MEDIA PRODUCTION
MEDIA PRODUCTION Media Production BA (Hons)
Whether reporting a news item, creating a short film, setting up a YouTube vlog, podcasting or producing a radio debate, today’s storytelling must be underpinned by a range of media production techniques. You will learn a full range of production skills, covering online, television, film, radio and print, whilst examining complex ideas and theories. If you love to find and tell compelling stories, then this course is for you.
Media Production: Film & Television BA (Hons)
With more media streaming online than ever before it is imperative that you make films and TV programmes that cut through all the noise. From short films to television documentaries and online video, this course will give you the skills to create exciting visual media for today’s diverse platforms. You will learn traditional techniques of shooting, editing, sound, scriptwriting, production management and studio work, but also use a range of storytelling tools, from social media to apps, to help maximise the impact of your productions.
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Media Production has a broad array of industry-standard facilities, including two black box studios, two multi-camera TV studios, a fully equipped radio studio, and a 24-hour-access specialist editing suite exclusively for our Media Production students with Avid software and Adobe Creative Suite. You will also benefit from a dedicated team of specialist Media Production technicians.
There are lots of opportunities to gain valuable contacts across the film and media industries. Our partnership with the BAFTA-qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival gives our students exclusive access to industry masterclasses with crew from Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Hot Fuzz and the Harry Potter series. Our students attend Royal Television Society industry masterclasses and events, including the Yorkshire Centre Student Awards, where films by our students have regularly won awards judged by industry professionals. We also host an awards night for final year students attended and judged by industry practitioners.
For most of the last ten years, my research has revolved around transnational cinemas and particularly the global circulation of Japanese cult cinema outside Japan. The project I’ve been working on most recently has been about giant monsters movie (known in Japan as kaijū eiga). While these films seem less than serious, I think it’s important to treat popular culture as equal to that of high culture, and especially what it can teach socially, politically and culturally. As we live in a more connected world than ever before, I’ve always seen transnational cinema as the most vital expression of different aspects of globalisation. As my current study develops, we plan to integrate some data from primary studies, and students can get involved as researchers on the project. Our students always question the nature of what we do. Since I teach production, with an academic background in film studies, I always feel like I need to be on my toes, up to date with what’s going in film culture and industries to put knowledge into a relevant context. At its best, teaching is a dialogue, and when students question the nature of knowledge, it brings the best out of all of us. Dr Steve Rawle, Associate Professor in Media Production
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Our students have visited the Camerimage film festival in Poland, enjoying sessions with big names such as David Lynch and Lana Wachowski. They have also explored the set of ITV’s Victoria at nearby Church Fenton. Selected students also take part in an annual NBCUniversal pitching competition in London by special invitation.
Our students frequently work on live projects – including filming Red Nose Day, reporting on Fashion City York events, and pitching to digital media agencies. Through our industry contacts, students have gained work placements at the BBC, Emmerdale, True North, Orillo Films and many other organisations. Our partnership with Screen Yorkshire also means you will be based right at the heart of the country’s fastest growing film and TV production hub.
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