Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production BA (Hons)
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
Our Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production degree is designed to prepare you to play an integral role in the digital media and wider creative industries through the experience you will gain and the portfolio of work you will produce. The digital media and film degree includes a series of practice-based models including short film, TV studio broadcasting, documentary-making and creative video production. Students will then gain wider knowledge of the industry etiquettes and inner workings of the contemporary media industry in a host of theoretical modules.
On the media production degree, you will develop production skills in editing, directing, script writing, camera work and sound as well as sector-based skills around networking, portfolio-building and pitching ideas. We offer opportunities for students to engage in live client-based productions, enabling them to build on skills, understanding and experience to enhance their employability and enable them to develop as independent and informed creative professionals. You will also have an opportunity to produce work for clients, undertake work experience, produce a major media project or develop a script for potential funding.
Key highlights
- Practice-based modules in short film, TV studio broadcasting and documentary
- Production skills in editing, directing, scriptwriting, camera work and sound
- Live client-based productions to build experience and employability
- Work experience opportunities alongside a major media project option
- Sector skills in networking, portfolio-building and pitching ideas
- Option to develop a script for potential funding
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBC — A typical offer for our Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production course would be: BBC at A-Level or DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or Merit at T Level
- BTEC: DMM — A typical offer for our Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production course would be: BBC at A-Level or DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or Merit at T Level
- T-level: Merit — A typical offer for our Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production course would be: BBC at A-Level or DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or Merit at T Level
Scholarships
ICAEW Foundation Bursary
Three annual payments of £4,000
Up to £12,000John Lowe Accounting and Finance Scholarship
Scholarship is paid as £1,000 in the second and third years of study.
Up to £2,000Northampton Energy Elite Athlete Scholarship
This scheme offers the student athlete a support network enabling them to balance the demands of performance sport with academic study.
Reid Science, Engineering, and Computing Bursary
£500 per year of study
Up to £1,500TD Lewis Scholarship
The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000.
Up to £100The Chancellor's Fund
Up to £50The University of Northampton International Scholarship
The University of Northampton International Scholarship Scheme is a merit-based scholarship that provides up to a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees.
Wilson Endowment Scholarship
Successful students will receive three annual payments of £500, one for each year of study.
Up to £1,500
Careers this course leads to
- Film and video editor
- Television production assistant
- Director
- Camera operator
- Scriptwriter
- Digital media producer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £17,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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