ABOUT THE COURSE
With first-class facilities, opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience, and a reputation for producing highly employable television graduates, Solent University’s ScreenSkills accredited post-production for film and television degree will help provide you with the specialist skills you’ll need for a creative post-production career.
You will learn to edit for high-end drama and factual film and TV, using state-of-the-art software including Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Avid Pro-Tools, along with high-quality post-production sound and colour grading facilities. You will also discover Da Vinci Resolve, and get the chance to complete an Avid Certified User certificate to enhance your employability.
You’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate with leading editors from industry, and learn valuable insight from industry experts through a range of guest lectures. Recent speakers have included Mick Audsley (Harry Potter), Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now), Eddie Hamilton (Kingsman, MI:6), Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody, Gravity, Beauty and the Beast) and many more.
You will be encouraged to complete work experience alongside your degree, and recent students have completed placements at Envy, Woodcut Media and the BBC. The School of Media Arts and Technology also has a long history of providing summer work experience opportunities at festivals such as Glastonbury, Bestival, Camp Bestival, and many more.
YOUR FUTURE
Our graduates are working at Envy (Gogglebox, The Voice), Suite TV (Celebrity Juice, People Just Do Nothing), MPC Visual Effects (Dumbo, Blade Runner 2049), Milk VFX (Doctor Who), The Farm Group (Friday Night Dinner), Sunset+Vine, Woodcut Media, the BBC and many more.
Job roles include:
- Head editor
- Edit support supervisor
- Assistant editor
- Head of visual effects
- VFX coordinator and more.
INDUSTRY LINKS
Our course team are all from the television and film industry, experienced in drama, documentary, reality and entertainment, with credits including the BBC, ITV, BFI and BAFTA, along with membership of Amer.
We bring in a huge array of guest speakers from all corners of the industry. Recent speakers have included editors Mick Audsley (Murder on the Orient Express), Mark Sanger (Gravity), John Wilson (Billy Elliot), Eddie Hamilton (Mission Impossible), Mags Arnold (Riviera) and Andy Morrison (The Musketeers). Sound editors and designers such as Glenn Gathard (Guardians of the Galaxy), Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody), Eddy Joseph (Casino Royale), James Mather (Wonder Woman), Mike Prestwood Smith (The Hunger Games) and title designer Richard Morrison (Scott Pilgrim vs The World).
Work experience is embedded in our curriculum, and you will work on live briefs with external clients. Our students have filmed at American Cinema Editors conference EditFest, Glastonbury Festival, Bestival, Camp Bestival, Boardmasters, NASS, Teddy Rocks Festival, Viewpress TV, BBC South and local TV production companies including Woodcut Media and Topical TV.
And our ScreenSkills accreditation ensures that our teaching is aligned to industry needs, using state-of-the-art technology and practical experience to give your degree value for money.
PLACEMENTS
Work experience is a key component of our course and embedded within the curriculum. Get involved with our in-house production company, Solent Productions, where you can find work experience on a wide range of projects including collaborations with the BBC, filming at summer festivals and events, and create bespoke projects for external clients.
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