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BA (Hons) Digital Film Production
The BA (Hons) Digital Film Production course reflects the changing nature of the UK broadcast and digital film landscapes where the deployment of digital technologies and the resultant new ways of working have led to convergence in production, an increased range of distribution and exhibition models, and new creative and enterprise opportunities.
The course is designed to impart the professional skills, knowledge and experience necessary to utilise digital technology to produce innovative and creative programming in a range of formats (music video, corporate, promotional, drama, children’s, documentary, reality, advertising, etc.) and for a range of contemporary and emerging media (across diverse platforms including streaming media, iPTV, and mobile).
Students will acquire professional and constructional competence in single camera production for broadcast media, for digital film, and for emerging digital platforms, and will learn in an environment that is equipped to professional broadcast standards mirroring the integrated workplace in which broadcast, film, and digital media professionals work.
The course will integrate vocational and academic learning and experiences, thereby offering a range of broader educational contexts for a strong vocational ethos. You will be taught by industry practitioners, both staff and visiting lecturers, and will gain experience of the industry through industry provided practice-based workshops, visits to productions, and placement.
Level 1
Level 1 concerns building a set of key vocational, technical, and organisational skills, and with engaging with theory within an industrial context. You will learn through practice and application.
At Level 1 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: theory and context; opportunities, trends and ideas; professional context; communication and visualisation; HD production skills; broadcast technology; HD digital cinematography; HD post-production; and Digital Post-Production Effects
Level 2
Level 2 is focused on developing comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the advanced practical skills required within digital film production, alongside directorial skills, and with further developing managerial and enterprise skills essential to the management and organisation of productions.
At Level 2 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: debate and polemic; contextual studies: dissertation preparation; marketing strategy;
advertising and promotions; directing for 360 degree platforms; production and location management for 360 degree productions; shooting for CGI and advanced digital post-production effects; and multi-platform production.
Level 3
Level 3 is designed to encourage interdisciplinary working, whilst individualising learning and facilitating the development of high-level specialisms. You will also undertake a research project focusing on new advances within your chosen discipline, and a major production.
At Level 3 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: dissertation; enterprise and entrepreneurship – making it happen; major project report;
professional skills – documentary and factual production; advanced skills – advanced cinematography; individual major project (production portfolio); sound design for moving image; and productions.
Programme Specification
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Contextual studies, and enterprise and entrepreneurship
The adaptability necessary to succeed as a design or media specialist comes not only from deep disciplinary knowledge. Graduates also need a breadth of knowledge and skills which some commentators have referred to as being ‘T-Shaped’. These additional skills include the ability to work with and increasingly work across disciplines, entrepreneurial attitudes and a knowledge of the business contexts in which they will operate. All undergraduate Ravensbourne programmes incorporate curriculum and learning activities designed to develop these skills in our students. Cross-disciplinary collaborative projects offer students the opportunity to work in teams with other disciplines.
The course structure draws on the creative synergies and frictions of the different disciplines at Ravensbourne and provides physical and intellectual opportunities for students to meet, learn and work together with students from different disciplines.
Students study subject specialist units, shared units and core units. Subject specialist units focus on subject specialist methodologies, technologies and processes and offer project-based learning that simulates contemporary professional practice.
Shared units are units which bring together courses in analogous specialist subject areas and allow students to gain skills common across these specialist subject areas, or to develop skills complimentary to those of the other specialisms and to work together on collaborative projects in the kinds of interdisciplinary teams common in industry. They therefore begin to introduce students to the real world context of specialism, a world where inevitably specialists work in inter-disciplinary teams.
Core units provide fundamental knowledge, skills and contexts which we believe are necessary for all the creative professionals who graduate from Ravensbourne and set students up with a model of the types of knowledge they will need continuously to update throughout their careers. Core units equip students with the ideation, visualisation and communication skills required in the creative process characteristic of design and media industries and common across our disciplines. They also provide the conceptual skills, theoretical frameworks and professional contexts necessary for students to position their work and develop their professional identity. Additionally, they ensure that students gain the promotional, marketing and enterprise skills necessary to make success happen in the real world.
Three years full-time
Ravensbourne’s BA (Hons) Digital Film Production course is available as a full time three-year course, or a fast track two-year course.
Assessment
You will be assessed through the completion of technical tasks, live projects, presentations, written reports, analyses, self-evaluations, and work experience.
Learning and support
You will study through a mix of practice and theory-based learning; this will include specialist-led learning sessions, lectures, workshops, projects, screenings, work placements, collaborations and e-learning.
Laptops
All students are required to own or have access to a laptop from the beginning of your studies. Laptops are an essential tool to support personalised learning and give you access, when and where you want it, to many of the creative tools and educational resources you will encounter during your studies.
Laptops are used extensively in all of our courses. You will need one to access our network, and to research, communicate and collaborate during your studies.
Career prospects
There are a wealth of career opportunities open to you in the film industry, ranging from green screen operator to HD camera technician, and special effects technician to production and location manager.
Duration
Three years full-time
Two years fast track
Entry requirements
Students will normally be expected to possess five GCSEs (grade C or above) or equivalent (including English and Mathematics) and also to hold at least one of the following or equivalent UK or international qualification:
• 2 A levels (grades A-C) or 4 AS levels (grades A-C)
• 2 vocational A level (grades A-C)
• Level 3 Foundation Diploma or National Diploma
• Advanced Diploma (grades A-C)
• International Baccalaureate (28 points or above)
Progression
Successful completion of this course can lead to further study at postgraduate level including Ravensbourne’s: MA / MSc Broadcast Futures.
How to Apply
UCAS code: P313 (3 year route)
PH13 (2 year fast track)
Institution: RAVEN RO6
Term starts
September 2012
Fees
£8,500 per year
Validated by
City University London
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