Television Production, BSc (Hons)

Course summary

You will gain experience of producing your own television shows using industry-standard facilities, including our purpose-built, state-of-the-art virtual production studio. You will work on a range of TV genres including drama, documentary, entertainment and factual, both in the studio and on location. You will also learn to create multi-platform content that embraces emerging technologies, develop TV formats, write scripts and pitch to commissioning editors. The course is led by industry experts and is taught through a mix of practical and theory-based learning. Modules include: Television History and Analysis TV Production and Technology Producing and Directing for TV Multi-Platform Production Professional Practice Enterprise, Development and Production Audiences, Screens and PlatformsEmployabilityGraduates will be prepared for a broad range of careers in television, broadcast and video production. This could include roles such as producer, director, production manager, scriptwriter, researcher, floor manager, camera operator, vision mixer, sound recordist, lighting technician and editor. FacilitiesWe’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.

Modules

[Year one]

• Craft Skills and Technologies (40 credit points)

• TV Contextual Landscapes (20 credit points)

• Television: Studio Practice (20 credit points)

• Storytelling and Production (40 credit points)

[Year two]

• Unscripted Television (40 credit points)

• Scripted Television (40 credit points)

• CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)

• Optional module. You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

• Encountering Objects (delivered entirely online)

• Experimental Animation

• Telling Stories

• Digital Marketing and Communication

• Responding to the Visual World

[Year three]

• Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Personal Project (40 credit points)

• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Personal Portfolio (20 credit points)

- Television Production Collaboration (60 credit points)

Assessment method

Year 1 coursework (100%)Year 2 coursework (100%)Year 3 coursework (100%)People excel in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. On this course you will be assessed on a range of individual and group presentations, and your final year project. Your work in Year Two accounts for 20% of your final degree mark, and your work in your final year accounts for the other 80%

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[Year one]

• Craft Skills and Technologies (40 credit points)

• TV Contextual Landscapes (20 credit points)

• Television: Studio Practice (20 credit points)

• Storytelling and Production (40 credit points)

[Year two]

• Unscripted Television (40 credit points)

• Scripted Television (40 credit points)

• CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)

• Optional module. You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

• Encountering Objects (delivered entirely online)

• Experimental Animation

• Telling Stories

• Digital Marketing and Communication

• Responding to the Visual World

[Year three]

• Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Personal Project (40 credit points)

• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Personal Portfolio (20 credit points)

- Television Production Collaboration (60 credit points)