The BA in Television Production will provide its graduates with the opportunity to engage with television on both an intellectual and practical level. Students will develop a contextual understanding of historical and contemporary media practices, focusing in particular on television, alongside experiencing practical television production skills. This combination of theory and practice will encourage students to develop an aesthetic sensibility which will inform all their project work.
As the digital media industries grow, there are increasing demands upon graduates to be multi-skilled and this course provides students with the opportunity to engage with pre-production, production and post-production roles. Run in partnership with the National Media Museum in Bradford, all Stage 1 and Stage 2 practical work takes place within the National Media Museum industry-standard facilities. These include a broadcast standard television studio, a 48 channel digitally controlled, analogue audio mixer and a 32 channel Grass Valley broadcast vision mixer. For location shooting semi professional camcorders and DVCPro cameras with location audio mixers are provided, with post production facilities including Avid Xpress Pro non-linear, PC Based, editing. Professional actors are also provided for use within studio-based projects and scripted dramas.
Extensive use is made of the National Media Museum television archive which holds in excess of 900 television programmes of historical and cultural value. Staffed by curators who have extensive television knowledge, students have access to research material and individuals who will facilitate a deeper critical understanding of the cultural importance of television. Developing an appreciation of the social, cultural and economic contexts within which television is produced and circulated will inform all practical work, and in turn the ability to communicate effectively through the medium of television. Upon graduation students can expect to have both a strong portfolio of practical work and a dissertation which demonstrates their contextual understanding of a specialized area of television study.
Studying television at Bradford offers students a unique experience. It combines a traditional University experience alongside engagement with the dynamics of a National Museum. Students can expect to work with staff who have wide-ranging interests, from research active University of Bradford lectures, to industry-based speakers, and National Media Museum curators who engage with the National Collection on a daily basis.
Three/four-year BA (Hons)
PLEASE NOTE: Many of our courses are available for part-time study over 4 to 6 years. Flexible part-time study routes are negotiated with students on an individual basis Please contact our Recruitment Manager for information.
P311 BA/TVProd
*Modules may change at short notice
BA 240 points [eg. C,C,C or M,M,M from BTEC National Diploma] including 160 points from two GCE A levels, two 6-unit VCE A levels or one VCE Double Award in relevant subjects.
We have no specific subject requirements at GCE A level, though subjects involving numeracy, art or design may be an advantage. Relevant VCEs are acceptable. AS or A Level General Studies points as well as Key Skills (Level 3) may also be included in your points total. We also require English and Mathematics GCSE at least at grade C.
NOTE that we now also accept the 14-19 new Diploma in Creative Media and IT.
In addition, if your first language is not English, a test of written and spoken English normally needs to have been passed at grade 6.0 for IELTS (with no subtest below 5.5) or for TOEFL (87 for the Internet-based test).
University Programme Specification for this course (MS Word .doc)
