Trafford & Stockport College Group
UCAS Code: HDFT | Higher National Diploma - HND
About this course
This course begins at Level 4 and is a natural progression route for students that have previously studied creative media, but students can successfully study this course without prior knowledge of the subject.
It has been created to provide you with a strong foundation of the necessary disciplines, skills and techniques to work in the TV and Film industry in the first year. In the second year, we work to specialise and film for and alongside industry clients.
Unlike broad based media production courses, this degree focuses on these specific sectors to allow you to refine your study ready for targeted employment opportunities. On consultation with industry at Netflix, MediaCityUK and Dock 10, much of the course content focuses on equipping you to enter the most popular areas such as Drama, Documentary, Multi-Camera Production (Game shows and Talent), Content Creation, Live Broadcasting and Corporate Marketing.
On this Higher National Diploma, you will study 4 units per semester. The primary focus is on practical application and execution, but this will be grounded in theoretical understanding.
The competitive field of film and television often requires multi-skilled freelance practitioners that can produce content from initial inception to the final exhibition. Students will be encouraged to plan, script, budget, produce and direct within a range of genres and projects. Students will be taught on-site with privy to professional grade filming kit, edit suites, a fully equipped TV studio and gallery but also will shoot on location and in a variety of settings akin to industry projects. Whilst contemporary practices will be dominate, students will also be taught how to shoot on 35mm film to build their creativity and breadth of film knowledge.
Full-time, 2 years , 12 hours per week
Progression from this pathway can be onto a Level 6 top up degree programme in a related course or directly entering employment.
Graduates can enter production roles in a whole host of local companies such as the BBC, ITV, Dock 10, Toasted, RED productions and Lime, as well as national and international opportunities with the BFI, Netflix, Disney, Comcast and Amazon to name just a few.
Graduates will also have the skills to operate as freelance practitioners in their chosen fields and book an array of continuous jobs in the corporate sector.
For further information please contact us by visiting the contact page on the college website.
Although every care has been taken to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate, there may be changes to this programme and provision. We will endeavour to keep prospective and current students updated where appropriate and when the information becomes available.
Modules
At level 4 you will study:
Seminal Theory & analysis
• Reading TV and Film
• Analogue to Digital: The Evolution of the TV and Film Industry.
Production fundamentals and technical skills.
• Cinematography: Introduction to TV Broadcasting, Single camera, multi-camera
• Lighting: Studio and On-location
• Sound Recording
• Pre-Production, Production, Reflection
• Professional Practices
• Documentary Production
Post-Production
• Audio & Video Editing using Davinci Resolve.
Creative project
• Multi-Camera studio Production for TV
• Live Broadcasting
At level 5 you will study:
Industry Practitioners and impact
• Auteur Theory & critique
Production
• Advanced Cinematography
• Shooting on 35mm film
• Sound Design
• Short Film
Post-Production
• Advanced Audio & video Editing
• Short and long-form editing.
Professional Project
• Professional Portfolio building.
• Establishing your own Indie production company.
• Industry brief
• Interactive Project: TV Drama
Assessment methods
Assessments include a wide range of methods from presentations, reports/essays, live studio or on-set observations and production portfolios.
All units must be passed to complete the course.
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Main Site (University Centre -Stockport College)
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