UK FILM COURSES

Graduate from the UK's only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a recognised Skillset Screen and Media Academy. Radio is undergoing enormous changes both in the way it is created and in the way we listen to it. The development of DAB, Internet Radio and Podcasting bring with them opportunities for reaching new audiences and for using sound in fresh, exciting ways. At the same time the chance to operate low-budget, small-scale community stations puts this powerful tool in the hands of charities and companies seeking to reach local audiences directly and professionally. We aim to offer you the skills to work in radio and audio production in an industry where an understanding of a variety of media and platforms is increasingly important.

This award winning, highly practical course is designed for graduates and practising professionals from a range of disciplines, including freelancers seeking to move into independent production and community groups, as well as overseas students keen to explore radio broadcasting in their own countries. A key aspect of the course is its attention to new technologies including digital editing and mixing and exploration of the possibilities afforded by the Internet. Students operate an Internet radio station, BIRSt (www.birst.co.uk) enabling them to gain 'hands-on' experience of scheduling, managing and running a radio station.

MA Radio Production is part of the Media School's portfolio of production MAs. Students will develop the skills to produce radio programmes and audio content (e.g. podcasts) and they will also work on projects in teams with students in other disciplines such as scriptwriting and interactive media.

Taught within the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), this full time one year MA prepares you for a life within the computer animation industry. Bournemouth University was voted the number one place to study Computer Animation in UK by 3D Magazine. For more information see our website or come visit us at an open day.

The aim of MSc Computer Animation and Visual Effects is to produce graduates with the range and depth of technical skills necessary to become future Technical Directors within the computer animation and computer games sectors. Students will gain knowledge and skills which will enable them to understand Computer Animation production and implement appropriate tools for such productions. Students have regular presentations and master classes from invited industry speakers. This exposure to real-world projects and state-of-the-art techniques from professional practitioners is highly valued by s… more

Taught within the National Centre for Computer Animation, (NCCA) the MA Digital Effects course objective is to create graduates with the range and depth of skills necessary to be future digital effects supervisors or visual effects designers. The course is orientated toward the creation of well rounded digital effects artists for the feature film effects industry. The skills and experience gained can equally be applied to the production of effects for television commercials, computer games, music promos and television series.

Multi-skilling defines this groundbreaking Bournemouth course"“ the first in the UK to explore the full potential of multi-platform (convergent) news publishing. It is accredited by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council.

When you leave the course, you will be able to cover any news story for the web, for television, and for radio. You can take a story from one medium and transfer it into another "“ television to radio "“ radio to online writing. You can adapt and deepen stories, yet work to the sharpest deadline. And you will be able to edit video, audio and text into pack… more

Graduate from the UK's only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a recognised Skillset Screen and Media Academy. This 12 month Masters degree aims to develop your creative authorship skills in directing drama for television and digital film.

We believe that study at postgraduate level is about developing key intellectual and practical skills that not only match industry expectations but also challenge current practice, constantly striving to develop new approaches and techniques. This course is aimed at those with experience of authoring moving image work, either in the industry… more

Graduate from the UK's only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a recognised Skillset Screen and Media Academy. This 12 month Masters degree aims to develop your creative skills, techniques and collaborative approaches to become a successful post production editor ready for employment in today's evolving media industry.

We believe that study at postgraduate level is about developing key intellectual and practical skills that not only match industry expectations but also challenge current practice, constantly striving to develop new approaches and techniques. This course is… more

Graduate from the UK's only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a recognised Skillset Screen and Media Academy. Do you want to produce the next generation of film and television programmes? Do you see yourself developing your career as a researcher, associate producer or production manager? Or perhaps you have plans to run your own independent production company? If so, this is the course for you.

The Media School is one of only two Skillset Academies (Screen and Media) within the UK. It is also the home of the UK's only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice. The School is… more

This part-time MA Screenwriting course is taught entirely by residential/attendance periods combined with distance-learning, allowing you to fit study in-and-around your other commitments.

You will be on campus for approximately three weeks during the entire two-year course in a total of four residential periods. During these periods you will be involved in a range of activities that are designed to develop your knowledge and expertise, in the area of 'writing for the screen', such as:

Lectures
Presentations
Seminars
Analysed screenings
Exercises and discussions
Group meetings and o… more

This course provides composers with the specialised skills which enable them to produce music for film, television and related multimedia industries.

A key feature of the course is the collaboration of composers with other students from a range of courses within the Bournemouth Screen Academy. These include Cell Animators, Fiction Directors, Documentary Makers, Editors and Sound Designers. An extremely potent collaboration is with computer animators working at the National Centre for Computer Animation. Composers work on a variety of projects which are distributed widely, especially at festi… more

This course provides great value to those wishing to enter the film and television industry as sound designers. It equips them with the skills and understandings which allow them to compete on more than an equal footing with other similarly motivated professionals by training them not only in the craft skills and intellectual practices they will require, but also in the legal, professional and philosophical strategies which will help them in their careers.

A key feature of the course is the collaboration of sound designers with other students from a range of courses within the Bournemouth Scr… more

Graduate from the UK's only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice and a recognised Skillset Screen and Media Academy.

This 12 month Masters degree, the first of its kind in the UK, aims to develop your individual creative voice as a writer and the range of your authorial skills, enabling you to write for a variety of media "“ including film, television, radio and new media. On this course you don't simply write. Your work will get made. You will see your scripts go into production while you are on the course.

Writing for the Media is designed for writers, graduates, members… more

This course is developed and run by The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University.

If you are a media practitioner working in the following industries and want to become a creative leader and initiator of change by developing your intellectual, practical and creative abilities, then this could be the Masters course for you:

Broadcast Media
Interactive Media
Marketing
PR & Journalism

Using the latest online technologies you will be able to negotiate study with your tutor ensuring that the outcomes are relevant to your needs, fashioning the course to suit your personal… more

This course is run by the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University

The MA Creative & Media Education is an innovative masters course designed specifically for teachers and college lecturers, or those in relevant educational support and development roles. Using the latest online technologies, it allows you to negotiate study with a personal tutor ensuring that the outcomes are relevant to your needs, allowing you to fashion the course to suit your personal requirements within your own school or college.

The course aims to provide you with knowledge and skills relati… more

Designed and delivered by the Media School at Bournemouth University these innovative short courses are designed to meet the needs of Media Professionals, for relevant, industry focused and flexible professional development opportunities.

The short courses are delivered by experienced academics and practitioners, and ensure their relevance by focusing content on current industry trends, developments and issues.

At the core of each short-course is a two-day 'creative retreat' (Friday/Saturday) in Bournemouth where you will be able to network with other like minded professionals, as w… more

Kick-start the career you have always dreamed of with Bournemouth University's unique 'Presenting Workshops'
(TV presenting also available).

This one-day workshop offers you the opportunity to spend a day learning what it takes to become a radio presenter.

You'll get plenty of experience, with the chance to try out a variety of presenting styles and you will learn the skills every top-class radio presenter needs.

This unique workshop offers:

Professional-standard radio studio
Dynamic trainers, who are practising media professionals
High-quality teaching from Britain&#x… more

Kick-start the career you have always dreamed of with Bournemouth University's unique 'Presenting Workshops'
(Radio presenting also available).

This one-day workshop offers you the opportunity to spend a day in our professional studio, learning what it takes to become a TV presenter.

You'll get plenty of experience in front of the camera, with the chance to try out a variety of presenting styles and you will learn the skills every top-class presenter needs; with sessions on interviewing, presenting from a live location and creating that all important on-screen magic.

Th… more