Welcome to the University of Northampton.Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production.

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Nathan Dodzo

Programme Leader - CFTDMP

Abigail Webber

Senior Lecturer

Roy Wallace

Senior Lecturer

Tim Coley

Senior Lecturer

Anthony Stepniak

Associate Lecturer

Dr Lorna Jowett

Senior Lecturer

Dr Mike Starr

Programme Leader - FSS

Dr David Simmons

Senior Lecturer

Carly Daniel

Technician Demonstrator

Aaron Freeman

Technician Demonstrator

Academic staff introduction.

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Creative Film, TV & Digital Media Production.

Why study at Northampton?

*Modules available subject to staffing and student numbers

•Employability: 95% or more for five years running*

•Teaching excellence

•Research

•Social impact – UK’s first Changemaker Campus**

•Location

•More than just a good degree

* Destination of Leavers from Higher Education 2014/15. July 2016

**Ashoka U

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Course overview.

• Small group lectures

• Seminars

• Tutorials

• Workshops

• Independent and group study

• One-to-one supervisions

Entry criteria.

• A typical offer is around BCC at A Level, DMM at BTEC

• We may also accept Foundation diplomas or equivalent

• The Foundation Study Framework could be an option for you if you may not meet the tariff points required for admission into your preferred three year course, or if you are making a significant change in terms of the subject you would like to study.

Teaching style

Learning and Teaching atWaterside.

Our Learning Hub, the heart of Waterside Campus

combines resources, staff and learning spaces that

would traditionally be separate.

You’ll study in small interactive group sessions,

enhanced by the latest developments in technology.

Waterside has been designed to give you a personalized

learning experience, excellent opportunities to develop

your academic experience and life skills.

• Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production

• Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production (Joint Honours)

• Film and Screen studies (Joint Honours)

Courses we offer:

The BA in Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production programme helps students become informed, independent, intellectual and creative professionals able to effectively engage both practically and theoretically with contemporary cultural economies. It develops student’s knowledge, understanding and skills, guiding them towards their own self-identified career aspirations in the creative and media fields and beyond.

You will gain:

• a wide range of experience and an understanding of media production through a practice-based approach.

• experience in video production across a number of genres including drama and documentary.

This course is a member of the National Association for Higher Education in the Moving Image (NAHEMI)

Course overview.

Course structure.It’s a degree, so theory has to inform practice…

Developing analytical and writing skills.

Can vary depending on elected module choices in 2nd and 3rd year.

30%

+

70%

• Gain a range of practice-based skills and experiences across video, sound and TV studio production, alongside an understanding of digital media technologies.

• Developing a range of skills and understanding of Production Processes –researching, planning, media management skills, teamwork, organization and time management.

Course structure: stage one

Code Title Credits Status Pre-Requisites

MED1081 Single Camera Production 20 Compulsory None

MED1067 Multi-Camera TV Studio

Production

20 Compulsory None

MED1082 Digital and Social Media

Production

20 Compulsory None

MED1083 Film and TV Drama 20 Compulsory None

MED1084 Media and Creative Industries 20 Compulsory None

MED1085 Writing the Media 20 Compulsory None

Course structure: Stage One

Stage one.

Working with the following technology and software:

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Premiere Pro

• Audition

• After Effects

• Photoshop

• In Design

• Illustrator

• Final Cut Studio

• Office 365• PowerPoint • Word• Excel• and more

• ProTools• MPEG Streamclip

Work experience has become as necessary as a good degree

All students will be expected to engage in some work experience at the end of their 1st

year.

We provide numerous internship and external work opportunities for our students.

All the material produced will be formed into a professional practice show-reel and portfolio for prospective employers

Work experience.

Course structure: Stage TwoWritten and Verbal communication, Analysing and Investigation, Initiative and Self Motivation.

Code Module Title Credits Status Pre-Requisites

MED2078 Researching for the

Media

20 Compulsory None

MED2107 Screen Storytelling 20 Compulsory None

MED2094 Creative Video 20 Compulsory MED1081

MED2054 Television Drama 20 Designated None

MED2056 Scriptwriting 20 Designated None

MED2108 TV Studio Broadcasting 20 Designated MED1067

MED2109 Documentary Video 20 Designated MED1081

MED2092 Short Film Production 20 Designated MED1081

MED2110 Effects in Film Production 20 Designated MED1067 and MED1081

MED2111 Global Cinemas 20 Designated None

Stage two.

• Students have a choice of modules to refine practical skills and begin to specialize

• Conceptual briefs to develop creative thinking and new techniques.

• Research and academic skills explored to an advanced level

You’ve learnt to mix colours, but can you paint?

Stage three.

Integration of the module content:

• In the third year the emphasis is on independent study

• Students manage their own projects to a much greater degree

• Students can choose to focus on practical or theoretical modules as they move towards graduation

Course structure: Stage Three

Time Management, Planning and Organising, Flexibility, Commercial Awareness.

Code Module Title Credits Status Pre-Requisites

MED3052 Community Impact Project 20 Compulsory None

MED4031 Media Project and Dissertation 40 Compulsory None

MED3017 Global Television 20 Designated None

MED3053 Hollywood and Beyond 20 Designated None

MED3047 Live TV Production 20 Designated None

MED3054 Working in Creative Industries 20 Designated None

MED3046 Advertising & Commercial Film

Production

20 Designated None

MED3056 Cult Media 20 Designated None

Practical Dissertation ¹(40) (D)

• specialist technical and conceptual skills

(Catch the Bus – Winner Film Northants)

Dissertation (20) (D)

• developing research and writing skills

Practical dissertation.

Foundation StudyFramework.The Foundation Study Framework at the University of

Northampton is an opportunity for you to successfully study

a four-year version of the three-year degree without the

standard entry qualifications, whilst gaining critical study skills.

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Joint honours.

For 2020 entry can be taken with:

A B C D

Advertising Education Studies Business Accounting

Economics English Drama Business Entrepreneurship

History Law Education Studies Criminology

Popular Music Marketing Events Management Human Geography

Psychology Creative Film, Television and Digital Media

Production

Film and Screen Studies Human Resource Management

International Tourism Management

Sport Studies Health Studies International Politics

International Development Management Multimedia Journalism

Sociology Applied Social Care

• Use of broadcast recording equipment, studios and editing facilities

• Free mandatory UK site visits and trips

• Tuition fee waiver for placement and study abroad modules

• Master classes with industry practitioners

Special course features.

• We recommend to allow £50+ per year for Printing costs

• Additional storage space for all your work - External hard drive costs approx. £50

• Travel cost to film shoots: no more than £50

Additional costs.

Group project.

• Documentary/viral - initiative & self motivation

• Long term work experience gaining confidence in technical and conceptual abilities often challenging situations and environments.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTfY30oaIg0

Industry links

The

FilmLab

Student success stories.• Recent graduates have found work in Disney TV, 247.tv and BBC

• Others have set up their own successful production companies http://www.youtube.com/user/TimeCodePro?feature=watch

• Benjamin has just completed his first feature film entitled Travellerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24pP1Q-sTXs

• Dean Alexander

BA (Hons) Media Production and Moving image

• Jimmy Bricknell

HND Digital Film Making

We started Timecode Pro Ltd after we finished University. In the beginning we did a lot of work for little or no money, to build our portfolio and network. Now we are both able to receive a decent income from our business.

Student success stories.

Publications from some of our Academics

Dr. Lorna Jowett – Reader in Television Studies.

Dr. Michael Starr – Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies.

Dr. David Simmons – Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies

and English.

Our teaching team are research active and have a range of publications.

• Colette Foster, Joint Managing Director of Remarkable Television (Endemol),

• Michelle Lipton, writer for BBC Radio 4, Hat Trick Productions, and BBC One′s daytime soap Doctors.

• Paul Ashton, head of development at the BBC Writers’ Room, author of) The Calling Card Script: A Writer's Toolbox for Screen, Stage and Radio (2011).

• Critically acclaimed BAFTA winning Film and TV director, Kenny Glenaan, who works across independent film and high profile TV series.

• Jude Winstanley, freelance Channel 4 Production Manager and coordinator of The Unit List – a source for entry level jobs in the media industries.

• Nik Powell, Chairman of the BATFA film committee and director of the National Film and TV School, and multi-award winning Film Producer (Company of Wolves, The Crying Game, Little Voice ).

• Director, writer and producer Jeremy Wooding (Bollywood Queen, Blood Moon )

• Award-winning cinematographer Robert Shacklady (feature films, drama, commercials, documentaries)

• Bob Skrzynski, stop motion animator (Shaun the Sheep, Postman Pat)

Visiting speakers.

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Social Media Manager

Director of Photography

Grip

Web Content Creator

Cinematographer

Production Designer

EditorMarketing Manager Sound Technician

Digital Imaging

Director Producer Production Manager

Music/sound Editor

Scriptwriter Digital Media Creator

Lighting Technician

Location Manager

Visual Effects Producer (VFX)

Colourist

Careers.

Self employment options too, and loads more…

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Personal Tutor.

• You will be allocated a personal tutor at the start of the year

• They are there to help you with every aspect of university life

• They’ll be in touch at various point in the academic year

• You can arrange to meet them at any time

Money Matters.

• A range of scholarships and bursaries to support you

• Financial Guidance Team on hand to help you with any money queries from student loans to financial hardship, and budgeting to loans

Accommodation.

• Halls of Residence on campus, in the town centre and BoughtonGreen Road

• Private Sector Officer to give advice and guidance if you’re looking to go into private sector accommodation

Health.

• Doctor’s surgery on campus

• Counselling and Mental Health Team

• Additional Needs and Disability Support (ASSIST)

• Residential Life Team are there to support and advise students living in halls

Support.

We are here for you.

Thank you.Any questions?

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