Creative Media Production

Unlock your creative potential and elevate your skills with our Level 3 Creative Media Practice. This comprehensive program offers hands-on experience in a dynamic range of media disciplines, from digital filmmaking to podcasting. Learn from industry experts, collaborate on innovative projects, and develop a robust portfolio that showcases your unique talents. Whether you're looking to break into the media industry or continue to higher education, our course provides the expertise and inspiration you need to turn your passion into a thriving career in the fast-paced media industry

What you’ll learn 

Throughout the course you’ll learn the necessary skills, techniques, and equipment to work in media production. From narrative films and documentaries to music video production, you’ll cover it all. This course is fast-paced and full of workshops and technical masterclasses led by working practitioners. You’ll get to grips with a range of industry grade equipment, such as cameras, lights, editing software and TV studio facilities.

You’ll learn to use industry-standard kit and software:

• Scriptwriting, storyboarding, filming and editing
• Lighting and sound setup
• Cinematography and principles of photography
• DSLR and mirrorless cameras
• Adobe CC, including Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Lightroom, to name a few

With a whole range of technical masterclasses, you’ll produce broadcast quality work towards live projects, working with national and local professionals. Whether it’s photography or video production, you’ll get hands-on experience with planning, production, and editing. You’ll work with lots of new people, too, commonly working in small production teams to produce work.

Highlights  

You can look forward to:

• Work experience with local and national employers, such as Bad Wolf Studios, Squashed Robot and University of Gloucestershire
• Trips to places like London, Berlin and local film festivals
• Masterclasses with leading industry professionals from across the UK
• Industry grade equipment and facilities, such as our TV studio, editing suites and industry-standard filming equipment

Assessment  

The Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Creative Media Practice is project-based. Assessment takes place at the end of each project/unit and places you in a range of situations that allow your abilities to be assessed from pass to distinction level through grading criteria that are laid down by your awarding body (Pearson/Edexcel). You’ll be assessed through assignment briefs, producing creative media products to showcase your new practical skills.

Anything else?  

There is an events fee charged at the outset of the course. This covers the end of year show, one mandatory trip and the cost of visiting guest lecturers and workshops. You’ll normally spend 4 days a week in college, and benefit from a weekly pastoral session with a student mentor for any additional support.

At Gloucestershire College we want students to develop their English and Maths skills so that they achieve their learning goals and future career aims. For this reason, all full-time students (16-18) who have not achieved grade 4 or above English language or maths GCSE will study these subjects as part of their course.

You’ll also complete 100 CPD hours throughout the year and develop additional employability and work-based skills through our Which Three Skills programme.