MEDIA Industry and PRODUCTION

LEVEL 3: Triple Vocational (Cambridge Technical)
EXAMINING BOARD: OCR

Do you love films, TV, social media, advertising, special effects, animation, music videos, radio, and being creative? Are you interested in a career in the media industry?

This course will prepare you for a career in the Media, building practical skills and knowledge that can be used in whatever area interests you most.

There are opportunities to meet and work with industry professionals, plus the chance for highly motivated students to work at Glastonbury Festival on the Woodsies Stage, setting up, filming and directing the first few bands each day!

This course is equivalent to three A Levels and carries the same UCAS points tariff. You will not study additional subjects within your core Study Programme.

All college students can also attend our weekly Film Club or join our Media Crew, where you get the chance to work on video productions, produce promotional materials for businesses, and record live event multi-camera coverage of performances.

You will study the following topics:

  • How films, from different production contexts, are created to appeal to their target audiences
  • How to plan, shoot and produce film sequences and advertisements etc.
  • Planning and pitching ideas
  • Working creatively to come up with ideas
  • Preproduction work across film, TV, radio, the internet, and press
  • Scriptwriting
  • Camera, sound and lighting production skills
  • Social media and marketing
  • Media analysis and theory
  • Media products & audiences
  • Creating a media product
  • Advertising media
  • Preproduction & planning
  • Cinematography
  • Radio
  • Visual & special effects
  • Animation
  • Promo production
  • Web design
  • TV & short film production.

As a minimum, you will need (or equivalent to):

  • GCSE Mathematics grade 4
  • GCSE English Language grade 4
  • plus three more GCSEs at grade 4

A Level 2 vocational qualification at grade merit or above can be accepted in place of one GCSE.

The course is a combination of practical units and externally examined units.

There are four externally assessed exams, two per academic year in January.

There are twelve coursework units that are internally assessed by the teachers.

Many students progress on to study subjects such as Media Production, Advertising, Film Studies, TV Production, Digital Marketing, Film Production, Journalism and Radio Production.

The course allows you to develop specialist knowledge and skills in a chosen area and some decide to enter the digital media sector immediately.

Students have set up their own video production companies, begun Media Apprenticeships (e.g. Digital Marketing and secured employment in positions such as Runner, Production Assistant, or Production Manager, working at companies such as Heart FM or Warner Bros. 

Popular careers include working in Camera Operations, Graphic Design, Television Production, Editing, Advertising, Film Production, Sound Production and Radio. 

 

Will I be filming and editing every day?

Whilst you will have plenty of opportunities to use your creativity and develop your technical skills, the exam units will be the main focus in each Autumn term.

The course is structured to help you build a variety of skills you will need in your career, alongside improving your academic writing style.