Full time Media Production National Diploma

Media Production National Diploma
This exciting two year course is suitable for those of a creative or technical aptitude. It provides a foundation of broadly based media skills and the opportunities to apply these to a wide range of challenging assignments.

Course Content:
The subjects encourage an appreciation of the demands and potential of technology within the creative communication industry and include:

• Media studies
• Research techniques
• Professional practice
• Production management
• Video
/TV production
• Photography (conventional and digital)
• Audio production
• Page layout and design
• Digital imaging

This course will enable you to produce artefacts ranging from the design of a calendar to the production of a programme for television.

Awarding body:
Edexcel.
Attendance Requirements:
Full-time. Details regarding expected course timetable and attendance will be given at interview, if available.

Entry Requirements:
In addition to a suitable portfolio and an interest in media, applicants should have one of the following:

• At least five GCSEs at grade C or above, including English and Mathematics, Science or media are an advantage
• BTEC First Diploma in a relevant subject, at Merit or Distinction

Entry Process:
All applicants will be invited to an interview with the tutor, allowing you to find out more and check that the course is the best option for you. Interviews normally take place between January and September of the year in which the course starts.

Assessment:
A significant amount of the course is subject to continuous assessment with assignments, subject to scrutiny by a BTEC-appointed external verifier.

Progression Routes:
This diploma is accepted, by universities and colleges of art and design, as an entry qualification for a range of media-related degrees or BTEC HND courses. Many past students have progressed to WKCs BA in Media, HND in TV and HND in Photography.

Fees

Year : Description : Under 19 : Over 19 & on benefits : Over 19 : Overseas
09/10 : Tuition : £0.00 : £0.00 : £700.00 : £5,800.00
09/10 : Material : £95.00 : £95.00 : £95.00 : £95.00
09/10 : Exams : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00
09/10 : Trips : £30.00 : £30.00 : £30.00 : £30.00
09/10 : Kit : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00
Fees subject to change please enquire on application. For courses lasting more than one year, please note that the fees given above are for the first year only. Similar fees will be due for each subsequent year of the course and will be subject to an inflationary increase on the first year fees.

Sessions

Year : Full or Part-time : Level : Start date : End date : Day : Start time : End time
09/10 : FT : Further Education : 14/9/2009 : 9/7/2010 : : N/A : N/A