Creative Digital Media Production L3

Programme Description:
This course thoroughly explores media production from script to screen and is studied alongside the Advanced Welsh Baccaulareate. Students create a wide range of individual and group-based projects covering video, post-production and editing, and sound. Students completing the course can progress to higher education and/or access employment opportunities. The aim of the course is to develop the creative, technical and intellectual skills to ensure that students can progress into higher education or employment within the media industry. Central to this course are national occupational standards; the skills and knowledge defined by employers within the media industry itself. Students are therefore involved in intensive production work in studio and location settings, developing their individual creative ideas for their project work, as well as working with external partners and on live projects. Students also learn the importance of careful research, development and preparation for their production work - following industry-based guidelines and processes. On this new speicfication for 2016, students also explore Media Enterprise and Media Campaigns, developing insights and knowledeg of contemporary media using cross platforms. Students also learn a variety of industry standard software packages such as Premiere CC, Logic X, After Effect CC, and Photoshop CC as well as responsive web design software and apps. Students also have access to a well equipped 1,000 square foot media studio as well as a range of digital video cameras and DSLR's. Students also have the opportunity to develop their work along creative pathways in video, audio and animation.