Media Production

Through a series of workshops blending theory and practice, practical sessions and targeted briefs you will gain an understanding of contemporary workflows within the creative industries. You will also gain theoretical and practical experience of creating and manipulating various forms of digital media with the purpose of conveying information and stories.

This module introduces you to the grammar of moving image production and allows you to acquire a range of technical and organisational skills. Through a series of workshops, you will acquire a basic competency in production techniques. In the group portfolio students will experience the development and production of both a non-fiction and a fictional film. In the Individual play piece students can express their individuality.

Lectures will provide introductions to narrative theories which will then be applied to group work and discussions in seminars. The workshop series will develop scholarship skills including Microsoft Office Tools, Harvard Referencing, using appendices and layout features. The tone of Essays, Reports and Reflective Essays will also be explored.

You will produce a portfolio of work, with accompanying reflection upon your learning, leading to the creation of an audio artefact demonstrating the various skills and knowledge. You will be encouraged to work within the parameters of student competitions or festivals where appropriate, to encourage an informed understanding of, and engagement with, industry. Through a series of blended workshops, seminars and tutorials students will gain an understanding of Audio practice and background including:

This module will introduce internal and industry guests to your lectures. Each two-hour seminar will require you to engage in tasks and blog about your experiences weekly. As part of your portfolio, you will also engage with future focus and career planning e-learning tools. The presentations give the group a chance to practice this important skill and to express their insights and learning journey.

Lectures will introduce current thinking and principals of project management. Seminars will involve team 'crits' and brainstorming sessions. Workshops will introduce project management tools. You will also be introduced to budgeting and costing projects against industry rates and standards. Working as creative teams the students will record all planning and development, presenting project progress to the tutors who will take the role of the client. This module aims to reproduce the working practices of industry. You will be introduced to collaborative tools such as: Miro, Slack, Airtable, InVision, you will be introduced to project management tools such as: Jira, Asana and Trello.

You will collaboratively explore hardware and software that can engage an audience in mixed, merged, augmented, extended, and virtual realities; for utility and/or entertainment. Platforms for delivery might include any screen based technology and you will explore terms and realms such as; AR; MR; XR; VR; web. To develop a range of possible narrative worlds that might be; location-based; participatory; playful; and informed by UX and UI considerations. Students, in small teams will negotiate and then implement a mixed reality artefact. Seminar Crit will provide a space for peer to peer project development feedback and discussion. You will individually evaluate the research that informed, and the outcomes of, your group project.

Through a series of lectures and practical workshops you will learn the various ways in which post-production techniques can be used to enhance narrative and add depth to moving image material. You will follow typical industry workflows in the development of personal projects; experimenting with concepts and techniques whilst ensuring that creative decisions are justified and fit the requirements of the brief.

This module will equip you with the skills and understanding necessary to explore the creative process in building successful online brands. You will analyse the relationship between enterprises and advertising agencies and discover how to create innovative concepts that are appropriate for a given creative brief. The lecture series will introduce key concepts including:

• STP (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning)
• 7 p's of marketing
• Performance tracking – platform engagement, mobile vs web click through etc
• Analytics – using media data sets to inform strategy
• The Seminar Crit will encourage peer to peer learning and feedback on campaign plans. Workshops will support technical needs.

In this module students work in teams to produce a short film drama following a series of lectures, master classes, workshops and tutorials. Pre-production, casting, rehearsals, research, filming and editing will be undertaken as independent study. You will choose either the Moving Image or Audio output in the first session, then be grouped accordingly.

This module will introduce guest experts and agency members. The workshops are a blend of seminar and practical to support portfolio generation. You will be invited to creatively respond to the brief in groups, then you will choose one area of industry from the syllabus to highlight. You may create a single, self-contained Moving Image or Audio output, alternatively you may create an interactive experience online, or a "pack" containing many short, but related artefacts. You will be invited to present your plan formatively for feedback and approval.

You will choose either the Moving Image or Audio output in the first session, then be grouped accordingly. There will be a formative presentation of non-fiction ideas for peer feedback and Tutor "greenlight" approval. Lectures will introduce key thinkers in the field and highlight career pathways to industry. The workshops will be a practical, hands-on application of the topics learned in the lecture (i.e. conduct an interview in a workshop applying the different approaches learned in the theory session).

The module will introduce the basic working practices, shooting conventions and camera scripting of multi-camera studio production.

The aim is to advance the capacity for: editorial decision making and production research, organisation, meeting deadlines, effective planning and communication, self-reliance and teamwork, to enhance creative thinking and problem solving as a team in a live setting.

The aim of the module is to develop and critically analyse an original concept for a media production. This module prepares you for your final independent production module in semester two. The media project you design and pitch in this module will be produced as your final independent project.

Weekly lectures will expose you to new industry trends and innovations through guest speakers and new technology demonstrations. This will encourage exploration and disruption in terms of using familiar process in new ways and impacting society. In the workshops, you will identify areas to focus your disruptive response to the brief with peer input and testing. You will present project progress weekly while workshops also offer technical support.

In week one of the module, you will identify areas for development in your chosen skillset and plan for key milestones. Weekly workshops will support hardware or software progression in your chosen specialism. Then, every two weeks, you will present progress and confirm further development stages with your tutor in seminars. If you fall behind or move ahead of milestones, the learning plan will be negotiated accordingly with tutor approval.

The module provides a concentrated opportunity to contribute to the origination, research, development, and production of a media artefact as a culmination of your degree experience. This module will provide an opportunity for you to produce work that reflects your skills and positions you in the job market, providing you with valuable practical experience and a portfolio piece of work.

This module is designed to facilitate students entering the workplace after graduation, providing further professional development by engaging with professionals in your chosen fields. You will design a real career action plan with realistic next steps. Your weekly lectures will introduce guests and internal specialists working in creative industries recruitment. This will support you on your final trajectory to employment. Five two-hour workshops, delivered in the second half of the module, will blend as tutorial and feedback sessions on portfolio elements towards your final submission.