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BA (Hons)

Media & Television Production (Foundation Entry)

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

4 Years

Start

September 2023

UCAS Code

H631

Delivery

Campus Taught

Our BA (Hons) Media and Television Production Foundation Entry gives you the opportunities to develop your production skill set and enhance your career prospects on this industry-focused course.

Foundation Entry degree courses are ideal if you’ve got the ability to study for a degree, but don’t have the necessary formal qualifications to directly join an Honours programme. It’s entirely unique, and a great stepping stone to degree study.

Using our industry-standard facilities in our purpose-built Media Factory you’ll combine knowledge of production processes and techniques with an awareness of current industry practice and technical standards.

Our course is supported by a wide range of the latest in industry-standard location production equipment as well as production studios and post-production facilities, including; multi-camera (Ultra High Definition) television studio with a full studio LED lighting rig, professional standard edit suites, colour grading suites and foley suites, multi-track audio studio and dedicated multimedia computer suites with up-to-date media software.

Why study with us

A highly practical course that will allow you to work across a broad range of production contexts, whether a film crew on location, part of a camera crew in a live TV show, recording sound in a multi-track recording studio, or adding visual effects to films in an edit suite.
Tutors on the course are industry practitioners with many of them still working professionally in Media and TV Production.
Our students have been involved in production work involving, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Author Irvine Welsh and Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

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What You'll Do

Based in our purpose-built Media Factory you will have the opportunity to collaborate with students on scriptwriting, acting and music courses to produce professional real-world productions.
You’ll work hands on in our broadcast standard facilities to create compelling programmes across a variety of platforms.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on major collaborative projects with Industry Partners. Previous projects have included ‘Dr Who Mission to the Unknown’.

Module overview

Course delivery

This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.

100%Face-to-face

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Future Careers

Studying Filmmaking Foundation Entry could lead to careers in a wide variety of production roles in Television, Film and new media working for Broadcasters and content producers such as BBC, ITV, SKY and DAZN and for independent production companies creating work for platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Recent graduates are working in production roles such as; Camera Operator ITV, camera trainee with BBC Drama, Studio Technical Resource Manager, multimedia content producer, Video Editor, BBC Assistant Producer, AV systems technician, location manager, EVS operator, Technical Graphics operator, Live sports events director, Camera Operator HBO/ Warner Brothers, Outside Broadcast Vision Engineer, Production co-ordinator.

Many of our graduates in Media and TV Production go on to study at postgraduate level at the University on the MA TV Production.

Fees and funding

2022/23

First year£6000 for the first year

Full-time£9250 per year

International

First year£10000 for the first year

Full-time£14250 per year

2023/24

First year£6,500 for the first year

Full-time£9,250 per year

International

First year£11,000 for the first year

Full-time£14,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country and see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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LIS News: Media Factory TV studio upgraded

Industry-standard Ultra High Definition Multi-Camera Television Studio. This is a large double-height studio with full lighting rig (Arri and ETC) and cycloramas. Cameras are new 4K studio cameras and zoom lenses on pedestals with fibre optic 12G infrastructure.

Control Gallery features Ross Carbonite 4K Vision Mixer, Allan and Heath, multi-layer, Digital Audio mixer; Full vision engineering, zero88 lighting control and Quadros server to record 4 channels of 4K Video and playout 2 channels of 4K Video.

Large double height sound stage featuring full height green screen and motion capture cameras.

LIS NEWS: Media Factory Edit Suites upgraded

A range of recently fitted multi-screen, air-conditioned, Edit Suites featuring colour grading control surfaces. Multichannel Audio recording studios featuring Neve Genesys mixer; Foley and ADR suite.

Audio, sound dubbing project studios. Photographic studios.

Full range of location equipment, cameras include Sony NX5, FS5, FS7, Canon C100, C300 and Black Magic. Full range of video tripods and grip. Full range of location mics including gun mics and personal mics. Large range of location lighting, including Kino Flo, Dedo, Lupolux, Kobold.

Many of our production students work as paid freelance crew at outside broadcasts, live events and shows such as Britain's Got Talent. This adds valuable professional experience and production credits to their CV and is why so many of them are successful in entering the broadcast industry.

Many of our students work ADI.TV as paid freelance production crew throughout their studies, getting invaluable live production experience and production credentials for their CVs.

Projects we’ve done

Soap in a Week - Media and Television Production students worked as production crew, collaborating with ITV Corrie and Emmerdale production staff, actors and crew to successfully produce a new continuing drama – all in one week.

Sci-Fi in a Week - Media and Television Production students worked as production crew, liaising with the BBC and DR Who Production crew, to authentically re-create a lost episode of Dr Who – all in one week

The episode is now on the BBC Dr Who channel.

People who have visited to speak to and work with our students.

Yan Harling – Film Producer - producer of Stanley Kubrick films

Brian Klein – TV Director - Director of BBC’s Top Gear and Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour

Chris Packham – BBC Television Presenter, Naturalist and Nature Photographer

John Glen – Film Director, director of five James Bond films

We have worked and liaised with BBC to recreate a lost episode of DR Who. We have worked with ITV crew from Corrie and Emmerdale to produce a new Soap. Students work with Sports production company ADI where students can work as paid freelancers in a live production role gaining valuable live production experience. We have worked with staff from FARM and BBC Sport at Media City for our annual cJAM career event.

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This course is based in the School of Arts and Media located in the Faculty of Culture and Creative Industries

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