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The level 3 BTEC media course will help develop your skillsand set you on your path to working in your chosen sector of the mediaindustry, from film and TV to photography, graphic design, advertising,journalism, animation, game design, publishing and marketing. You will learnresearch, developing ideas, planning, photography, filming techniques,lighting, video editing, media theory, photo editing, graphic design, and manymore skills.

During the course, you will create multiple short films,music videos, digital magazines and posters as well as video and photographicadverts.

You will be taught by team industry professionals with over50 years of teaching experience between them. Our lessons are very practicaland make full use of our excellent camera, studio and computer equipment.

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5 GCSEs at Grade 5 or above - Including English andMathematics or a relevant Level 2 qualification.

Module A1: Skills Development: This unit helps develop learners skills in photography video and graphic design.
Module A2: Creative Project: This is a live brief where students produce digital marketing content for social media.
Module B1: Personal Progression: In this unit students produce website portfolio and investigate future career options. They also produce a portfolio of evidence focused mainly on photography and graphic design.
Module B2: Creative Industry Response: Learner's create music videos and one short film in this unit.
Module C1: Critical Self Appraisal: This is a critical reflection level 4 unit. This unit helps to bridge the gap between level 3 and 4 really helps students with the move to university level work.

The course is assessed on coursework created and practical work, there are no exams. This allows for much more time and delivery on practical work and all aspects of the production process, from pre-production, production and post-production. Learners get ongoing feedback throughout the projects as well as summative feedback at the end of each unit. All coursework is assessed against the same five criteria for all units, informing ideas, problem solving, technical skill, professional practice and communication. Finally assessed work is grades at pass, merit or distinction.

Most students go on to study media at university, some goingon to do apprenticeships. We also have students that move directly intoindustry. A number of our students start working in the industry whilst on thecourse. The course is designed that students can move into any Media sector fortheir career.

All equipment is provided by the college, however having a camera is advantageous during the course.

The college has two Media Studios that can be used for both photography and filming. We have multiple PC suites with the full Adobe Creative Cloud installed. Learners can book out cameras and other equipment overnight or at weekends.

As part of the course we are involved withfilming and photographing for other departments and other courses. We alsoproduce promotional material for the College and its courses. This is ofteneven extended out to local businesses. Most of these projects are over andabove students’ College work. It provides excellent work experienceopportunities for our students in a real life scenario.