personal goals, your aims and ambitions, and how participation in this course will contribute towards you achieving these. Also, include any other information you believe the assessors should know about you that would assist in your application to AFTRS (approximately 250-500 words – submit as PDF file).
3. BUSINESS PROJECT PROPOSAL
Submit a statement outlining your proposal for a current business project that you are interested in pursuing. This should demonstrate your entrepreneurial engagement and thinking, as well as a desire to actively participate in the screen media industries. It can be anything from a business plan for a new project, or a detailed description of a business challenge that you have identified, a career proposal, or a description of how you might transform your career path. This should be 500 words maximum and or 2 – 3 minutes (maximum) of audio or video presentation. It can be submitted in the form of a PowerPoint or keynote presentation – but must be submitted as a PDF.
NOTES ON SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS
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Changes in circumstances may impact upon the accuracy or currency of information. While AFTRS takes all due care to ensure that the information is accurate, it reserves the right to vary any information described here without notice.
The tuition fees shown above are the indicative course tuition fees, expressed as both a total course cost and per annum cost. They are reviewed each year and you are liable for the additional tuition costs if the tuition fees rise during the course of your enrolment.
FEE-HELP
This course is FEE-HELP approved. Refer to the Study Assist website for details.
Scholarships
A range of scholarships are available to successful applicants of the Master of Arts Screen: Business; you will be prompted to apply for them following your submission.
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Storytellers
Practitioners
Creators
Cultural leaders
Storytellers who possess the courage and integrity to embrace and reflect Australian perspectives.
Practitioners skilled for the screen and audio industries.
Creators who can effectively communicate ideas, problem-solve and collaborate inclusively.
Cultural leaders able to apply positionality and ethics in their practice.
DISCLAIMER: Changes in circumstances may impact upon the accuracy or currency of information. While AFTRS takes all due care to ensure that the information is accurate, it reserves the right to vary any information described here without notice.
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