Digital Media - TV, Film and Broadcasting - Diploma

You will study:

• Exploring and Developing Creative
• Media Skills and Personal Development
• Moving image: You will explore the technical skills related to areas such as film, television, video, motion graphics, VFX
• Hardware and software
• Film and video production including shot types, framing and composition, viewpoints, focus, movement, camera settings, stabilisation
• Sound including capture, creation, levels, microphones
• Lighting including. placement and positioning, natural, artificial, gels and filters, high key/low key, colour
• Constructing narrative including continuity, composition, rhythm, pace, movement
• Editing techniques including rough cut, transitions, effects, titles, audio, montage, speed up/slow down, continuity editing (continuity - shot-reverse-shot, cutaways, eyeline matching, 180 degree rule)
• Exporting and optimisation Sound: You will explore the technical skills related to areas such as radio, podcast, and sound for other media.
• Hardware and software
• Capture including microphone types, placement, recording equipment, levels, quality, sound check.
• Creation including foley, sound effects, voiceover, diegetic/non diegetic sound
• Types including synthesised, real, human, music, ambient
• Production including editing, adjusting levels, balancing, sequencing, mixing, effects, fades and transitions, multitrack, fit to running time, storage
• Synchronising including with images, video, lip synching
• Exporting and optimisation.

4 GCSEs at grades 9-3 (A*- D) (English and maths desirable) or a Level 1 qualification.

Your learning will be assessed using a variety of styles to help you develop a broad range of transferable skills.

This course will enable you to progress to further study such as BTEC Nationals in Creative Media Practice Film, TV and Sound or Gaming, Graphics and Animation, apprenticeships or employment in the creative industries.

1 Year