Do you have a passion for TV? Are you fizzing with ideas for fresh, exciting content? Do you want to know how to get ideas out of your head and onto the screen? This programme offered by the could be for you.
YouÕll learn how to generate great ideas and quality factual content, how the modern business of television works and how issues of editorial and ethics affect programme-makers today.
Practice is at the heart of everything we do. Developed to mirror professional practice in the industry, teaching will include masterclasses, workshops and pitching panels with experienced professionals.
The course will cover core areas of factual TV:
- factual formats
- specialist factual
- access-led documentary
Within these modules, youÕll explore ethical issues of representation, consent, trust and editorial control while learning about the business of factual content.
Careers
- YouÕll be given many industry experience opportunities throughout the course. YouÕll greatly enhance your employment prospects through working with professional briefs and interacting with a wide range of professionals currently working in factual production.
- Several leading production companies offer placement opportunities to students on the course. Production professionals also contribute to the delivery of many modules. In responding to relevant briefs set alongside industry, youÕll cultivate communication, team working and interpersonal skills to a professional level. Pitching regularly to senior industry personnel will help you to acquire the entrepreneurial skills required of a 21st century media professional.
