Video Foundation Degree

Year 1

You will gain experience and knowledge across a broad range of moving and still image genres: drama, documentary, conceptual (video art art photography), corporate and current affairs, editorial, fashion, and advertising.

Other areas of study include multi-media production, professional studies (looking at employment in the creative industries, and contextual and historical development of the moving and still image) and personal development. The module titles are:
Histories of Lens-Based Media
Personal Development
Professional Imaging Industries
Creative Applications
Video Production 1
Digital Media 1
Introduction to Photography.

The course is predominantly practical: however, as it is a university-level course, there is a requirement for academic work. We have designed this to relate as much as possible to practice-led image making and to produce practitioners who are work-ready for their chosen industry.

Therefore during the first half of the course you will explore as many different practices and skills as possible. Industry experience will be gained by projects set by external clients, photography and video competitions and mandatory work experience.

During the final stage of the course you will set your own negotiated project brief and start working on a body of work that culminates in a professional portfolio/show reel and a student-organised external exhibition. Previous shows have been staged at The Pedestrian, LCB Depot and Fabrika.
The year two modules are:
Contemporary Contexts: Lens-Based Media
Work Experience
Negotiated Study
Video Production 2
Digital Media 2
Advanced Photography.