Media professionals are quite flexible about where they can work once they have built up expertise in a certain role. The BTEC Creative Digital Media course helps give you an overall feeling of different roles and responsibilities. Just some of the hugely varied roles available to you as a media career involve being a journalist, editor, photographer, camera operator, designer, producer, researcher, technician, copywriter, presenter, actor, writer, artist etc. There are lots of university courses or apprenticeship schemes on offer following Sixth Form.
This qualification provides a coherent introduction to the study of Creative Digital Media. Learners study how to develop various media products including animation, visual effects skills, games design and development and film. Assessment is by completing 4 units of which 3 are mandatory and 2 are external.
By the end of KS5 learners will have developed an understanding of the media industry through analysing media representations in film, tv, publishing and the interactive sector. This will ask learners to explore how meaning, messages and values are constructed through formal and stylistic elements. Students will also have experience pitching and producing their own media projects. Gaining an understanding of the requirements of the planning stage, from finance and logistics to regulations. Before learning the creative production processes for their chosen sector. The course is a great starting point for anyone interested in the media industry, allowing them to pursue a wide range of courses or careers.
