Radio and Digital Production

We start with introductory skills in audio and digital production, teaching you how to record, edit and mix live and pre-recorded items, in sound, video and for web content. You will also learn how to operate a studio desk and become proficient in a variety of production roles. At the same time, we teach wider production skills including research, legal, ethical and compliance issues and how to pitch ideas. We also teach you how to critique the aesthetic qualities of audio and the creative use of sound from a theoretical perspective, alongside the social, political and economic significance of media institutions. Subjects of study include:

• Audio Lab
• Digital Lab
• Sound Cultures
• Media and Globalisation
• Media and Society

Optional Modules include:

• Bulletins and Blogs
• Celebrity Culture and the Media

Credit Level 4

You will work on a range of production projects, both individual and group-based. In particular you will learn about music scheduling, playlisting and commercial music formats by producing a series of live music programmes, which include radio commercials, outside broadcasts and social media content. You will also produce an individual project focussing on storytelling, which combines audio with other digital artefacts. You will be able to choose from a range of other radio options, such as Talk Radio, along with a menu of modules from the Faculty and University.

Subjects of study include:

• Digital Story Telling
• Music Radio
• Theories of Media and Communication

Optional modules include:

• Advertising and Promotional Culture
• Creative Encounters
• Creativity
• Cultural Industries and Media Markets
• Information Society
• Researching Media and Communication
• Sex, Violence and Censorship
• Talk Radio

Credit Level 5

In your final year, you and your cohort will create a ‘pop-up’ radio station, which will broadcast on the internet for an extended period. You will make key decisions about the audience, the character and the music policy of the station. You will also be responsible for marketing, launching and running the station, which will include a range of live output as well as complementary audio-visual content and social media. You will also work on an individual project, developing your entrepreneurial skills to secure a commission to produce audio and digital content for a client, and create a portfolio of your work as part of our employability module. Core modules include:

• Pop-Up Station
• Professional Practice and Employability
• Digital Entrepreneurship
• Dissertation / Extended Essay

Optional modules include:

• Contemporary Issues in Media Policy
• Producing Audio Drama
• Transforming Audiences

Credit Level 6