Media

Level 2 Diploma in Creative Digital Media Skills

Introduction

The world of media is fast paced, exciting and continually evolving. This course can help you take your first steps towards a career in the digital media industry. You will gain a broad knowledge of the industry and will develop essential skills that could lead to employment in a wide range of job roles across the creative digital media sectors.

This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.

This course is available at our Watford campus.

• Course Code

  Course Code:

  8900

• Entry Criteria

  3 GCSEs (A*-D/9-3) including English or completion of a Level 1 programme.

  You will also be invited to a Course Introduction Meeting.

• What will I study?

  You’ll study the following core and mandatory units:

  • Digital media sectors and audiences

  • Planning and pitching a digital media product

  • Final digital production project

  • Media industry in context

  • Deconstruction media products

  You’ll also be able to choose from optional specialist units, and are required to pick 2 from the following:

  • Digital moving image production

  • Digital audio production

  • Digital publishing production

  • Website production

  • Digital games production

  As well as 4-6 other optional units, including:

  • Digital editing for moving image

  • Advertising production

  • Factual media production

  • Digital audio editing

  • Writing for digital media

  • Digital games testing

  • Lighting for moving image

  Live briefs will focus your thoughts and project time, whether you’re working in teams or alone to plan and produce audio-visual media.

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  Alongside your course you’ll study English and maths and take part in GAP work placements to develop your skills and confidence.

• What can I do next?

  Your study options include Level 3 Extended diploma courses in: TV & Film, Photography, Media Production. Possible careers include junior positions in film or TV industry, photography, sound creation or the advertising industry.

  For more information visit the National Careers Service

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