Creative Media BTEC

Why study Creative Media?

Coursework and self-directed projects are a large part of the BTEC. In many ways, you are the director so it’s excellent preparation for life after School.

The Television and Film course at Sherborne School offers the pupils the opportunity to explore their creativity through the medium of digital film making. Creative Media (TV and Film) is offered at National Subsidiary Diploma Level 3, which is equivalent to an A Level course, both in terms of the time required to study for it (720+ hours of lessons over two years) and also the weighting it receives by universities. As with the other BTECs on offer, Creative Media is a modular course, offering a range of different options in Digital Film and Video Production, and Digital Content Production. The whole class will follow a programme of options within that discipline and will finish with a specialist BTEC qualification in this field. The Creative Media (TV and Film) BTEC comprises three compulsory modules and four additional units from a range of options. All of the mandatory and optional units are internally-assessed coursework projects.

The optional modules consist of a variety of coursework projects, each of which explores a diverse range of TV and Film production and digital production techniques. Depending on your creative interests, you have the option of completing units in Film and Video Editing, Music Video Production, Single Camera Production (narrative filmmaking), Factual Film making (documentaries), Advertising Production or Social action and Community Media Production (Campaign Film Making). All of this work will be completed using industry leading specialist editing software. We have invested in the Adobe Creative Suite so the pupils learn the editing package Premiere Pro, they can also develop skills in Adobe After Effects as well as using high-end Canon and JVC digital cameras, DJI gimbals, dollies, jib arms, Steadicams, Go Pros and they can fly the drone too, for added drama to their work. The programme of study covers a range of media production composition and editing techniques designed to give you both an understanding of the versatility of these programmes, but also the opportunity to use them to create and complete projects of your choice. Overall, you will be asked to undertake four such projects, with the mandatory units built into the programme of study. These then contribute to your overall grade. A Creative Media BTEC offers a different style of approach to Sixth Form: the flexible, unit-based structure provides you with much greater control and choice over what you learn. Similarly, the emphasis is shifted more towards the practical applications of what you learn, rather than the content itself. Because of this, all of the assessment takes place through coursework, which reinforces the hands-on approach to learning and lends itself towards the holistic development of the creative, interpersonal and thinking skills you will need to succeed either in employment, or in a related discipline at university.

The BTEC course offers clear higher education pathways and employment opportunities. Students who complete the course can go on to specialist courses at Ravensbourne University London, Bournemouth University, Falmouth University, Loughborough University and Oxford Brookes, amongst many others, and study: script writing, filmmaking, media production, digital film production, journalism, television, animation, games design, creative writing, editing and post production and other specialist courses. The course provides the platform for further professional study in a wide variety of creative disciplines, as well as the opportunity for employment in the creative sector. The course is the ideal steppingstone to the creative media sector, a sector that currently contributes £92bn to the UK’s economy and provides 3.12 million jobs.

The course covers a range of units adding up to 60 credits over the two years. Three mandatory units cover 20 credits, with the remaining 40 covered by the optional units.

Mandatory units

• Pre-Production Techniques for the Creative Media Industries • Communication Skills for Creative Media Production • Research Techniques for the Creative Media Industries

Optional units

• Film and Video Editing Techniques • Single Camera Techniques • Multi-Camera Techniques • Film Studies • Factual Programme Production Techniques for Television • Corporate and Promotional Programme Production • Music Video Production • Advertisement Production for Television • Social Action and Community Media Production • Presentation Techniques for Broadcasting

Assessment

Examination Board: Edexcel Qualification Number: 500/7842/2

Who can give me more information? Mr Senneck

oliver.senneck@sherborne.org