Master's Degree in Film Screenplay and Television Series

Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?

El Master's Degree in Film Screenplay and TV Series of the Rey Juan Carlos University is an official postgraduate course with a professional and creative orientation, aimed at training future scriptwriters and producers of stories in the Spanish and international audiovisual fiction market.

Count with one expert faculty in dramatic writing and fiction production for film and television. They are all leading industry professionals and prestigious academics who will work with students to develop their skills as writers, analysts and producers of stories.

The academic program of the Master is divided into two semesters: TV and Film. The sessions and practical workshops of each block are aimed at two specific objectives: the proposal and development of a fictional television series and a feature film script, through the mechanics of work groups.

Each student will professional practices in production companies and audiovisual companies as part of the training itinerary. In addition to the specific agreements of the Master itself, the Rey Juan Carlos University has internship agreements with more than 60 entities of the film and television industry.

Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (final verification report is attached), starting the first course in the academic year 2017-18.

Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Is it necessary to pass an access test?

It is not necessary.

What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?

You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link

Recommended income profile

Students who have possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes access to Master's degrees in the country that issued the degree.

The Master's Degree in Screenwriting and Television Series is especially aimed at graduates in Fine Arts, Audiovisual Communication, Film and TV, Integral Design and Image Management, and other degrees related to narration and audiovisual and literary creation. A medium knowledge of English as a reading comprehension, cultural curiosity and an interest in the arts are among the recommended skills of the entry profile.

Objectives

The Master aims to train professionals and experts in writing, production and management of film and television scripts. The study plan provides content, skills and specialized skills in the approach and development of dramatic and documentary texts, understood as production projects aimed at the Spanish and international audiovisual market.

For this reason, the training itinerary of the Master has a base of theoretical subjects grouped in the Module I: Script principles (24 ECTS). In turn, the plan offers two blocks of a professional-creative nature consisting of the Module II: TV fiction series project (12 ECTS), and for the Module III: Feature film script project (12 ECTS). The subject plan is oriented towards Television during the first semester and Cinema during the second.

Through the Module IV: External Practices (6 ECTS), each student will carry out professional internships in companies in the audiovisual sector with which the Master or URJC has formalized an agreement. Finally, the Module V: Final Degree Project (6 ECTS) completes the training itinerary. The feature film script project carried out during Module III will be evaluated individually, according to the assessments of the tutor and a commission of professionals.

Competences

Basic skills:

CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

General skills:

CG01 - Ability to gather relevant information related to film and television creative writing.
CG02 - Conceive audiovisual creative writing as a communicative attitude that includes aspects of an artistic, humanistic, sociological, anthropological, legal and ethical nature
CG03 - Ability to work in a team to solve academic, creative and professional tasks related to the writing and production of film and television stories.
CG04 - That students are able to understand other cultures and customs and apply this knowledge to the field of audiovisual writing.
CG05 - Act in accordance with social, organizational and ethical norms in the field of activities related to film and television creative writing.
CG06 - Development of the critical capacity necessary to value one's own creative work and the work of others, in a reasoned, professional and fair manner.
CG07 - Adapt the knowledge and skills of creative writing to the formats and structures of the business and industrial world.
CG08 - Skill in the use and expression of the knowledge, techniques and strategies of creative film and television writing
CG09 - That students are able to work and adapt to international and interdisciplinary contexts related to the writing and production of audiovisual stories.

Transversal Competences:

CT01 - Ability to understand screenwriting as a creative activity related to other artistic disciplines: literature, music, theater and visual arts in particular.
CT02 - Ability to assume leadership in projects that require human resources and of any other nature, in accordance with efficient management and assuming the principles of social responsibility.
CT03 - Understand professional activity as a service to the person and society, promoting respect for the dignity and equality of people and encouraging the values of a culture of peace, solidarity and democracy.

Specific Competences:

CE01 - Comprehension, knowledge and mastery of standardized processes and formats for film and television writing.
CE02 - Knowledge and mastery of the essential elements involved in scriptwriting: resources, techniques, dramatic tools. Mastery of the dramatic structures corresponding to each stage of the dramatic development process.
CE03 - Skill in planning, imagination and design of dramatic premises, corresponding to the previous phases of the writing process. Aptitude for the approach, development and writing of scenes and other units of dramatic action, according to the cinematographic and television script formats.
CE04 - Mastery of narrative resources and techniques involved in fiction and non-fiction genres and formats
CE05 - Mastery of a double creative and analytical perspective of script writing, which enables the student in the tasks of production and construction of audiovisual stories.
CE06 - Rhetorical skills for the presentation and discussion of script projects in a professional context.
CE07 - Ability to place the film and television script in relation to the other phases of the production process.
CE08 - Ability to place the script within a specific industrial context and audiovisual market, in order to assume the commercial conditioning factors of a specific story or series.
CE09 - Promotion of skills and aptitudes necessary for the completion of the proposed projects, especially those related to order, planning and responsibility in the tasks of the creative process.
CE10 - Development of imaginative and technical skills through the development of creative writing practices.
CE11 - Know the ethical and legal context in which writing and production tasks take place.
CE13 - Knowledge of the creative and narrative resources of visual language and its iconographic potential
CE12 - Ability to join and adapt to a professional team, making their own particular interests compatible and even synergistic with those of the collective project in which they have joined.

Admission and enrollment

Admission:

The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 18, of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28:

Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.

Each Master may have its specific access requirements, collected in the information that appears on the Master's website (Access and Enrollment).

The Rey Juan Carlos University does not have specific admission regulations, but is governed by article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, modified by Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2. Each title has its own general access criteria and special access tests.

Admission to the Master's Degrees will be carried out through a selection process; in some cases, that process may involve a selection test. The Direction of the Master will communicate to the interested parties what the selection test will consist of, as well as the exact date and place of its realization through this application and by means of an email notice.

Enrollment of new students in the Master's Degrees of the Rey Juan Carlos University is done, through the Internet, in a single enrollment period during the month of July, on the dates established and published in the University website.

In the case of vacant places in the University Master's degrees offered in the pre-registration of the ordinary term of July, a second extraordinary registration period is opened, after the corresponding pre-registration period, on the dates established in the month of September.

Recommended requirements:

General Access Criteria

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts
Degree in Film and Television
Degree in Audiovisual Communication
Degree in Comprehensive Design and Image Management
Degree in Visual Arts and Dance
Degree in Pedagogy of Visual Arts and Dance Double Degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication
Double Degree in Journalism and Business Administration and Management
Degree in Humanities
Degree in Spanish: Language and Literature
Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Degree in Comparative General Literature
Degree in Art History
Degree in Journalism
Degree in Advertising and Public Relations

Other degrees or official titles that include in their curriculum subjects: Film script, Television script, Multimedia script, Audiovisual narration, Film Genres, Film theory, Film criticism, Transmedia, Image theory, Audiovisual production, Studies film and television, Literature, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Contemporary Artistic Movements, Dramaturgy, Theater, Novel, Short Story, Theory and structure of literary genres, Classical Culture, Visual Analysis, Audiovisual Language, Comparative Literature.

Selection of applicants:

Where appropriate, if necessary, the applicant's academic record will be assessed, as well as their curriculum vitae, based on their professional experience and their projection in relation to the objectives of the Master's Degree. Likewise, the condition of being a graduate of the Rey Juan Carlos University will be taken into account.

Non-Spanish-speaking foreign students who have completed their entrance studies in non-Spanish-speaking countries must prove their knowledge of the Spanish language by providing an official certificate equivalent to level C1.

In the event that the demand exceeds the supply of places, an assessment of the applications will be made in accordance with the following admission criteria and weighting percentages:

Academic record: 50%
Professional experience according to the profile of the Master: 40%
Any activity, merit or recognition that allows assessing said professional experience: 10%

Offer of places: 24 places. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

See admission and enrollment

Training itinerary

Master's Teaching Guides

ACCESS THE COURSE GUIDES OF THE DEGREE

Training Itinerary

CODE	COURSE	ECTS	SEMESTER	TYPE
	FIRST SEMESTER
	MODULE I: SCRIPT PRINCIPLES	TOTAL: 12	FIRST	REQUIRED
639701	TV Series Script I: Formats	3	FIRST	REQUIRED
639702	TV Series Script II: Project Development	3	FIRST	REQUIRED
639703	Creative writing. Techniques, sources and premises	3	FIRST	REQUIRED
639704	Dramatic process I: Foundations of the script	3	FIRST	REQUIRED
	MODULE II: TV FICTION SERIES PROJECT	TOTAL: 12	FIRST	REQUIRED
639705	Fiction Series Project	6	FIRST	REQUIRED
639706	Television Workshop I: Concept, character creation and pitch	3	FIRST	REQUIRED
639707	Television Workshop II: Plot, rundown and dialogues	3	FIRST	REQUIRED
	MODULE IV: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY	TOTAL: 6	FIRST	REQUIRED
639708	Research Methods in Arts and visual stories	6	FIRST	REQUIRED
	SECOND SEMESTER
	MODULE I: SCRIPT PRINCIPLES	TOTAL: 12	SECOND	REQUIRED
639709	Audiovisual industry. The script as a production project	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
639710	transmedia narratives. Audiovisual projects online	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
639711	Dramatic process II: cinematographic script	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
639712	documentary script	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
	MODULE III: FEATURE FILM SCRIPT PROJECT	TOTAL: 12	SECOND	REQUIRED
639713	Feature Film Project	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
639714	Film Workshop I: Approach and construction of the story	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
639715	Film Workshop II: Structure and style	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
639716	Film Workshop III: Development of the first draft	3	SECOND	REQUIRED
	MODULE V: MASTER'S END THERAPY	TOTAL: 6	SECOND	TFM
627117	Master's Final Project	6	SECOND	TFM

Material resources

External Internships

External internships are only offered for students of plan 6271 (enrolled for the first time before the 2024-2025 academic year)

The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the Master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.

Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement their university education, while providing them with a deeper knowledge about the skills they will need in the future.

The External Practices subject will consist of two phases.

First. Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.

Second. Preparation of memory.

Documentation:

Degree Training Project

For more information: External Internship Unit

Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024

Mobility programs

University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs. The management of all the mobility programs of the University is centralized in the Office of the Vice President for International Relations and any student of the University can participate in them.

URJC Mobility

Regulation

STUDENTS

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School Insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation student associations

Quality guarantee

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Results report

Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.

Report by course:

General information collection plan

Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

- Student profile

- Teacher evaluation

- Degree of satisfaction:

Of the students
of the graduates
From the Faculty
Administration and Services Staff

- Labor insertion

- External internships:

Satisfaction of interns
External tutor satisfaction
Employer satisfaction

Survey results:

Improvement actions

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.

Renewal of accreditation

The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”