Film & Media Production
About this course
The Level 4 Professional Technical Diploma in Film & TV is a 1-year production course run in partnership with Screen Alliance Wales.
Students will gain experience in aspects of film production through a series of skills-based workshops, client-led live briefs, job shadowing and work placement opportunities with industry partners.
Applications are invited for one of 6 production pathways.
| Pathway | Primary Focus | Typical Job Role |
| Technical | camera, sound, lighting & grip | Camera trainee; sound trainee; lighting trainee; grip trainee |
| Production | producing, production management, locations management | Production coordinator/assistant; runner/PA; |
| Post-production | offline/online editing, SFX and audio post-production (Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Creative Suite) | Assistant editor; DIT/post runner; junior sound/editorial support |
| Production Design | production Design: set design,propsand wardrobe | Art department assistant; props trainee; wardrobe assistant |
| Creative | writing and directing, assistant directing, production assistant (runner/PA) | production assistant pathway Emerging writer/director; runner/PA; development Assistant, trainee AD |
| Documentary | Documentary film production | FreelanceDocumentaryfilmmaker |
The application process is in two stages
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Submit a personal statement that outlines your suitability for a specific pathway and a portfolio of work that supports that.
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If successful at stage one, you will then be invited for interview with a member of the course team.
If successful at interview stage, applicants will be offered a place on the course for a specific pathway. (Pathways may be changed within the first 6 weeks if the student is deemed more suitable to a different pathway by course tutors)
Students will be required to self-manage their own projects, work collaboratively and engage with external clients and industry personnel.
Progression can be into industry employment, working as a freelancer or onto a university course.
This course is equivalent to the first year of a BA university programme and is worth 120 University credits. While it can enhance your portfolio and provide invaluable experience, it does not provide UCAS points and as such cannot be used to supplement UCAS requirements for university applications.
There are no course fees, so it is not eligible for student finance maintenance loans. Students must be able to support themselves financially throughout the course.
What you will study
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Unit 1: Establishing principles of technical and production practice
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Unit 2: Applied professional practice
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Unit 3: Professional development project. Assessment is portfolio based.
Students will learn through a series of practical workshops, guest lectures from industry professionals and project-based assessments.
Unit 1 & 2 will be assessed though group led short projects and work placements or industry briefs. Unit 3 will see students working together on the production of a 10 – 15-minute festival ready short film.
You will have training in:
- Adobe Creative Suite
- DaVinci Resolve
- Avid Media Composer
- Blackmagic 4K URSA & 6K Pocket cinema cameras
- Studio lighting
- Sound recording
- Script writing and story development
- Documentary filming techniques
- Pre-production planning for media production
- Set etiquette and production management
- Health and Safety and Risk Assessment
- Working with industry
- Work shadowing opportunities
Facilities
Industry standard equipment is provided for the students. We provide a bespoke edit facility with Blackmagic colour grading wheels.
Course fees
Studio Fees: £165.00
Entry requirements
Recommended that applicants have 5 x GCSE at grade C or above, including English and 1 x A level at grade or equivalent Level 3 qualification.
A completed application form. Applicants will also need to submit a portfolio of work in Film/TV related material.
For example but not limited to: A showreel of previous work, samples of audio/visual work. Produced either in college or school. Samples of work produced independently i.e YouTube videos, short films, journalistic pieces written scripts or treatment ideas for audio/visual work.
Applicants will be invited to an interview, you must be 18+ years of age.
Important points
- The College welcomes contact with parents/guardians of students who are under 18.
- Additional support is available for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
- Cardiff and Vale College is committed to inclusion and values diversity. We are determined to promote equality of opportunity and to treat everyone fairly and with respect.
- Cardiff and Vale College reserves the right to make changes to this course without prior notice.
- Course fees are subject to change. Your fee will be confirmed prior to enrolment.
- All courses are accurate at the time of upload or print.
- Courses can only run if there are sufficient numbers.
- Please note, if you choose three or more course choices, then you may be referred for a careers appointment first. This does not apply to A Level or GCSE choices.
Start date
End date
Time of day
Full Time
Course code
Qualification
Career prospects & further study
56,000
The course will provide learners with a portfolio of work that will enable them to apply for a university course on a range of pathways within film production,media and marketing. Alternatively, students will have the skills to develop a freelance career or gain employment within the industry.
