Media Production BSc (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Leicester

£ 7,911.06 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in EUR:

9,250 €

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Duration

    3 Years

Whether it’s TV, video, radio, or social media content, technology has led the media industry to develop a focus on digital and technical mediums and formats.

Media Production is an industry-focused course, which provides you with the technical foundations and practical skills required for a career in a rapidly changing media landscape, enabling you to pursue roles in industries such as advertising, TV and radio production, journalism and PR.

Teaching modules include image capture and processing, audio recording and production, television documentary production, radio location production, creative media entrepreneurship and social media innovation.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Leicester (Leicestershire)
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The Gateway, LE1 9BH

Start date

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About this course

Media Production is an industry-focused course which provides you with the technical foundations and practical skills needed to gain a leading role in digital broadcast or social media production across a range of video, image making, photography, audio and web formats.

Graduates from this programme work in a wide range of careers such as camera operators, producers, photographers, technical operators and broadcast engineers.

Past students have also gone on to work as graphic designers, video editors and producers, independent video company directors, television presenters and web designers. The companies they’ve gone on to work for include Endemol, Ideal World TV, Lime Pictures, the Guardian, the Telegraph and the BBC.

Normally 104 UCAS points from at least two A-levels, or
BTEC National Diploma/ Extended Diploma at DMM

Key features

Benefit from specialist facilities, including audio recording studios, broadcast-standard radio production studios and management systems, standalone film studios equipped with multi-cameras, as well as blue and green screen studios.
Boost your career prospects by undertaking a work placement. Previous Media Production students have taken part in live filming on campus for Channel 4 and worked at the BBC and ITV.
Learn from opportunities for valuable hands-on experience by joining a range of student societies such as the award-winning Demon Media group, and contribute to its magazine, radio station, TV station and website.
Gain valuable international experience as part of your studies with our #DMUglobal programme. Media Production students recently learned about Berlin’s fascinating media history on a trip to the city, took part in documentary film production in Bali and went behind the scenes at New York’s NBC Studios.

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Subjects

  • Project
  • Post Production
  • Sound
  • Innovation
  • Teaching
  • IT
  • Multimedia
  • Animation
  • Television Production
  • Radio
  • 3d training
  • Audio Recording
  • 3D
  • Image
  • Web
  • Imaging
  • International
  • Systems
  • Technology
  • Industry
  • Social Media
  • Broadcast
  • Media
  • Skills and Training
  • Production

Course programme

First year

  • Image Capture and Processing
  • Audio Capture and Processing
  • Social Media Innovation
  • Multimedia 1

Second year

Core Modules

  • Television Production
  • Video and Imaging Techniques

Optional Modules

  • Social Media Innovation
  • Multimedia 2
  • Audio Recording and Production
  • Radio Studio Production

Third year

Core Modules

  • Technology Project

Optional Modules

  • Post-production for Video and Film
  • Creative Image Production
  • Television Documentary Production
  • Social Media Practice
  • Multimedia 3
  • Radio Location Production
  • Creative Media Entrepreneurship
Teaching and assessments

Teaching

Teaching consists of a combination of lectures, tutorials, group work, practical laboratory sessions and self-directed study.

The television production modules are taught with external partners from the broadcast industry, covering topics including television systems and workflow, studio practice and the television gallery, cameras, sound and lighting. In the final year, you will work on a practice-based project enabling you to capitalise on your skills and experience.

Assessment

You will normally attend 12–16 hours of timetabled sessions each week, and can expect to undertake at least 20–25 further hours of directed independent study and assignments as required.

You will normally attend 13-17 hours of timetabled sessions each week, and are expected to undertake at least 20-25 further hours per week of directed independent study and assignments as required.

Additional information

UCAS course code: P310

Media Production BSc (Hons)

£ 7,911.06 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in EUR:

9,250 €