Filmmaking (Video Production)
This course provides learners with an opportunity to create a short film project, focusing on the application of the production phases – pre-production, production and post-production.

The term ‘video production’ encompasses a wide variety of moving image production activity, from one person working independently to major television companies producing prime-time entertainment. This course introduces learners to the techniques and technology of video-based production work using industry standard equipment and software. Learners will develop an understanding of the three production stages – pre-production, production and post-production.

What will you Learn?
You will work individually on the pre-production stage, developing an idea into a proposal, scripting and storyboarding it. You will also complete other pre-production activities on their own to ensure having a good grasp of this process. You will also work as part of a team for the second two phases to complete a short film project. On completion of the project, you will review your contribution to the production process and to the quality of the project.

Animation Techniques
This course aims to introduce learners the practical processes of animation and to enable them to develop an understanding of historical and contemporary animation techniques.

Animation production is a significant activity in the creative media sector, not only in high-profile television programs such as Wallace and Gromit, but also in feature films, mobile phone content, the internet, television advertising and the computer games industry. Learners will work on design, character, setting and narrative and will then focus on a specific technique for the production of an animation sequence.

What will you learn?
You will research the content and production techniques used in historical and contemporary examples of work. By developing an understanding in such things as persistence of vision, frame rates, stop-frame techniques and the production of cells, you will then focus on planning and production of work. You will be using one of the traditional methods or a digital application for animation and provide a basis for exploring and experimenting with animation techniques and content.

Screenwriting for the Creative Industries
This course is to introduce learners to the reasons for and methods of writing for the creative media. By using appropriate conventions, you will research and develop ideas and create written materials to explore the relationship between the writing process and the products produced in the chosen area of the media. Good writing for the media results in appropriate, useable, audience-focused products and it follows that an understanding of the writing process is important to those working within the sector, regardless of specialist area.

What will you learn?
You will learn the different applications of writing for the media industries, and then to the techniques and conventions of writing for a specific industry in the sector using industry standard applications. Beginning with research into the methods used by professional writers, then you will generate ideas and to turn these into fully realized written material which is correctly presented for the chosen medium and form. Finally, you will reflect on the effectiveness of the work created and understand the need for revisions and improvements.

Documentary Filmmaking
Course Details:

The course is to develop an understanding of factual formats across the creative media sector and the skills in factual production in one medium.

Factual production encompasses a wide range of creative media activity in all areas of the sector. This refers to news production for the press and broadcasting, but it would also include a spectrum of activities from documentary production to reviewing. For some it would include ‘reality TV’ though others would put most of that on the other side of the boundary between factual and entertainment programming. However, here, as in so many other areas of media production, it is not always possible to draw clear distinctions.

What will you learn?

You will become familiar with the formats and styles of factual production across the media, and will have the opportunity to create your own factual media product in a specified medium. The course focuses on your skills in understanding, researching, developing, producing and evaluating factual media products. This includes television documentaries and features, consumer and holiday reports, news reporting and writing, newspaper and website articles or complete websites. The emphasis should be firmly placed on ‘factual’.

Course Outline:

Formats
Conventions
Choosing Medium
Targeting audience
Production Process
Creating factual media product
Reviewing final Product