The BTEC in Creative Digital Media Production provides an exciting insight into both the creative and technical practice in the modern media industry. Fast-paced and incredibly competitive, media jobs are highly sought after by school leavers and graduates. This course provides you with the skills, as well as encouraging your determination to succeed to provide you the best possible chance to break into the digital media industry. This course focuses on a number of main elements; an understanding of media representation (understanding your audience and how media products can meet their needs), pre-production (understanding the requirements of planning and delivering a digital media product), and the necessary technical skills in order to create a digital product to meet a commission. The school will draw upon the expertise of the Computer Science and ICT department in order to deliver additional modules in Website Production and Digital Games Production in order for you to specialize in a specific, highly competitive area of media production in the UK.
Grade 5 or above in GCSE English
The course is broken down into four units; two are assessed externally, and the remaining two are assessed through controlled assessments that look at applying and evidencing theory through practical means. Students may choose between units 4 and 5. The units are as follows: Unit 1: Media Representations Unit 2: Pre-Production Portfolio Unit 3: Responding to a commission Unit 4: Website Production Unit 5: Digital Games Production
About Education Provider
| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Cottingham Road, Corby, NN17 1TD |
The BTEC in Creative Digital Media Production provides an exciting insight into both the creative and technical practice in the modern media industry. Fast-paced and incredibly competitive, media jobs are highly sought after by school leavers and graduates. This course provides you with the skills, as well as encouraging your determination to succeed to provide you the best possible chance to break into the digital media industry. This course focuses on a number of main elements; an understanding of media representation (understanding your audience and how media products can meet their needs), pre-production (understanding the requirements of planning and delivering a digital media product), and the necessary technical skills in order to create a digital product to meet a commission. The school will draw upon the expertise of the Computer Science and ICT department in order to deliver additional modules in Website Production and Digital Games Production in order for you to specialize in a specific, highly competitive area of media production in the UK.
Grade 5 or above in GCSE English
The course is broken down into four units; two are assessed externally, and the remaining two are assessed through controlled assessments that look at applying and evidencing theory through practical means. Students may choose between units 4 and 5. The units are as follows: Unit 1: Media Representations Unit 2: Pre-Production Portfolio Unit 3: Responding to a commission Unit 4: Website Production Unit 5: Digital Games Production