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Film with Foundation Year

Entry requirements


A level

D,E,E

Access to HE Diploma

P:45

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MPP

UCAS Tariff

64

About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Film production

Film directing

The Foundation Year in Media is taught via a blended approach by the same lecturing staff who teach on our degree courses. You'll be taught in online seminars, webinars, virtual lectures and use student interaction and co-creation to learn new material. Collaborative online tools for creative media production is at the core of our teaching and you'll learn through carefully considered online materials and specialists; essentially practice together what you have learned during synchronous and asynchronous online activities.

We actively encourage you to get involved in events to feel part of the Middlesex community. With the support of former Media Foundation Year students, we hold regular social meet ups where you can get to know each other and share your experiences. We provide opportunities for you to collaborate on projects with other students across the degree programmes and every year, we have opportunities for you to work on live briefs designed by professionals in their fields.

This course will allow you to develop transferable skills in media, communication and problem-solving. At the core of our approach to online leaning and teaching is student interaction. In all of our programmes, you'll have the opportunity to interact with each other and complete classwork using online collaborative tools.

You’ll be following in the footsteps of a long list of decorated alumni, the likes of which have gone on to work on the latest Star Wars productions, for Disney, the BBC, set up their own companies and continued their studies at the National Film and Television School.

Year on year, our students produce outstanding, industry standard films that are distributed across many short film festivals including Dessert (North Hollywood Film Festival, best thriller, 2019); Natia (KinoFilm, Best Student Short, 2017), Natia (Underwire Film Festival [BAFTA recognised festival], Best Film in the Under 25 category, 2017); Potty the Plant (Learning on Screen award for best student film, 2018); Chopsticks! (Learning on Screen award for best student film, AND Special Jury Prize, 2019), as well as many Royal Television Society awards.

You’ll have our state-of-the-art facilities at your fingertips to help develop your own creative identity and produce your best possible work, including: a TV production studio designed by Sony, post-production suites for editing, colour grading and sound editing, a sound dubbing studio for mixing Dolby Atmos, studios for recording ADR and foley, and a motion capture and greenscreen virtual studio. You will also have access to our equipment loan store, The Kit Hub, where you can borrow a vast range of cameras, lighting and sound kit.

As we head up the UK-wide Creative Campus Network, you will benefit from information and opportunities from our industry contacts. In addition, we are partnered with Film London, ScreenSkills and the GLA Creative Academy to provide you with free access to additional industry-recognised resources and training. Our partnerships with Avid, Canon and others mean that you'll benefit from top equipment and development opportunities to help you with your future career. Middlesex University is fortunate to be surrounded by film studios, with which we have established relationships allowing our students to find work placement and experience opportunities. Several of our students have worked at the London North Studios, as runners/marshals or set builders with Brandon B whose video work is seen by millions around the world.

Modules

Modules
Exploring Media (30 credits) - Compulsory
Digital Production Intensive (30 credits) - Compulsory
Media Stories (30 credits) - Compulsory
Media Portfolio Project (30 credits) - Compulsory
Year 1
Story and Aesthetics (30 credits) - Compulsory
Production Skills (30 credits) - Compulsory
Industry & Collaboration Hub: Practices & Roles (30 credits) - Compulsory
Content Creation (30 credits) - Compulsory
Year 2
Story and the World (30 credits) - Compulsory
Production Skills Development (30 credits) - Compulsory
Industry & Collaboration Hub: Networks and Careers (30 credits) - Compulsory
Creative Production (30 credits) - Compulsory
Year 3
Advanced Ideas Development (30 credits) - Compulsory
Advanced Production Skills (30 credits) - Compulsory
Industry & Collaboration Hub: Entrepreneurship and Freelancing (30 credits) - Compulsory
Major Project (30 credits) - Compulsory

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£15,100
per year
International
£15,100
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Hendon Campus

Department:

Media

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

58%
Film production
58%
Film directing

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

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Teaching and learning

70%
Staff make the subject interesting
77%
Staff are good at explaining things
63%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
72%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

73%
Library resources
81%
IT resources
80%
Course specific equipment and facilities
41%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

61%
UK students
39%
International students
59%
Male students
41%
Female students
82%
2:1 or above
20%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
C

After graduation


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What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£16,800
med
Average annual salary
84%
low
Employed or in further education
40%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

36%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
18%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
11%
Managers and proprietors in other services

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

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The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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