Television Production (with Optional Technical Arts Pathway)

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 9 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 11.2 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
401–500 place StudyQA ranking:2775 Duration:36 months

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Description

Our BA Television Production degree begins with a solid foundation in the knowledge and skills required to make TV, developing skills in research, production, direction and writing as well as technical craft skills so you can work in the television industry at a highly creative and professional level. We also offer separate Production and Technical Arts pathways from year two for those wishing to specialise.

Why study BA Television Production at Middlesex?

Our practical, production-focused course is one of the most hands-on television degrees in the UK. We provide an in-depth education in the production of documentary, drama, and entertainment formats. You will learn about researching, producing, writing, directing, editing and filming for location and studio-based productions and multi-platforms.

A substantial proportion of the course is undertaken in production groups, with an emphasis on teamwork, supported by technical and skilling tutorials. There is considerable freedom in the second and third years to decide which roles you want to develop particular expertise and the degree offers a unique opportunity to pursue a Technical Arts degree pathway and exit award for students passionate about Technical Craft roles like Camera Operator, Sound Recordist and Editor. The degree culminates in a final production where you have the opportunity to fully express your creativity and independence across the TV genres in which you hope to specialise.

Course highlights:

  • This course has been awarded the , the industry kitemark of quality – find out more under Accreditation

  • We have some of the finest television production facilities and high-end professional resources in UK higher education – find out more in the

  • Tutors are all television professionals and our visiting lecturers include professional directors, producers and broadcasters from leading organisations like the BBC and Input Media, ensuring that you are in close contact with the industry throughout the course

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee
  • GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
  • GBP 11200 Year (Non-EEA)
Start date October 2015 October 2015 EU/International induction: September 2015 Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test
  • English
Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

What will you study?

This largely practical degree allows you to acquire fundamental knowledge and to progress your skills in TV production. You will be supported in applying these at a highly creative and professional level. All students develop a deep understanding of the television industry and communication theory as well as gaining substantial practical production skills in single and multi-camera projects in the first year. In the second year, there is a greater opportunity to focus on form and craft skills, with optional modules in television documentary, drama, entertainment., production and post-production practice As you progress through the course, you will be able to focus your skills around a career pathway that suits your individual abilities and interests and by your final year, you will be in a position to tailor your studies specifically to your career aspirations.

You will learn through lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops, spending many hours working on studio and location productions. It's an exciting and stimulating environment that will give you essential experience of working as part of a team, taking on a specific responsibility and juggling a schedule.

Year 1 (All modules are compulsory)

Television: Medium and Industry

This module aims to enable students to develop academic skills and industry knowledge. It aims to equip them with the expertise necessary to understand how the current broadcasting structures, production practices and programme forms came about and continue to develop - from television's live studio broadcasting beginnings to tapeless non-linear production and multiplatform output today. It also aims to provide an opportunity for students to investigate in depth an aspect of the industry, its technology, production practices or programme forms which they wish to study in greater detail and in which they may ultimately desire to work.

Television: Texts and Contexts

This module aims to enable students to learn how TV programme-makers communicate using sound and image and through writing, editing and performance. It aims to introduce students to some of the medium's most significant and distinctive programmes and programme forms, and to ways of thinking about the historical and contemporary forms that television production, both linear and multiplatform take - and to ask why they have evolved in the ways they have, through the use of a number of different critical approaches.

Location Filming

This module aims to enable students to acquire a basic knowledge of the technical, operational and creative processes involved in single-camera production. It will engage students in a range of individual and small group workshops and exercises including camera, lighting, sound and editing. It will provide students with the skills necessary to script, plan and shoot a short single-camera drama and documentary on location. Students will also be introduced to the concepts of programme structure, production management, and ethical and legal constraints.

Studio Production

This module aims to enable students to acquire a broad understanding of the key concepts associated with Television Studio Production. It will engage students in a range of group workshops and exercises, including multi-camera operation, set design, studio lighting, direction, autocue and vision mixing. Students will also be provided with the skills necessary to plan and shoot a range of multi-camera programmes, from entertainment to drama, in the TV Studio.

Year 2 (Students must take four modules; the first is compulsory, there is a choice for the remaining three. Students seeking to take the Technical Arts pathway must take the two Technical modules.)

Television: Research and Theory

This module aims to enable students to identify and evaluate contemporary debates in television studies in a global context and apply this knowledge to informed presentation and critical analysis. Students will study critical approaches to television genres and explore key moments and movements in the history, development and current practice of television as an art and an industry.

Television Drama - Optional

This module aims to introduce students to the theory and practice of television drama, exploring key movements and critical ideas in the history, development and practice of the form. It will draw on national and international examples to enable critical reflection on, and provide an insight into, the diversity of dramatic forms on television. It allows students to build on the production-centred modules in Level 4 to write, produce and direct their own short dramas in small groups. The module will enable students to develop the skills, knowledge, teamwork and professionalism involved in drama production from first concept to final cut. Finally the module will look at developments in drama production and distribution that go beyond television in the form of online exhibition and made-for-multiplatform webisodes.

Television Documentary - Optional

This module aims to introduce students to the theory and practice of television documentary, exploring key movements and critical ideas in the history, development and practice of the form. Using national and international examples, the module aims to encourage and enable critical reflection on, and give students an insight into, the diversity and range of contemporary documentary programme making, including the ethical considerations implicit in all documentary production. It will enable students to produce short documentaries of their own, working in small production teams, from pre-production research through to post-production.

Entertainment - Optional

This module aims to introduce students to the theory and practice of television entertainment production and explores key movements in the history, development and current practice of the form. Drawing on examples from national and international television output, the module intends to encourage and enable critical reflection and give students an insight into the diversity and range of contemporary entertainment formats. It enables students to enhance their studio production skills, producing a range of different forms of entertainment output, for both linear and multiplatform delivery. Optional

Client-led Video - Optional

This module aims to enable students to gain experiences working in real-life 'client-led' video production practices. It enables students to get an insight into working with clients in a professional context in order to enhance their transition into the moving image industry. The module will also introduce students to real world ethical and compliance issues by providing them with actual production opportunities with both actual clients and in-house productions.

Camera, Lighting and Sound Technologies - Optional

This module aims to enhance students' skills with camera, sound and lighting technologies and advance their craft skills and technical knowledge. Students will explore key movements in the history and development of practice both on location and in the studio. Drawing on examples from national and international television as well as film output, the module aims to encourage and enable critical reflection and give students an insight into the diversity and range of contemporary production techniques and professional practices.

Post Production Technologies - Optional

This module aims to enhance students' familiarity with post-production technologies and craft skills. Drawing on examples from national and international television as well as film output, the module aims to encourage and enable critical reflection and give students an insight into the diversity and range of contemporary post-production techniques, formats, workflows and professional practices. In the context of a rapidly-changing and increasingly interactive operating environment, the module also looks closely at current developments in multi-platform content distribution.

Year 3 (All modules are compulsory)

Television Today and Tomorrow

This module aims to enable students to pursue advanced independent study. Focusing on the development of academic skills and industry knowledge students are equipped with the expertise necessary to research and write an extended essay about a specific aspect of television including areas such as industry, technology or programming. Students are provided with the opportunity to investigate, in depth, an aspect of television that interests them. The module offers students the flexibility to pursue their own areas of interest and expertise whilst being continually updated on the contemporary television landscape - and critical approaches to it.

Career Portfolio

This module aims to provide students with an opportunity to develop a critical understanding of the production cultures and practices of the television industry. It will enable students to devise and sustain a reflexive response to their experiences in production, and to develop and apply the tools of critical reflection that will underpin their workplace learning both now and in the future.

Major Project: Television Production

This module aims to consolidate the student's experience in practice in the shape of a major production project. It will facilitate advanced independent skills development to prepare students for progression to production-related positions in the television and related media sectors. It will enable students to produce a work that is the culmination of the underpinning knowledge, editorial and/or technical craft skills and critical approaches developed throughout the programme of study. It allows students to use industry interviews to inform their Major Project in order to enable them to create a production they can enter into competitions, festivals and online or other forms of distribution and use as a calling card for industry.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test.

Requirements

We normally make offers on 280 UCAS tariff points. GCSE English with a minimum of Grade C is required. BTEC National Diploma/International Baccalaureate/Advanced & Progression Diplomas at equivalent tariff are also accepted. We accept the Access to HE Diploma. Applications from mature candidates without formal qualifications are welcomed provided they can demonstrate appropriate levels of relevant ability and experience. We normally invite students to submit a portfolio and attend an interview.

International Entry Requirements

We accept the equivalent of the above from a recognised overseas qualification. To find out more about the requirements from your country, see further information under . For details of other equivalent requirements that Middlesex accepts see .

English language requirements for international students

You must have competence in English language and we normally require Grade C GCSE or an equivalent qualification. The most common English Language requirements for international students is IELTS 6.0 (with minimum 5.5 in all four components).

Middlesex also offers an that ranges from 5-17 weeks depending on your level of English. Successful completion of this course would meet English language entry requirements.

Interview

You will be asked to attend an interview and take part in a structured group activity. The interview will be with a lecturer from Television Production and you should allow for about two hours at the university. You should, above all, demonstrate a passion for moving image practice. We will also be looking for evidence of the key skills that underpin successful production practice. This includes creative input to a collaborative process, technical understanding and skilling, effective team-working and communication.

We would really encourage you to bring along examples of your work in the area of Television Production, specifically anything that highlights your skill set and creativity. Short videos in a QuickTime or DVD format would be welcomed, and we'd also like to see evidence of your contribution to video production projects in the form of written materials. We recognise that what you showcase will depend entirely on your experience and interests, however some examples of pieces you might want to bring include treatments, scripts and storyboards, set designs, and production management paperwork (schedules, call-sheets, locations reports etc.).

Finally, it is very important to have a broad knowledge of contemporary Television Practice and know why you have chosen this field of study and what ambitions you have for graduation.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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