Bachelor's degree

In Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Luton

  • Duration

    3 Years

Students learn to make dramas and documentaries on video. Learn professional skills such as budgeting, estimating and time management and then combine these with the technical productions skills you've learned to enable you to deliver high quality products within budget and on time.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
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Bedfordshire Institute Of Media And The Creative & Performing Arts, University Of Bedfordshire, Luton Campus, LU1 3JU

Start date

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About this course

* UCAS Tariff Score greater than 160, which should include either two A level passes or an AVCE Double Award
* An Access qualification
* Equivalent qualifications such as Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers, International Baccalaureate or BTEC National Diploma

If you left school or the further education sector without the normal academic qualifications for entry to higher education, the 4-year extended degree route may be suitable for you.

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Subjects

  • Production

Course programme

BA (Hons) Media Production
Mode: full-time


Media Production is a well established and very successful course. Many of its graduates have now progressed to successful careers in the UK and international media. The emphasis in this course is on the production process. Media production is a social activity and is influenced by many cultural, economic and political factors.

You will study these factors, together with the history of the media, so that you can make really effective, powerful media products that communicate with their target audience.

The course covers theoretical and practical concepts, and you will learn to combine these to produce effective communication.

You can then go on to specialise in an area such as moving image, new media, radio and scriptwriting.

You will consider the ways in which media products are created and the social and cultural factors that shape and influence the creative process. You will explore these issues through a substantial amount of practical production work together with reflective critical analysis of your own and the work of others.

Most media products are produced by teams of people so this course allows you to develop your ability to work in groups.

You will be introduced to a range of theoretical strategies to inform your production work and also begin to test the validity and limitations of theoretical approaches.

The course culminates in the special project during the final semester and gives you the opportunity to create a substantial piece of production work. Probably working in a group, you'll have the time and space to explore the themes of the course that most interest you.

This wide-ranging and practical course is an ideal preparation for employment in the media or for specialised postgraduate vocational or academic study. The course includes courses on career development.

Areas of study include:

  • Documentary and Drama Production
  • Radio
  • Film Studies
  • Digital Media
  • Scriptwriting
  • Social, Political, Legal and Economic
  • Factors in Media Production

Why choose this course?

  • Excellent production facilities, including broadcast-standard television and radio studios
  • A community radio station based in the University
  • Well-established and top-rated department
  • Regular opportunities to attend media- related events and conferences, featuring international practitioners and theorists, held in the University
  • Close proximity to the London-based media industries
  • Relevant, research-informed theory combined with current industry practice
  • Practical, vocationally relevant curriculum
  • Lively, enthusiastic community of staff and students

Career Opportunities

Career paths open to you include any industry that requires excellent communication and team-working skills. Media Production graduates often go on to work in television and radio production, digital media production, journalism, teaching, advertising and Media/PR.

Teaching/learning methods and strategies

Practical workshops, seminars, lectures, tutorials.

Assessment

Assessments focus on individual and team work, the development of your production skills, the development of your professional skills, the development of your own research skills, your ability to evaluate qualitative and quantitative information from the industry and from academic sources, and your ability to consider and apply relevant theoretical positions from media and cultural theory.

Assessment types include:

  • essays
  • log books,
  • group work
  • in-class tests (practical and written)
  • programme making, presentations, story boarding
  • artifact production, presentations and portfolio
  • written reports, proposals, copy writing
  • group production work (writing/designing)
  • exams

Dissertation/project and research

In year 3 you will have the opportunity of working on a Special Project - this is a substantial piece of practical or written work of your own creation.

Media Production

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