BA (Hons) Television Post-Production (Full Time)
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Description
This degree, part of the Television Production programme, allows you to acquire the specialist skills needed for post-production.
After studying the core foundation units in Year 1 (shared with Television Studio Production and Television and Video Production), you will be able to specialise in post-production. You will study advanced editing techniques and have the option to explore areas such as motion graphics and post-production sound.
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You will have access to the latest digital editing facilities across the University. Our edit suites are linked to a central server by state-of-the-art fibre optic cabling. This allows students access to their edits on any suite at any time. Tuition s…
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This degree, part of the Television Production programme, allows you to acquire the specialist skills needed for post-production.
After studying the core foundation units in Year 1 (shared with Television Studio Production and Television and Video Production), you will be able to specialise in post-production. You will study advanced editing techniques and have the option to explore areas such as motion graphics and post-production sound.
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You will have access to the latest digital editing facilities across the University. Our edit suites are linked to a central server by state-of-the-art fibre optic cabling. This allows students access to their edits on any suite at any time. Tuition spans technical and aesthetic learning, as well as an overview of editing in the historical development of both film and television genres.
All students on this degree have the opportunity to join Solent Productions, the University’s own video production company. With a range of internal and external clients, you will have the opportunity to work on a huge range of productions – from corporate, promotional and training programmes through to the massive outside broadcast shoot at the Glastonbury Festival.
 
Industrial focus
You will be working on real projects, with real clients and to real deadlines. Project work in post-production uses professionally shot material, so you will have the opportunity to compare your editing skills against the final broadcast programme.
Course content
Year 1
Five core units:
- Introduction to TV Production
- Issues in TV History
- Writing for Television
- Researching for Television
- I-Media.
Year 2
Five core units and one option unit:
- Factual Production
- Fiction Production
- Contemporary British Television
- Introduction to Professional Practice
- Interactive Production.
Options:
- Sound Aesthetics and Sound Editing
- VJ Culture and Expanded Cinema
- Story Structures for Editors
- Community Production
- Videography.
Year 3
Four core units and one option unit:
- Major Project
- Working in the Creative Industries
- Advanced Editing with Final Cut Pro
- Television Futures.
Options:
- Motion Graphics for Video
- Experimental Media
- Pitching, Presenting and Communication
- Curriculum Plus.
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Why choose Solent?
State-of-the-art equipment, hugely experienced staff and a creative environment mean that this Skillset Media Academy course will be an ideal preparation for a future in post-production.
- Solent is a Skillset Media Academy and is officially recognised as a national centre of excellence in media education.
- Three fully equipped television studios, including a full high-definition studio with seating for an audience of up to 200.
Assessment
Entirely coursework-based, using a mixture of production work, written essays and presentations.
Projects/work experience
All students must undertake a minimum of 120 hours’ work experience during the course.
Key career skills
Creative thinking, presentation, project management, visual communication, evaluation and problem solving.
Graduate quote
David Gamble, Editor, Shakespeare in Love
“I have been impressed by the high levels of competence and creativity shown by the undergraduate students on the TV Post-Production course. The students are engaged and committed, and their work displays intelligence and maturity.”
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