HND Creative Media Production

St Helens College

HND

In St Helens

£ 7,500 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    HND

  • Location

    St helens

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The media industry is a fast developing, growing sector. The Northwest has recently seen a resurgence of media opportunities with the development of MediaCityUK in Manchester with many major networks relocating to the North.

The HND in Creative Media Production offers students a vocational progression route into higher level Study. It offers an exciting variety of units including: film studies, advertisement production, scriptwriting and video editing. The HND has a broad media base that reflects a professional working environment, standards and experience needed in order for you to be able to find employment within the industry.

This course is perfect for students who wish to develop their professional level skills in Media Production leading to employment in the media sector. The HND also gives you the opportunity to top-up your degree to a full honours degree at university in Media or a similar discipline.

Facilities

Location

Start date

St Helens (Merseyside)
St Helens College Water Street St Helens, WA10 1PP

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course


Upon completion you will have developed skills to a professional standard. Developing a portfolio demonstrating skills required to work in the media industry. The development of MediaCityUK in Manchester has seen many media and major networks relocating to the North. This has seen a sharp rise in the number of employment opportunities in all aspects of media.

For 2017 entry you must have a minimum of 96 UCAS tariff score.

Students are expected to have a minimum of a L3 qualification in a Media related subject achieving a merit at BTEC or C grade at A Level) with a grade C or above in GCSE Maths and English.

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Subjects

  • Film Studies
  • Video Editing
  • Video Production
  • Image
  • Industry
  • Media
  • Production
  • Creative Media
  • Image Production
  • Image Fiction
  • TV studio

Course programme

What will I study?

The HND in Creative Media Production will develop your professional skills both theoretically and practically. It covers a wide range of units designed to develop skills in a number of different areas of media.

The units will educate in the theoretical aspects of different productions (print production, film studies, sound production, advertising) combined with a strong practical element featuring

video production work in a state-of-the-art TV studio, camera skills, editing with industry standard software.

Additionally, you will work with Adobe Creative Cloud programs (including Photoshop) designing print media to professional standards.

How will I study?

Learning will be through practical workshops, lectures, seminars, group work, presentations, live client briefs, self-directed study and research.

You will be supported by a range of resources including library materials and IT access. Additionally, you will have access to a Uni Hub, a dedicated learning environment for degree students.


Year 1 (HNC)

Contextual Studies for Creative Media Production (15 credits)

Research Techniques for Creative Media Production (15 credits)

Practical Skills for Moving Image Production (15 credits)

Film Studies (15 credits)

Development and Techniques of Film and Video Editing (15 credits)

Fiction Production for the Moving Image (15 credits)

Promotional Video Production (15 credits)

Advertisement Production for Television (15 credits)


You will study the following units throughout the two years of this course:

 Year 2 (HND)

Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation (20 credits)

Special Subject Investigation for Creative Media Production (15 credits)

Moving Image Documentary Production (15 credits)

Script Writing for Moving Image Fiction (15 credits)

Director for Moving Image Production (15 credits)

Television News (15 credits)

Producer for Moving Image Production (15 credits)

Sound Design for Moving Image Production (15 credits)

Additional information

You will be assessed through both practical and theory-based, in order to equip you with the skills required for employment in the industry as well as the background expertise to thrive in the sector.

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