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Despite its huge film industry, there are few opportunities for film-makers to develop the tools of the trade at postgraduate level in Hong Kong.
An exception is Hong Kong Baptist University which is due to start a Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Media in the Department of Cinema and Television (www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ctvmfa/mfa.htm) in January aimed at training professional film and TV workers.
Janus Lee Chi-ngai, meanwhile, is taking the MA in communication and new media in the Department of English and Communication (www.cityu.edu.hk/en) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), with a particular focus on Greater China.
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The more technical aspects survey the Internet and intranet-based communication and introduce how to produce and edit multimedia data such as text, graphic, audio, video and animation.
The course is designed for mid-career professionals who may not have had formal training but have experience in the industry. CityU's School of Creative Media (www.cityu.edu.hk/scm) offers a Master of Fine Arts which covers animation, photography, digital media art, and computer science for artists, as well as legal and business issues related to the field.
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The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (www.hkapa.edu) offers a one-year diploma in video production through the School of Film and Television, in addition to its three-year Bachelor's degree in Film and Television.
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