Higher Education Options

 York St Johns University 

Course: Film and Television Production

UCAS Points: 104 

Requirements: 3 GSCEs at Grade C/4 (or Equivalent) including English Language 

Course Summery: Students that enroll in this course will learn to create films and TV Programs that cover master production techniques and begin the possible future career in filming. What also is in this course are projects like to make video like content that captivates the audience and it requires students to know the way of mastering a range of technological production processes and with that students will learn many things and improve their skills. Things that students will be learning in this course are modules such as in year 1, Introduction to Media, Storytelling in more of a factual type of style, Story to Script, Media Production Skills and Finally for year 1 Applied Media Production Skills and these are the things that Students will learn in their first year in the University. In Year 2, Students will learn things like Screen Production and it provides practical experience for film making and simple media production, things like Documentary Studies and Transmedia Practice, Indies: to Indiewood and Beyond, Experimental Film Practice, a Short Film Project which will most likely consist of students working in groups to create something like a short film about something and Professional Practice. Finally in Year 3 students will work on things like a final project and 3 based Advanced Production skills that consist of different categories such as Directing, Cinematography/Production Design and Post Production in the image, other things that will be worked on are a Research Project, Studio Production TV and finally a Professional Portfolio that may suggest that students may have to show off all their work in one big portfolio. 

St Johns offers a lot to its students in the media course and this makes it a good choice is that it allows its students to learn a lot of things about the filming industry and how it provides content for its audiences in their project videos, it also offers a lot of learning experiences for to hopefully make their own films in the future for their career, this will also help my media career as I wish to make content/films for an audience to watch and enjoy so this will help me very well for my future. Why this course looks very good for learning experiences is because it offers a variety of different type of lessons that follow the filming type of topic and it the University also lets students access their TV Production Studios, Editing Suites and finally Specialist software's which will be a big aid to the projects students may get in the coming future. 

University of Sunderland

Course: Film and Media 

UCAS Points : 112

Requirements: GSCE/National 4/National 5. 

Course Summery: this course offers a distinctive amount of subjects to its students during their years on this course, Students will learn things like studying Film and Media Theory and those sessions will include practical sessions as well as covering historical contexts and debates in Film Media and Cultural Studies but also students will get the chance to work with scriptwriters, Film Makers and Media Practitioners and this gives them the opportunity to discuss, challenge, share and explore their passion about filming whether its TV or Movie like films. If students have already studied under HNC, HND and Foundation Degree or a started Degree in a relevant subject, Students may be able join this course through Stage 2 or 3. 

The University of Sunderland seems to offer a rather good amount of subjects for their students and gives them a good amount of things to learn from when it comes to having Film Makers and Script Writers helping them out which will improve work studies and possible projects coming up in the future. What makes this a good choice is because of the variety of subjects that are offered to students like studying Film and Media Theory which would help in projects that students are tasked with, what also makes this a good option is that the University allows its students to discuss things with existing people who have done these types of things before and they can give students a chance to learn more about them and hopefully in the future they can make their own films and publish them to the public.