Television Production BA Honours

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    October

How is the BA Television Production taught?
As well as working on projects, both alone and in a group, you will learn through hands-on creative workshops, seminars, tutorials, masterclasses, visits, class discussions and your own study.
We have very strong links to the film and television media sectors in London and beyond and you'll learn from the industry's leaders. Over the past year, our students have received skills masterclasses from:
Alex Pillai, the drama director of Silent Witness, Robin Hood and Midsummer Murders
Mark Cooper, the Head of TV Music for the BBC
Nick Wood, BBC sitcom director (Not Going Out)
Chris King, the editor of Amy which won the Best Documentary Oscar in 2016
Our students have also been invited to Later with Jools Holland, the Aesthetica Film Festival in York and had the opportunity to pitch their ideas to commissioning editors at the BBC.
You will also build up your own portfolio of work throughout the degree. A module in Year 2 is dedicated exclusively to creating a film under commission from a real client and you will produce a major production and showreel of work in your final year.
Work placement
Tutored by industry experts, you will have the opportunity to share our industry contacts to network and gain work experience throughout your degree. As part of the degree you are required to do 2 weeks work experience in the Television Industry. Such placements have taken place at Endemol UK, Wall to Wall, Mark Three Media, ITV, Sky Sports, TFL Media Department, AlGhad TV and 50-50 Post Production. The work our students undertake is varied and has included working as a sound recordist for the London Film Festival, helping out on the editorial desk of Iran TV, being a production assistant on a BBC Documentary and camera assistant at ITV.
Assessment.
You will be assessed on production work, scripts, treatments, format ideas, reflective writing, essays and presentations

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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The Burroughs, NW4 4BT

Start date

OctoberEnrolment now open

About this course

Qualifications
112 UCAS points
Middlesex University has a flexible and personalised approach to admissions and we accept applications from students with a wide range of qualifications and a combination of qualifications.
Please check our general entry requirements page to see how these points can be achieved from our acceptable level 3 qualifications and the combinations which are welcomed by Middlesex University, including GCSE requirements. e.
Academic credit for previous study or experience

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Drama
  • Lighting
  • Sound
  • Television Production
  • Editorial
  • Camera
  • Post Production
  • Drawing
  • International
  • Industry
  • Writing
  • Media
  • Music
  • Skills and Training
  • Production
  • Editing
  • Television
  • Documentary
  • Studio entertainment
  • TV studio
  • Floor Manager
  • Location environments

Course programme

Course content

What will you study on the BA Television Production?

Throughout your 3 years, you’ll be working across different genres from music videos, sitcoms, talent shows and quiz shows to one-off and serial dramas and observational documentaries, always in state-of-the-art facilities with the support of industry experts.

You will gain substantial practical production skills in single and multi-camera projects that will train you in the multiple skills the industry demands today. You will have the opportunity to specialise in production roles and genres with optional modules in television production and post-production technologies, documentary, drama, studio entertainment and making productions on demand for real clients. Your skills, talent and vision come to fruition when you produce your graduation showreel in Year 3. Work placements and a career focused module ensure you have all the tools necessary to work in television.

This course allows you to specialise in a variety of technical operating roles. Specialist TV studio and location roles taught include, amongst others, Studio Director, Floor Manager, Gallery Production Assistant, Vision Mixer, Camera, Lighting, Sound, Editing and Vision Control

Modules

Year 1

Television: Medium and Industry (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to enable you to develop industry knowledge and equips you with the expertise necessary to understand how the current broadcasting structures, production practices and programme forms came about and continue to develop. It also provides an opportunity for you to investigate in depth an aspect of the industry, its technology, production practices or programme forms which you wish to study in greater detail and in which you may ultimately desire to work.

Television: Texts and Contexts (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to enable you to learn how TV programme-makers communicate using sound and image. It aims to introduce the medium's most significant and distinctive programmes and programme forms, and to ways of thinking about the forms that television production, both linear and multi-platform, take - and to ask why they have evolved in the ways they have.

Location Filming (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to enable you to acquire a knowledge of the technical and creative processes involved in single-camera production. It will engage you in a range of individual and small group workshops and exercises including camera, lighting, sound and editing. You will script, plan and shoot a short single-camera drama and a documentary on location. You will also be introduced to the concepts of programme structure, production management, and ethical and legal constraints.

Studio Production (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to enable you to acquire a broad understanding of the key concepts associated with Television Studio Production in our custom built professional TV studio facility. It will engage you in a range of group workshops and exercises, including multi-camera operation, set design, studio lighting, direction, autocue and vision mixing. You will also learn the skills necessary to plan and shoot a range of multi-camera programmes, from chat shows and music recordings to entertainment and drama, in the TV Studio.

Year 2

Television: Research and Theory (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to enable you to identify and evaluate contemporary debates in television in a global context. You will study television genres and explore key moments and movements in the history, development and current practice of television as an art and as an industry.

Year 2

optional modules - choose three of the following modules:


Television Drama (30 credits) - Optional

This module aims to introduce you to television drama, exploring key movements and critical ideas in the history, development and practice of the form. Using both British and international examples it enables you to get an insight into the diversity of dramatic forms on television. It allows you to work in small groups and build on your production and technical skills to write, produce and direct your own short dramas. The module will enable you to develop the skills, knowledge, teamwork and professionalism involved in drama production from first concept to final cut.

Television Documentary (30 credits) - Optional

This module will enable you to produce short documentaries of your own, working in small production teams, from pre-production research through to post-production. You will also explore key movements in the history and development of documentary using national and international examples as well as the diversity and range of contemporary documentary programme making.

Entertainment (30 credits) - Optional

This module aims to enable you to enhance your studio production skills, by creating a range of different forms of entertainment output, for both linear and multiplatform delivery. It also explores key movements in the history, development and current practice of the form. Drawing on examples from national and international television output, the module gives you an insight into the diversity and range of contemporary studio entertainment formats.

Client-led Video (30 credits) - Optional

This module aims to enable you to gain experience of working in real-life 'client-led' video production. It enables you to get an insight into working with clients in a professional context in order to enhance your transition into the moving image industry. The module will also provide production opportunities with both actual clients and in-house University productions.

Camera, Lighting and Sound Technologies (30 credits) - Optional

This module aims to enhance your skills with camera, sound and lighting technologies and advance your technical knowledge. You will explore key movements in the history and development of practice both on location and in the studio. Drawing on examples from national and international television as well as film output, the module will give you an insight into the diversity and range of contemporary production techniques and professional practices.

Post Production Technologies (30 credits) - Optional

This module aims to enhance your familiarity with post-production technologies and craft skills in our industry standard Avid Editing Suites. Drawing on examples from national and international television as well as film output, the module gives you an insight into the diversity and range of contemporary post-production techniques, formats, workflows and professional practices.

Year 3

Television Today and Tomorrow (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to focus on the development of your television expertise and industry knowledge. You are equipped with the expertise necessary to research about a specific aspect of television including areas such as industry, technology or programming. This is an opportunity to investigate, in depth, an aspect of television that interests you.

Career Portfolio (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to prepare you for the world of work. As well as providing opportunities for work experience in the industry, this module also equips you with the skills necessary for successful CV writing, job interviews and industry networking.

Major Project: Television Production (60 credits) - Compulsory

This module aims to consolidate your production skills with a major graduation project which could be a documentary, drama or studio show. You will be able to harness all the creative, technical and editorial skills learnt throughout the degree to produce a work that you can use, together with your showreel, as a calling card for industry. You can also enter your final production into competitions, festivals and upload it for online viewing in order to showcase your talents.

You can find more information about this course in the programme specification. Optional modules are usually available at levels 5 and 6, although optional modules are not offered on every course. Where optional modules are available, you will be asked to make your choice during the previous academic year. If we have insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, or there are staffing changes which affect the teaching, it may not be offered. If an optional module will not run, we will advise you after the module selection period when numbers are confirmed, or at the earliest time that the programme team make the decision not to run the module, and help you choose an alternative module.

Television Production BA Honours

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