BA (Hons) Television
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e by Robert Belton
The BA Media Studies Television course is designed to give
students a good understanding of how broadcast television works and
to help students identify the type of role they might play in the
industry.
What we teach are the skills to use a camera, edit video, produce a
studio programme and make documentaries.
You will also gain an understanding of the
way the industry works beyond production, in areas like scheduling, production management and
sales.
You may get an opportunity to present but that is not our priority.
What we will not do is make you the next Cat
Deeley or Graham Norton - nor will we make you a Hollywood director
of photography.Practical work is taught two days a week
alongside the theory parts of the course and is given equal weight
in the final assessments. Not only do we demand a good academic
standard, we would like to see some prior interest in the medium,
ideally from a practical point of view.
We don't expect everyone to have made videos, but we would like
to know you are interested in the medium more than 'just
watching the telly'. Experience in school drama productions is
useful as well as some interest in photography, for
example.
We understand that many students need to work to pay their way
through university and Londonoffers
enormous opportunities for work experience in the media. You are
also encouraged to visit programme making as part of a studio
audience to see what happens.
We do encourage you to get experience and can offer advice but
cannot guarantee work placements. However, you are more likely to
find opportunities for work experience in London than elsewhere.
Some students have managed to get ongoing work experience with
production companies through their time as students.
Media studies students have high rates of employability because
apart from the television skills, students learn how to work on
their own and in groups, to take responsibility, to organise and
manage themselves and learn computer skills.
For more information please contact:
Jane Thorburn
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Television
thorbuj@wmin.ac.uk