- Degree
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Course location
- Köln
- In cooperation with
- TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- The lectures will be held in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The Digital Narratives Master's programme is a four-semester, full-time Master's programme with 120 ECTS.
LECTURE TIMES PER SEMESTER:
First semester: 12 weeks
Second semester: 12 weeks
Third semester: 12 weeks
Fourth semester: 4 weeks
Lecture periods are divided into attendance time and self-study time.
- Application deadline
- https://www.filmschule.de/en/studies/ma-digital-narratives (https://www.filmschule.de/en/studies/ma-digital-narratives)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 3,750 EUR
- Additional information on tuition fees
- One-time registration fee: 400 EUR (for all students)
Tuition fee (per semester): 3,750 EUR (for international students)
Tuition fee (per semester): 2,750 EUR (for EU students)
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Stories shape how we understand our world. Today, those stories are increasingly shaped by digital technologies. From immersive experiences to AI-driven narratives, the ways we tell stories are evolving rapidly.
In the Master’s Programme Digital Narratives, media and creative professionals gain the necessary theoretical and practical skills to critically engage with digital media, experiment with different formats, and create and produce their own digital narrative projects. Throughout four semesters, they are supported by expert faculty, production resources, and technical equipment in the development of their own artistic and academic practice.
With a special focus on immersive technologies, interactive storytelling, and the impact of AI in media production, the programme trains creative storytellers to master the narrative formats and production techniques of emerging digital media to successfully develop innovative media formats.
Working with a research-creation approach, the programme encourages students to engage critically with new technologies by questioning the tools they use, challenging dominant narratives, and inquiring the social, ethical, and cultural implications of their own work.
In a field characterised by ongoing transformations, we aim at supporting students in their professional development, while shaping the narratives behind digital technologies.
Key areas:
• Conceptualisation, dramaturgy, design, and production of digital narrative projects, such as:
• Web series
• XR, VR and AR projects
• Interactive documentaries
• Immersive installations
• Work with emerging technologies:
• Extented Reality (XR)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Interactive media
• Immersive narratives
• Creative development and agile production structures and methods
• Experimenting and iterating as a way of learning
• Research-creation
• Theoretical debates and critical discourses in media studies and cultural studies
• Critical analysis around the ethical, economic, social equity, gender and diversity, and ecological ramifications of digitisation
• Social debates and responsibilities of creators
During the programme and as part of their MA thesis, students develop a Master’s project with an allocated budget.
The Master’s programme also prepares students for a practice- or art-oriented doctoral studies programme.