Creative Digital Media Production
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What is Creative Digital Media Production?
This course allows the students to learn and practice from the perspective of a professional in the creative media industry. By delivering a range of projects throughout the 2-year course you can have hands on experience of how the media industry functions at both theoretical and practical level. The course is mapped carefully through a range of units including ‘Scriptwriting’, ‘Single Camera Techniques’, ‘Video Editing’, ‘Film Production’ and ‘Responding to a Commission’. Each unit allows the student to learn skills specific to the industry and then gives them the opportunity to try their hand at the tasks.
Why study Creative Digital Media Production?
The creative media industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK and within that sector are a huge variety of careers that include journalism, film and TV production, advertising and marketing, design, publishing and so much more – many of the skills you will learn in this course.
Even if you don’t pursue a career in this sector, the skills you’ll develop will transfer to any sector you do work in. The ability to analyse, evaluate, create, work with others, lead a team, promote yourself or a product and, most importantly, apply yourself and work hard, will stand you in good stead whether you choose a career in the Creative Sector or something else entirely.
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Creative Digital Media ProductionCourse Content
This course offers students the opportunity to learn and apply industry skills to practical tasks. For the single award students take 5 of the units below, for the double students will take all 10.
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AO1 Apply knowledge and understanding of media production processes and skills when
responding to a brief
AO2 Demonstrate application of knowledge and understanding to create appropriate assets in
responses to a brief
AO3 Demonstrate selection and use of appropriate skills required for asset management
AO4 Demonstrate application of appropriate technical skills in the creation of a media product
AO5 Synthesise ideas in order to produce creative responses that meet the needs of the brief
| UNIT 7Media Enterprise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In this unit you will:
A: Develop a brief for the production of a new media product or service
B: Apply enterprise skills to plan the production of new media product or service
C: Produce a new digital media product or service through application of media
enterprise skills
D: Review media enterprise skills
| UNIT 8Responding to a Commission | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of media production processes and related
considerations when responding to a brief
AO2 Apply knowledge and understanding of media production processes in context, demonstrating
how constraints affect decisions and the ability to adapt to changes in requirements
AO3 Analyse and interpret information related to purpose, technical and logistical requirements of
the brief and evaluate solutions for implementation with appropriate justification
AO4 Be able to respond creatively to a brief demonstrating the ability to synthesise a range of
ideas
| UNIT 21Film Editing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In this unit you will:
A: Understand apps and application environments
B: Explore app development frameworks
C: Produce an app for a specific audience and purpose.
| UNIT 10Film Production | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In this unit you will:
A: Understand codes and conventions of fictional film production
B: Produce material for a fictional film of a specified genre
C: Apply post-production techniques to a fictional film utilising codes and conventions of a specified genre.
| UNIT 18Storyboarding for Digital Production | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In this unit you will:
A: Understand the use of storyboards in a range of digital media sectors
B: Explore storyboard skills for production purposes
C: Create and review storyboards for digital creative media production.
| UNIT 19Script Writing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In this unit you will:
A: Examine the role of a scriptwriter
B: Explore scriptwriting formats and conventions for media products
C: Produce scripts for media products.
| UNIT 20Single Camera Techniques | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In this unit you will:
A: Examine the role of a scriptwriter
B: Explore scriptwriting formats and conventions for media products
C: Produce scripts for media products.
| UNIT 23Stop Motion Animation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mr M Bullock
SUBJECT LEADER FOR MEDIA
We are so delighted you are considering Creative Digital Media Production as one of your BTECs. My team and I are passionate about the study of Creative Digital Media Production and are keen to impart our love for the subject on you too.
I would be really happy to answer any questions you may have about Creative Digital Media Production; please do not hesitate to contact me.
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