Department of Media Production

On this degree, you will be exposed to an exciting range of experiences within film culture, from industry practice through to experimental cinema. During the course you will examine film through a variety of different approaches, building an understanding of filmmaking through both practice and theory. This includes topics such as the distribution, marketing, buying and fundraising for films, alongside film production.

This course, delivered at Wiltshire College and University Centre’s Salisbury campus, is the perfect blend of academic study and practical assignments. It will prepare you for work in the film or TV industries as it gives you the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, from music videos and adverts to dramas and documentaries. You’ll graduate with a wealth of experience in the area of film production, allowing you to go on to work in a variety of exciting roles within the industry.

If you see yourself as a storyteller, content producer and future leader of media consumption, then this industry-focused course will help you develop the tools you’ll need, with its core disciplines being film, audio production and digital media design, underpinned by scriptwriting.

During this course, held at Wiltshire College and University Centre’s Salisbury campus, you’ll undertake a wide range of projects, including professionally guided assignments, research into the industry, as well as the production of a professional-style portfolio. You’ll work in fully-equipped studios, including traditional darkrooms, and will use professional-standard cameras and lighting equipment. You’ll also have the opportunity to use the latest digital imaging software.

On this course, you’ll produce your own programmes, fictional as well as factual, both in the studio and on location, giving you crucial hands-on experience as well as a solid grounding in real-world professional television production.

This course provides high-level industry staff-expertise and image capture technologies, which will enable you to flourish in the continually evolving arena of imaging for film and television. During the course, you will develop key intellectual and practical skills that meet, or challenge and exceed, current industry practice and expectations. It seeks to develop in parallel; your artistic eye, your technical skills, your team-working skills as part of camera crews, and your collaborative skills working with directors.

The Director is central to the creative process in media production. This Master’s is designed to build and develop your knowledge in that field, enabling you to step up to the challenge of delivering award-winning productions. It’s a hands-on course which provides many opportunities for practical production across different platforms and genres in both factual and fictional filmmaking.

A theoretical grounding in topics such as narrative and storytelling underpins technical training in the latest software and hardware, which will give you the tools to turn your ideas into reality. You will also be encouraged to develop critical perspectives on the changing media industry and to challenge current practice, developing the analytical skills required to reflect, learn and grow as a successful editor.

This Masters is for students who want to complement their ideas and aspirations with the practical skills needed to make film and television programmes. Whether you plan to join the production team of a film crew, shape a career as a researcher, associate producer or development exec, or even run your own independent production company, this course will give you the practical training and theoretical grounding to help you to achieve your ambitions in the dynamic world of media production.

With a uniquely collaborative emphasis, this course offers opportunities for some of the scripts you develop over the course to be produced, through close collaboration with students from MA Producing Film and Television, MA Directing Film and Television and MA Radio Production. This equips you with the skills and attitudes required for successful script development processes in the industry. The course is busy, intensive and involves much teamwork alongside individual writing practice.

This master's will advance your sound knowledge in a variety of different genres, ranging from documentary to drama and animation. Relevant industry practice underpins teaching and learning methods on this course, which aims to enable you to develop creative opportunities in sound. You will have the advantage of working in a range of tailor-made facilities, including specially built post-production sound studios, foley/commentary recording suites, as well as other facilities.