Media Creatives, FdA

Sponsored by Nottingham Skillset Media Academy this innovative course allows you to combine academic study with industrial work experience. As a graduate you'll be prepared for employment in a range of sectors including film and television, animation, web, game and interactive design, and theatre. Why choose this course?

It will give you the unique opportunity to combine academic study with industrial work experience, helping you to develop a range of skills in management leadership, business and entrepreneurial activity within the creative industries. Areas of study include:

• script writing
• video and film
• editing
• graphics
• web design / development
• digital archive work
• visual effects.

Sponsored by Nottingham Skillset Media Academy, this course will be delivered by:

• Nottingham Trent University (NTU)
• New College Nottingham (NCN)
• Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies
• Broadway Cinema and Media Centre.

Students who successfully complete this course will have the opportunity to progress onto honours degree study on NTU's BA (Hons) Digital Media Technology or NCN's BA (Hons) Digital Media Design courses.

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This new two year foundation degree is modular and designed to give you a mixture of practical, theoretical, and technical skills, as well as an in-depth experience of working in the commercial sector.

What will I study? Year One

Term one
Studio and workshop sessions with NTU and with Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies will give you an exciting opportunity to work on projects including:

• pitching
• designing
• filming
• editing
• presenting
• graphics
• sound
• image manipulation
• entrepreneurism
• academic writing and research.

You will develop skills in filming, editing, sound, web and image manipulation. During this busy first term you'll also have the opportunity to improve your academic writing and prepare for your placements in terms two and three.

Terms two and three
At the start of the term you will prepare for placement interviews and carry out an entrepreneurial project to improve your professional skills and abilities. You'll spend two blocks of 8 - 10 weeks working with an employer (or employers) in the media sector within the East Midlands. During this time you will also undertake a negotiated project.

Year Two

Term one
You will study full-time, based at Nottingham Trent University and New College Nottingham, developing in-depth technical, research and craft skills.

Modules will develop your commercial awareness and academic research and writing skills including:

• Convergence and audiences fragmentation
• lower cost technology and user-led content
• design process and problem solving
• critical thinking and research.

Terms two and three
You will undertake two, ten week blocks of work experience with selected media companies within the East Midlands whilst also producing a research report on an agreed area of commercial activity. You’ll also be required to undertake a more in-depth negotiated project that should be of use to your employer, and help you to develop your business and analytical skills.

How will I learn?

Both years of the course have a similar structure; during term one you'll study full-time, developing your academic skills. Terms two and three will see you engaged in practical work experience with media companies throughout the East Midlands, with the support and supervision of your Course Leader.

As well as studio and workshop sessions, you'll learn through:

• tutorials
• seminars
• lectures
• online lectures
• your experience on placement.

How will I be assessed?

Assessment is based on coursework. This will include a negotiated project (agreed with your employer) and a research assignment. You will also produce an online blog that will detail your experiences with your employer, and record your academic achievements and progress during your placements.

Specialist equipment and facilities

The studios and workshops at Nottingham Trent University, New College Nottingham and at Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies are equipped with a comprehensive range of modern specialist equipment including:

• High Definition (HD) cameras
• Editing suites
• TV and recording studios
• Sound recording studios.

Any questions?

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Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 4680
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