Media Production with Professional Practice Year BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

Success in the media industry means creating powerful products that communicate with their target audiences through a constantly evolving range of media platforms. This course gives you the skills and insider knowledge needed to make that success happen. Producing media content is an exciting, up-to-the-minute form of social communication, strongly influenced by cultural, economic and political factors. To create innovative, effective communications across a range of platforms, you must be able to combine media theory with practical production skills.This broad-based course focuses on the production process while giving you the theoretical grounding you need. So you study practical units such as digital design, making sound and images, film-making and experimental production, combined with units ensuring your understanding of media theory and research, digital cultures and future digital production.**Professional Practice Year**This course has the option to be taken over four years which includes a year placement in industry. Undertaking a year in industry has many benefits; you gain practical experience and build your CV. It's also a great opportunity to sample a profession and network with potential future employers. There is no tuition fee for the placement year enabling you to gain an extra year of experience for free.**Why choose this course?**- Access to a wide range of professional production equipment including broadcast-standard TV and radio studios, green screen and 360 production- Study with industry-experienced, research-active tutors- Explore the latest world-class research through the Research Institute for Media, Art and Performance (RIMAP)- Participate in and contribute to student festivals and competitions, building your experience and your portfolio- Develop portable skills in communications and team-working, increasing your employability- Benefit from a course that opens up careers in television production, digital media production, journalism, teaching, advertising, media and PR