Filmmaking

NHNZScience and Natural History Filmmaking

FilmmakingThe World's Premier Course in Science and Natural History Filmmaking. Taught in association with NHNZ, the world's second-largest producer of factual films.

During this unique two-year course, get a Master of Science Communication (MSciComm) in Science and Natural History Filmmaking and do the following:

  • Produce a commercial length film.
  • Get experience the workings and folks at NHNZ, an institution specializing in factual filmmaking.
  • Learn how to craft stories - the key skill for effective communication and filmmaking.
  • Develop critiquing abilities so as to understand from the audience's perspective what works and what does not.
  • Learn camera and editing techniques.
  • Develop an understanding of the elements of design that make communication engaging.

That's it in a nutshell really: become part of the science and natural history filmmaking course that has produced more award-winning filmmakers and films than all the others combined. Get taught by the best in the business and do it in a place that really rocks for wildlife (in both senses of the word). Honestly, it doesn't get better than this.

Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand University of Otago