This course is a Level 3 Diploma in Media Production delivered across two years at North Somerset Creative Campus with links to the Bottle Yard TV and Film Studios. The course is worth 1.5 A levels, meaning you can take two boomsatsuma courses together to gain a qualification equivalent to 3 A levels, or combine just one of our courses with up to 2 other A level subjects at Nailsea School.
What will the course be like?
The course is centred around delivering real live projects in real working environments and oftenfor commercial clients. The course is designed to:
• Develop your skills and expertise across a number of media disciplines
• Allow time, scope and creativity for you to develop skills in particular areas of interest
• Immerse you in the work of creative professionals, understanding the demands of the industry.
Students will spend time at both the North Somerset Creative Campus and the Bottle Yard Film and TV Studios in Bristol, a prime location for those who wish to progress into the world of Film and TV production. With the studio attracting some of the best productions nationally, including BBC One’s Poldark and ITV’s hit drama, Broadchurch, students get a real taste of this fast paced and exciting industry.
How is the course structured?
The course is led by the projects, so there is an element of fluidity to the structure. At the beginning of each project, foundation skills are taught to enable to students to undertake the project for whatever discipline/s it presents. In the professional world of media, often projects are multi-disciplinary, so this is reflected in the way we study them. The nature of projects will rotate across the two years to ensure coverage of key media productions skills and processes.
Students choose from 42 possible disciplines.
How is the course assessed?
The course is primarily practical and:
• Students are assessed continually throughout the two years
• Those delivering the course will consider the fitness for purpose of the work produced by students, assessing this against industry standards
• The course will both develop and assess students’ ability to communicate effectively in the medium they are being assessed on, as well as their ability to understand commercial needs and professional processes
• On successful completion of the course, you will be awarded an overall Distinction*, Distinction, Merit or Pass grade
What will I learn?
Knowledge:
You will develop an understanding of a variety of media, media products and audiences and will understand how this influences current practice within the industry. You will learn how these different forms of media are produced in professional settings and have the opportunity to try out your skills and put them into practice as you learn about the production processes. You’ll be expected to work both individually and as part of groups, responding to project briefs that will both challenge and develop your creativity and
you’ll be encouraged to undertake independent projects.
Skills:
The course allows us to engage in a range of project-based skills and credit them to the qualification. These may include, but are not limited to:
• Photography for media products
• Graphic design for media products
• Audio-visual media
• Producing print-based media
• Advertising
• Web authoring and design
• Animation production
• Planning media exhibitions or events
Why should I choose this course?
• Teaching delivered by tutors who are specialists and often actively working in their field
• Exceptional facilities and links to commercial locations, such as Curzon Cinema Studio.
• Opportunities to work on real commercial projects, including music videos, marketing materials and film
making
• boomsatsuma are creative specialists across media production, games VR and VFX as well as
performance and production arts.
How can I use it to progress?
This course provides you with the experience, skills, and knowledge, now often required by film schools and arts universities and are considered more valuable than A Levels for entry into high level apprenticeships, university and the industry. The skills of collaboration, communication, creativity, problem solving and awareness of broader creative commercial needs as well as developing practical skills and a strong knowledge of the working industry, means students are also able to demonstrate suitability for courses outside of Media Production.
