Expressive Arts & Media Level 2 Extended Certificate

Through the creation of media products, students gain an insight into how the media industry works. Students carry out all relevant planning and learn how to use specialist media equipment and software to record and edit their own media products.

All projects are based on realistic media settings and deadlines, with students gaining the opportunity to practice a range of media jobs such as camera operator, animator, editor and sound recordist. The skills and knowledge students develop in this year allows them to progress into specialist areas at Level 3.

Practical classes and tutorials are delivered over three days of the week, leaving plenty of study-time to complete supporting research and written tasks. Units are delivered through practical projects which are assessed through an on-going monitoring of progress with feedback and at the end of each semester these are supported by written tasks. Attendance and application to all areas is essential for successful completion.

Units may include:

• Research for creative media production communications
• Techniques for creative media production
• The creative media sector
• Media audiences and products
• Video production
• Audio production
• Animation techniques
• Advertising production

Practical classes and tutorials are delivered over three days of the week, leaving plenty of study-time to complete supporting research and written tasks. Units are delivered through practical projects which are assessed through an on-going monitoring of progress with feedback and at the end of each semester these are supported by written tasks. Attendance and application to all areas is essential for successful completion.

• TV Studio
• Broadcast quality HD cameras, tracking, mobile lighting kits, autocue and mobile vision mixing facilities giving experience of a professional moving image production
• Fully equipped industry standard Mac video editing suite with CS6
• Fully operational radio station
• Audio editing and production software