Course summary
Our MSc Digital Media Production provides you with the skills and professional level expertise to create contemporary media products. Our teaching staff are industry professionals with a wide range of expertise and connections to the creative industries. The course covers:
- video and audio production
- motion capture
- computer graphics
- animation.
Modules
Modelling and Animation Techniques (20 credits) Video Production (40 credits) This module is intended to give you an understanding of, and the ability to apply the skills required for sound and video recording, including the techniques used to design, author and produce electronic media. This includes pre-production planning, production phase involving industry standard tools for recording and post-production using the latest techniques. Newsroom Operation (20 credits) This module covers the entire workflow for a broadcast TV newsroom from an original news story, through the write-up, planning and capturing footage, to editing and broadcasting. Using a fully operational newsroom, you will gain an understanding of the creative and technical processes involved in TV production. Interactive Media (20 credits) This module provides you with an understanding of the processes and practices needed to generate and manipulate digital media. You will develop a portfolio of work in either web, game design or mobile applications. Professional Media Production (20 credits) This module provides you with a comprehensive understanding of management techniques relevant to video/multimedia production. Working in teams, you will acquire the knowledge required to plan, organise, finance, produce and evaluate media materials for external customers. Research and Study Methods This module is designed to introduce you to the research and study methods that will underpin work carried out for your dissertation. The module, delivered in a seminar style, will provide you with research skills, planning techniques, progress management and review, and ability to use ICT support materials. You will be given guidance on the analysis and technical presentation of research material. Research and Dissertation (60 credits) The dissertation is a research and development project comprising of a major practical project supported by a 5,000 word dissertation on a topic closely related to your course of study. Some students produce a short video or an animation as part of their project. The work may be undertaken in close co-operation with a research, industrial or commercial organisation.
Assessment method
Each course module is assessed individually, generally on the quality of written or design work, and to some extent on verbal presentations. Assessment methods may include:
- essays
- seminar papers
- class tests
- project work
- design and oral presentations
- workshops
- simulations
How to apply
International applicants
If your first language is not English you will require minimum IELTS score of 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each component. Please also see the University's standard English language requirements.
Entry requirements
Applicants should normally hold a good honours degree (2.2 or above), or its equivalent, in any discipline other than those very closely related to media technology. If you have relevant professional qualifications or work experience you can also be considered.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component
If English is not your first language then, please see here for our requirements and accepted alternative English language qualifications
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9150 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9150 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9150 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9150 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17150 | Year 1 |
| International | £17150 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year, your fees will increase each year.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP