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BA (Hons) Editing and Post Production
The BA (Hons) Editing and Post Production course puts theory into practice and accordingly has a strong vocational ethos.
There are three key events in the life of every production: the script, the shoot, and the edit. Editing is where it all comes together, where meaning is created through cutting sound and picture. This is the moment when the story is finally told.
Editing is at the heart of this course and is backed up by a full range of related skills that will help you thrive in the post-production sector. This is an industry that continues to see rapid change and expansion: in the UK, post-production now employs around 25,000 people with a turnover of close to £2.2 billion per annum. From iPod to IMAX, post-production is delivering to an ever-widening range of platforms. The demand for multi-skilled professionals has never been greater. Responding to these imperatives, the BA (Hons) Editing and Post Production offers you skills in editing, screen graphics, visual effects, compositing, grading, audio-post, authoring, and broadcast technology. The chief aim of the course is to ensure that graduates are ready for industry and that they can ‘hit the ground running’.
Ravensbourne is highly regarded as one of only a handful of feeder institutions to the broadcast, film and communications industry. At Ravensbourne you’ll find a dynamic environment with facilities that mirrors industry practice. The course team are all practitioners with current knowledge of industry developments. Over the years we have built strong and lasting links with sector partners including: Avid, Quantel, Apple (Final Cut Pro), Digital Vision (Film Master), Autodesk (Smoke) and numerous Post houses and Production companies. Once on the course you’ll be editing professional news, documentary, drama and feature film rushes. Later you may have an opportunity to work on live projects set by clients, and collaborate with students from other courses at Ravensbourne.
Level 1
At Level 1 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: theory and context; opportunities, trends and ideas; professional context; communication and visualisation; first post; broadcast technology; cut to the chase 1; and cut to the chase 2.
Level 2
At Level 2 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: debate and polemic; contextual studies: dissertation preparation; marketing strategy; advertising and promotions; technical runner; offline editor; visual effects; and true story.
Level 3
At Level 3 you will study the following subject areas:
contextual studies: dissertation; enterprise and entrepreneurship – making it happen; major project report; high end; professional skills; portfolio; and post-production technology.
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) Editing and Post Production course is available as a full time three-year course.
Assessment
You will be continually assessed through preparation of written and project work. Assessment in the final year is through dissertation and portfolio.
Learning and support
You will learn a mixture of problem-based learning, design and prototyping, studio tutoring, and traditional teaching. You will be guided by professionally qualified and experienced teaching staff and visiting speakers from industry.
Laptops
You 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
Most graduates find immediate employment in post-production houses, broadcast/film organisations, and other related communications industries. Entry-level jobs typically range from runner or VT operator to assistant roles in editing, compositing or grading. The roll-call of employers include BBC, ITN, SKY, Talkback, Deluxe, The Mill, Pepper Post, The Farm and Molinare.
The course also provides essential skills in business and enterprise should the individual wish to start a business or manage a freelance career.
Duration
Three years full-time
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 the postgraduate degree MA / MSc Broadcast Futures.
How To Apply
UCAS code: PJ90 (3 year route)
Institution: RAVEN R06
Term Starts
September 2012
Fees
£8,500 per year
Validated by
City University London
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