Course summary

Our BA (Honours) Film and Digital Broadcast Production degree brings together a wide range of practical skills and technical understanding from areas that are increasingly converging. You'll build up production skills covering the creation of ideas from written concepts, scripts and audience research through to filming and editing for film, television, audio and online. The aim is that graduates will be best placed to secure employment either as freelance or for an organisation. Based at the newly-developed Digital Media Centre at our ultra-modern City Hub campus, you'll have access to a new broadcasting studio and podcasting/audio studio complex as well as the industry-standard Adobe Creative Suite. You will also have numerous opportunities to collaborate with other creative students, working on real-life industry briefs. This award is validated by The Open University. About the course Year 1 (Level 4) provides clear foundations on which to build your skills in both practical film/broadcast productions and the concepts behind them. You will undertake practical units in camera, editing and broadcast studio technology whilst studying ideas and concepts in analysing visual imagery, interpreting narratives and understanding audiences. Year 1 modules: -visual imagery -audience and narrative -single camera production -television practical skills Year 2 (Level 5) gives the chance to continue building and developing your practical skills and how to work with clients. Year 2 modules: -TV newscast -working with a client -audio production And choose one from: -documentary video production or -fictional video production Year 3 (Level 6) provides the opportunity to show academic understanding with a dissertation whilst also analysing what skill sets they need to improve to meet practical and production based understanding needed in the industry through the completion of a module in advanced video skills. Finally, students will undertake an independently planned and managed production project to demonstrate their skills to potential employers. Year 3 modules: -film/TV dissertation -advanced video skills -video production and enterprise The final-year dissertation/research project allows students to complete an independent body of research on a related topic of their choice. This will require students to demonstrate their ability to conduct original research, analyse data, and present their findings in a clear and concise manner. Students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the programme to a real-world issue within film or digital broadcasting. Assessment A combination of traditional and innovative assessment methods are used: including case studies, group projects, live briefs, peer review, time-constrained assessments and presentations. There are no examinations. Qualification awarded: - Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film and Digital Broadcast Production - awarded by The Open University (OU). Bursaries We want our courses to be accessible to students from any background, so we’ve put together a cash support package in the form of non-repayable bursaries to provide financial help where it’s really needed. Details for 2025-26 will be advertised once approved by the university regulator – the Office for Students (OfS). Please check our website - www.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk - for more information. Careers and progression With a wide range of practical skillsets, graduates will be well-placed to progress to postgraduate education, training or employment in the global creative industries - such as: camera operator, sound/lighting technician, editor, producer, director of photography, videographer, games developer, film-maker or into the teaching profession.