BA (Hons) Television and Digital Media ProductionAcademic Programme in MediaSchool of Art, Design and MediaFaculty of Arts

Future Proof Your TV CareerNew courseAimed at those wanting to

work in TelevisionWorking WITH changes

that are happening in the media

Combines theoretical learning, production skills, creative thinking and business acumen.

Prepare yourself for the workplaceGraduates will be…• Be responsive.• Be quick thinking.• Be pragmatic.• Be adaptable.

The T-Shaped Professional

How will we do this?• Rich mix of project work.

• Specialist strands.

• Relevant and contemporary theory.

• Cutting edge modules.

• Creation of sophisticated online profile.

• You begin the course as practitioners, taking the first step on your professional career.

Production Skills Taught by industry

professionals Staff have broadcast

backgrounds. Visiting Lecturers drawn

straight out of industry. Tasks and projects based on

professional briefs and expectations.

Allow you to develop a range of skills and to begin to focus in on specialist areas.

Creative Thinking Ideas will be the lifeblood of your

career. You will develop ideas, projects and

pitches all the time. You will learn to respond to briefs,

to clients, to requests. You will work in an environment

where you’re not afraid of testing a theory or trying something out.

Theoretical Learning Academic learning underpins this

work. It is what makes you a self aware

practitioner. It makes you critical You will be the kind of person who

wants to instigate change rather than just responds to it.

Business Acumen These ideas, these skills

and the knowledge are nothing unless you what to do with them.

You will learn how to position yourself and your work in the digital and creative industries.

You will learn to set up a business, create budgets, source funds and deliver to clients.

Staff Staff Skills and Specialisms have to fit together like

a jigsaw. Only then do you get a fully rounded education and

the learning you need to prepare you for industry. Our course team has the integrated skill set

required to deliver this course. They are current professionals with a wealth of

experience. Where we don’t know something then we bring in

specialist from across industry.

Resources and Facilities• Accredited Training

• High end TV studio

• Sound studios.

• Edit Suites

• Mac Labs

• Kit store brimming with latest equipment (which you can borrow in term time whenever you need to).

But this is an Honours Degree! More enquiring Not just training Rounding you out as a person. Helping you to look at and

think about the world differently.

Your staff don’t teach from text books – we write the text books!

Make you the sort of person who can lead and instigate change – not just react to it.

What will you leave with? Broad understanding of the

TV and media industry. Range of skills. Experience working with

diverse people. Preparedness for a rapidly

changing world of work. Online portfolio. Contacts.

What jobs could you do? Director Assistant Director Executive Producer Line Producer Multi-Camera Director Multi-media experience

designer. Web and Online Producer

Producer Casting Director Script Writer Story Producer Researcher Start-Up Founder Creative Entrepreneur

A Few Rules about how things workEach year is split into modules.

Each module has a value (either 20 or 40 credits).

You need to pass 120 credits to get to the next Level.

Fail and the are chances to retrieve modules.

You don’t earn you degree without passing 3 years of modules (i.e. 360 credits).

Your final grade is calculated on your average mark in the final year.

What exactly will you be studying?1st YEARCore skills and ideas

Practice Foundations: Digital TV Industry: Understanding Audiences: Introduction to Media Theory and practical electives (TV or Digital Media).

2nd YEARBuilding on skills and finding your specialism

Core Practice: Television Drama: Factual Entertainment: Immersive Media and practical electives (Cinematography, Scriptwriting or Production Management).

3rd YEARRealising your ideas and planning for the future

Final Project: Portfolio: Placement: Enterprise and practical electives (Comedy Writing, Pervasive Media, Entertainment TV or Documentary Production)

Work Sample found at: http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/broadcastmedia/work/

Introduction to Media Theory Provides a bedrock for the

rest of your theoretical learning.

Basic media study concepts, ideas and readings.

Essential to complete degree.

You will write an essay at the end of the first semester.

Led by

Digital TV Industry First Semster. Introduces you to

theoretical and practical thinking about TV.

Discuss changes in format and the impacts this has.

Write an essay and develop a programme idea

Led by Dr Dario Llinares.

Practice Foundations First and Second Semester. 40 credits. Provides the practical

backbone of your course. First semester focuses on

factual production, the second on drama.

Learning camera, lights, script, edit.

Led by Philip Connolly and Catherine Donaldson.

New Media Audiences. Led by Dario Llinares Takes ideas developed in the

first semester and extends them.

Look at how digital and web media change audiences.

Consider how are creators you need to respond to this.

Develop a new media marketing campaign and write an essay.

Led by Dr Dario Llinares

Practical OptionLive TV Production

Studio based. Multi-camera Work in teams producing

live content with industry specialist.

Practical module. Intended for those

interested in working in Live TV.

Digital Media Design Web based. Learn basic web, design

and editing skills. Individual work preparing

you for work in digital industries.

Provides you with a useful set of skills with which to market yourself.

Support – talk to someone University is hard. The are lots of challenges. The staff are on your side. Personal Tutor you meet at

least once a semester. Discuss academic issues.

Student Support are on hand to discuss personal issues.

Feedback via Student Reps.

Student Reps We need to decide who

they are… Two meetings a year We need representatives

who can talk for the group, show up for the meetings, take things seriously and present a balanced impression of the course.

You have your induction programme… don’t you?

You’ll meet me again later in the week for a quick chat and get together.

Dario has set you a very simple induction task to get things going.