We’ve put together a list of film and production related training courses and qualifications available at universities and colleges in Birmingham. It’s by no means an exhaustive directory, so please contact the providers for details of other courses that may be available. Although we have made every effort to include the most up to date information, we cannot guarantee its accuracy. Please contact the respective university or college for further information about each course. For the latest independent courses or workshops, follow us on Twitter or Facebook to be kept in the loop!
Training Courses
Independent Cinema Office
The Independent Cinema Office’s mission is to develop an open, challenging and thriving film sector. We are the UK’s national body that supports independent cinemas of all forms. We want everyone to have access to cinema that nourishes the soul and changes lives.
ICO training courses offer staff of independent cinemas, film festivals and film societies the opportunity to update their knowledge, learn new skills, meet colleagues from around the UK, share best practice, and gain inspiration. Take a day out of your busy working schedule to assess what you’re doing right and what you could do better, and return to work with new skills, fresh ideas and renewed confidence. We run courses around the UK and, wherever possible, secure funding to keep the course fees low and to offer travel and accommodation bursaries.
Telephone: 020 7636 7120
Website: www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
Birmingham City University
Film Production Technology – BSc (Hons)
Get hands on, practical experience with the audio/visual technology that brings today’s screenplays film to life. This course will develop you into a well-rounded filmmaker with a mix of technical, creative and business skills, able to work with digital video in a variety of industries.
Telephone: 0121 331 5595
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk
Film Technology and Visual Effects – BSc (Hons)
This course will unlock the secrets to the fascinating world of VFX. We’ll train you to become a versatile, adaptable and well-equipped graduate, with the technical and creative skills needed to perform a variety of roles within film and visual effects production.
Telephone: 0121 331 5595
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk
Sound Engineering and Production – BSc (Hons)
The course has been designed to meet the requirements found within the audio industry, providing a dynamic study programme that focuses on live and studio sound engineering, audio electronics, audio software engineering, acoustics and business principles. This combination of subjects ensures you’ll be employable in a range of career paths.
Telephone: 0121 331 5595
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk
Digital Media Computing – BSc (Hons)
Our Digital Media Computing course is an intellectually challenging and highly rewarding programme that covers everything from coding to animation. It will prepare you to meet the professional and technical demands of industry.
Telephone: 0121 331 5595
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk
Media Production – MA
While this is largely a practical course that will give you the professional skills you’ll need to work in a fast-paced, real world television or radio environment, you’ll also study production theory. You’ll develop a detailed knowledge of how both mediums work today and how they are constantly evolving. Professional practice is embedded into the course which will prepare you for a career in either the television or radio industries. You’ll also use your academic thinking to evaluate the current state of digital media, giving you the opportunity to reflect critically on your own performance.
Telephone: 0121 331 5595
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk
Feature Film Development – MA
MA Feature Film Development will help you to understand what is required to make sure a major film is ready to be pitched to investors. You’ll learn all about the extensive pre-production activities all big-budget movies currently go through before they are green-lit. You’ll be taken through each stage of pre-production development to navigate, understand and avoid common problems.
Telephone: 0121 331 5595
Website: www.bcu.ac.uk
University of Birmingham
MA Film and Television: Research and Production
The MA in Film and Television: Research and Production places employability at the heart of the programme. Utilising a combination of theoretical approaches, critical engagement, creative practice and hands-on technical training, this MA gives you the chance to work within a dynamic and innovative department. It combines rigorous academic training in research skills and methodology with technical and vocational training in designing, researching and editing audio-visual content. It also includes a work placement of up to 12 weeks in the media industry.
Telephone: 0121 414 3344
Website: www.bham.ac.uk
Postgraduate study in Film and Creative Writing
Our taught postgraduate programmes offer students the opportunity to engage in the academic study of our core disciplines as well as develop their own creative work under specialist tuition and supervision. Our MA courses promote the close analysis of creative production in a range of different critical, historical and theoretical contexts. Our cohort of doctoral researchers provides a lively and intellectually diverse environment in which to study film and creative writing. Our academic supervisors possess renowned, award-winning expertise across a range of critical and creative approaches and we welcome doctoral applications in all areas of film and creative writing.
Telephone: 0121 414 5740
Website: www.bham.co.uk
South & City College Birmingham
Creative Media Production Diploma Level 2
The course is designed to provide opportunities for students to understand and analyse the professional practice found in media through practical assignments. Work will include group activities in video and audio production and individual activities through radio and photography.
Telephone: 0800 111 6311
Website: www.sccb.ac.uk
Creative Media Production BTEC Extended Diploma Level 3
The course allows you to explore a wide range of media subjects and to gain theoretical and practical knowledge of the concepts and processes involved in making media products. You’ll experience working in areas such as radio production, photography, television and video production. You’ll also learn and develop a broad range of media skills and understanding of the production processes involved in the media products you will create. Media concepts, audience research and industry investigation support the practical areas of the course, which will allow you to make realistic media products such as radio adverts, music documentary & radio drama, short film productions and TV adverts and music videos.
Telephone: 0800 111 6311
Website: www.sccb.ac.uk
Digital Media Production Technical Diploma Level 2
This BTEC course is perfect for anyone who would like to work in the media industry. It will give you an understanding of the practical aspects of media production, including camera skills, video editing, radio production, interviewing and photography. The course is creative and hands-on, you will produce a variety of media work using up-to-date, industry standard equipment and technology such as a radio suite and a green screen.
Telephone: 0800 111 6311
Website: www.sccb.ac.uk
Digital Film and Broadcast Media Production Level 3
Based at our Digbeth campus in the heart of Birmingham’s digital media hub, you will have access to industry standard practices and equipment, technology and facilities and unique opportunities to work with external clients and mainstream broadcasting institutions.
Telephone: 0800 111 6311
Website: www.sccb.ac.uk
Birmingham Metropolitan College
UAL Interactive Media Production Diploma Level 2
Whether you want to create new social media, interactive design, feature films, radio shows or advertising then this is the course for you. If you are the kind of person who looks at the world in a different, more creative way than everybody else, then media is the route that you should take. This course covers many aspects of the professional media industry under the banner of our own media company, TX Media (Transmission Media). You will study film techniques, camera operating, video editing, Photoshop skills, and interactive media and websites.
Telephone: 0121 446 4545
Website: www.bmetc.ac.uk
UAL Interactive Media Production Diploma Level 3
Whether you want to create new social media, interactive design, feature films, radio shows or advertising then this is the course for you. If you are the kind of person who looks at the world in a different, more creative way than everybody else then media is the route that you need. The course is awarded by the prestigious UAL (University of the Arts London) and is exclusive to the Academy and BMET in the Midlands.
Telephone: 0121 446 4545
Website: www.bmetc.ac.uk
Media & Communication Higher National Diploma
The Higher National Diploma Media and Communication course offers an inspiring introduction to the production, theoretical and professional aspects of media, this course gives you a solid grounding to progress your studies or move into employment in the media and communication industries. Your studies cover key aspects of radio, moving image and journalism. You will explore broadcast journalism, photojournalism, radio production and radio drama, as well as short film and television studio production. The course, also, covers the crucial research and academic techniques you need to effectively source, collate and analyse information.
Telephone: 0121 446 4545
Website: www.bmetc.ac.uk
Open Colleges Career Guides
Open Colleges has been delivering quality education for over 100 years. We’ve achieved this by continuously evolving our approach to meet the needs of our learners by offering flexible, accessible, affordable and supportive courses.
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