With a practical focus and within a department with fantastic resources, students study and make films (fiction, documentary and music videos), animations, graphics, advertising campaigns, and photography portfolios. This is underpinned with an understanding of the media industry, close analysis of media content, as well as responding to professional briefs.
We have a dedicated studio for filming and photography, high definition professional cameras, tripods, tracks, microphones, boom poles and lights which, once trained, students can borrow to make films and three dedicated editing suites with Apple Macs (one for every student on the course) and the latest professional software, including the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro and so on) for editing and graphics.
There is a real focus on providing professional expectations and standards, including ambitious final projects (in whatever medium the student chooses) at the end of each year, and realistic work experience through professional client briefs, collaborative project work with local employers and cross curriculum activity.
Student work is of a very high standard and we have had numerous successes in film festivals such as Zoom and Ffresh.