Filming and production professional#

You will study the histories of film and television, learning about key forms and movements and discovering the many exciting ways in which creators generate meaning through choices around sound and image, all of which will feed forward into the development of your own ideas.Ī unique module on content development will give you your first taste of creating film and TV ideas in a professional context. You will learn about cameras, editing and sound technologies both on location and in the multi-camera television studio, and you will explore some of the underlying science that will allow you to use equipment effectively to achieve exciting creative results. You'll study the art of storytelling and start working on screen stories of your own. Your first year will introduce you to some of the key technologies, core production processes and major ideas and theories that drive film- and programme-making. You’ll gain access to a range of internships and traineeships in British film and television, with broadcasters including the BBC and ITV, and independent production companies. This means you’ll learn professional skills approved and supported by the industry. This course is accredited by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries. You’ll graduate with the skills and experience needed to enter a variety of media industries or begin a career in independent film and TV production.

Our teaching staff come from a range of backgrounds and include documentary and feature film-makers, broadcasting executives, scriptwriters and technical practitioners alongside media historians and theorists.

Create your own dramas, documentaries and studio programmes, and hone your skills in large-scale group productions. You’ll develop the practical and theoretical skills you’ll need to tackle a range of genres and a range of professional disciplines. You will have access to professional-standard single and multi-camera facilities from the outset. You'll also gain analytical skills that will allow your imagination to flourish in a professional environment. Our highly creative and practical course gives you everything you’ll need to produce exciting film and television content. They are consistently on the look-out for new talent with new ideas and stories to tell. Film and television are exciting, creative and rapidly evolving industries.