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• Certificate in Media |
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• Diploma in Media |
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• Extended Diploma in Media |
If you fancy pursuing a career in media, then these are for you. The qualifications will prepare you for employment and for study at a higher level.
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• Develop the broad range of skills necessary to work in media |
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• Prepare you for more advanced study |
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• Provide you with detailed knowledge of the media industry. |
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Duration
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Progression
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• Enter employment as a designer. |
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• Go to college or university to study for an HND or degree-level course- – for example in journalism. |
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• Start work at an assistant level and undertake a related NVQ or other occupational qualifications. |
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Course Structure
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Mandatory units |
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Unit 1 Introduction to the media and textual analysis |
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Unit 2 Pre-production and planning |
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Unit 3 Production |
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Unit 4 Marketing media and audience feedback |
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Optional units
Non-specialist units
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Unit 5 Ideas generation for media products |
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Unit 6 Production management in media organisations |
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Unit 7 Presentations and exhibitions |
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Unit 8 Drawing and illustration for the media industry |
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Unit 9 Interview and presentation techniques |
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Unit 10 Career planning for the media industry |
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Unit 11 Developing skills through work experience in the media industry |
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Writing and publishing specialist pathway
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Unit 12 Factual writing for print products |
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Unit 13 Fictional writing for print products |
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Unit 14 Publishing |
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Unit 15 Photography and digital imaging |
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Unit 16 Design and layout |
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TV and film specialist pathway
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Unit 17 Video production and editing |
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Unit 18 Audio for the moving image |
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Unit 19 UK film studies |
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Unit 20 Television production |
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Unit 21 Writing for the screen |
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Unit 22 Film and television production and editing |
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Unit 23 Cartooning and animation |
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Audio specialist pathway
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Unit 24 Music technology |
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Unit 25 Music recording and production |
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Unit 26 Talk radio production |
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Unit 27 Music radio production |
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Unit 28 Writing for the radio |
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Games design specialist pathway
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Unit 29 Design for games |
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Unit 30 Art and animation for computer games |
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Unit 31 Programming for computer games |
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Unit 32 Computer games production |
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Unit 33 Computer games technologies |
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Assessments
All units are assessed through assignments set and marked by our centre, which are moderated by OCR Visiting Moderators. The OCR Level 3 Nationals in Media contain three types of qualifications, each one building up your level of expertise.
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• To achieve the Certificate, you must complete a total of six units consisting of four mandatory units and two optional units. |
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• To achieve the Diploma, you must complete a total of 12 units consisting of four mandatory units and eight optional units. |
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• To achieve the Extended Diploma, you must complete a total of 18 units consisting of four mandatory units and 14 optional units. |
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• Embark on the Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Design. |
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A number of options are available to you. If you wish, you can start with the six-unit Certificate and, by adding a further six optional units, you can achieve the 12-unit Diploma. You can then progress with another six optional units to gain the full 18-unit Extended Diploma.
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For Further
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admissions@mdxcollege.ac |
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