Film / Video / Television Production

Course summary

This vocational course was designed by the media industry to produce the skills they look for. You will spend the majority of your time on practical projects, either producing the work or learning about the skills needed for working in a particular context. The course will include time in the TV studio as well as studying other specialist skills. If you are seriously interested in a career in the media industry then you should study this course, especially the Diploma. You don’t need to have done a practical media qualification such as a BTEC but you will find it helpful if you have. Enthusiasm for all things media is essential. There are four compulsory units: 1. Digital Media Skills. You have to make a media product in 20 hours following an externally set and marked task. 4. Film Production. You have to plan and make a short narrative film There are six optional units. We currently do: 1. Single Camera Techniques. You will shoot a video using one camera. 2. Multi-camera techniques. You will be part of the team running a live multi-camera mix of an event such as a performance. 3. Editing Techniques. You will edit a video you have shot using a single camera.