Media Performance for Film TV and Theatre BA (Hons)

Pursue your dream of acting in TV film and on stage! This exciting course gives you the performance skills to stand out from the crowd while exploring other aspects of the industry such as radio programme-making directing scriptwriting and performance management.

On this wide-ranging course you gain the skills to work within the professional media industries as an actor or presenter before the camera. Optional units also widen your skill base to include production/technical roles like scriptwriter director production manager stage manager or radio presenter.

Graduates of this course are now working in front of the camera presenting on CBBC CBeebies community channel local news internet sports radio and news programmes. Other Media Performance graduates are working behind the camera as directors in production roles or working within radio at Radio 1 Radio 1 Xtra Kiss and BBC local radio.

Why choose this course?

• Develop the necessary skills knowledge self-motivation and professional approach to follow a satisfying and stimulating career path
• Study a variety of approaches and techniques with your practical work underpinned by media and cultural theory along with the historical cultural and social dimensions of performance
• Enjoy masterclasses and workshops from leading figures with opportunities to learn insights make industry connections and take up placements
• Gain opportunities for work experience via the course unit in Performance Management - Work Based Learning.
• Take the course over four years and include a years placement in industry (see below) gaining experience and adding to your contacts
• In your third year you are eligible to join Spotlight as a TV presenter
• As a postgraduate you can progress to the Screen Performance and Communications Techniques MA

To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc) you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes and have the required English language qualification.

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country