Digital Media Production BA (Hons)

Anglia Ruskin University

**Please note the title of this course has changed from BA (Hons) Digital Media for September 2021**New technologies and changing platforms mean there’s a growing demand for people with the skills to develop creative digitalcontent across social media and many other digital platforms. Whether it is for businesses, charities, arts organisations andbeyond you will be prepared with a transferable toolkit to take you on your digital journey, wherever that be.Our BA (Hons) Digital Media Production course will help you develop your creative vision and technical abilities, while giving youresearch and analytical skills to strengthen your creative ideas. You’ll be based in Cambridge School of Art, with access to allour industry-standard software, hardware and extensive facilities.Cambridge is the perfect place to study. It’s a tech hub at the forefront of the digital revolution, often called ‘Silicon Fen’ , withdigital agencies and companies including Sookio, Onespacemedia, Google, Microsoft and Amazon opening divisions here, aswell as creative organisations such as Collusion (link: http://www.collusion.org.uk/) and our very own StoryLab Research Institute(link: https://storylabresearch.com/). Thanks to our links with such companies, you’ll follow briefs and challenges that comestraight from industry, and get ongoing support to find placements and work experience. You can also take an optionalplacement year.As a BA (Hons) Digital Media Production student at ARU, you’ll develop your digital design and visual communication skillsalongside your media production expertise. Our teaching staff and technicians will help you explore, and keep up to date withnew industry developments, in areas such as interactive design and animation; video production; digital photography; webdesign; mobile apps; sound design; physical computing; user interfaces; motion graphics; Virtual Reality; 360 film-making andother technologies.Throughout your course you’ll have the chance to work on collaborative projects. This is a great way to develop highly soughtaftertransferable skills such as team working, project planning, digital portfolio creation and marketing. These are among theskills highlighted by Microsoft as the 'future of work'.At the end of your Digital Media Production degree, you’ll showcase your work in our Degree Show, which is attended everyyear by industry professionals and recruitment agenciesOur Art and Design courses ranked 8th in the UK for 'Satisfied with Course' and 3rd for 'Satisfied with Teaching' in The GuardianUniversity Guide 2020.