Creative & Media Diploma

Creative & Media (Diploma)

Advanced Diploma

Principal Learning
All diplomas in Creative and Media are based on the 4 themes of creativity in context, thinking and working creatively, principles, processes and practice and creative businesses and enterprise.

Unit 1: Capture
In this unit you will explore different ways in which ideas, events, objects, or people may be captured. This could involve taking photographs, writing a poem, painting a picture or creating a costume, for example. It will involve experimenting with different techniques and approaches in media suited to your purpose. Your explorations will encompass the use of traditional and more contemporary processes and will involve investigations into current and past practice.

Unit 2: Show
In this unit you will explore the purposes of exhibiting or staging creative work and the possibilities it brings, plan and prepare for the showing of your work, publicise your show, present your show and evaluate its effectiveness though audience responses.
The term show can be taken to mean a variety of things such as putting on a performance of drama, dance or music, or presenting art or craft work but could also mean a screening, a broadcast or playback event for audio-visual or audio work.

Unit 3: Interaction
Artists, designers, performers and producers often work with local authorities and communities. This unit will give you the opportunity to do that, developing and creating work in a small context. Examples could include street theatre, taking photographs to document a community event, making a programme in a audio or audio-visual medium about a changing community, writing songs or performing and arranging a show to mark an occasion.

Unit 4: Commission
A lot of the work done in the creative and media industries is produced in response to a commission. For example, a graphic artist might be commissioned by a publisher to produce illustrations for a book on first aid. Commissions are a vital source of income. It is therefore important for any kind of creative or media person to have the skills needed to work to a commission. In this unit you will be given a commission. In this unit you will be given a commission and will work with the client to produce a suitable outcome.

Unit 5: Evaluation
Through following this unit you will reflect on your learning and personal development over the whole course - it is about the journey you have been on during this multidisciplinary experience. You will be asked to write about work you have completed during your course. You will be expected to discuss your ideas, working methods, progress, achievements, and your creative and personal development.

Unit 6: Investigation
This unit aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of historical and contemporary contexts in the creative and media arts by giving you the opportunity to investigate someone whose work particularly interests you, and by whom you may have been influenced in your own creative work. You must investigate work by this person which crosses more than one discipline.

How will I be assessed?
All units are compulsory. Units 1-4 are internally assessed whilst units 5 and 6 are externally assessed.

Why should I study this subject?
If you are keen to take your learning into a work-based environment, there are local organisations/employers who specialise in, radio, graphics, photography, video production and interactive media. There are jobs you start to apply for at 16 but you may wish to consider whether you want to combine work and learning or continue your learning full-time. The Creative and Media sector is a rapidly developing, innovative and creative work sector that requires workers keen to up-¬skill and who continue to learn in a work environment as new software/hardware and techniques come along.

What can this subject lead to?
The Creative and Media Diploma is a valuable course and can give you useful skills for a variety of jobs. These might include careers in such fields as visual arts, performance or the media. However the diploma also gives a firm foundation that will enable students to progress into higher education.