BA (Hons) Contemporary Media
Practice
Length of course: 3 years
full-time
Clockwise from top left: Deep Impact, (photograph),
Richard Clark; studio production view; Virtually Life
(video / animation), David Knox (still); Thirteen:
Seven, (film) dir. Alex Paterakis (still)
This long established course combines film, video,
photography, digital media and theoretical debates, and continues
to break new ground in contemporary media production.
Practical instruction in a range of visual media from film and
video to interactive digital media and photography encourages
multi-skilling within an innovative and creative environment.
Students may specialise in one or two media or forge new links
between converging and cross-disciplinary media.
Course content
Practice is taught through workshop-based projects, supported
by a critical theory programme. You will acquire a set of
transferable skills that will equip you to enter the media and new
media industries in a variety of roles.
Graduates regularly win awards and have a high employment rate
within areas such as film direction, production and editing, BBC
production and education, Channel 4 programming, internet design
and start-up companies, photographic and video art installation;
many exhibit on the international circuit.