Courses
Media
The Media courses offer good opportunities for progression, and provide a well-rounded insight into the creative and business aspects of the media industry. The courses are hands-on and focus on industry standard technology; teaching takes place in IT suites, digital editing studios and a purpose built television studio. In addition, the College provides students with many opportunities for enrichment experiences in support of their learning. These include cultural visits to galleries, theatres etc, regionally and nationally, as well as overseas visits to destinations such as New York, Venice, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Paris. Regular exhibitions held in the College are an opportunity for students to showcase their work.
Courses
National Diploma Media Production students at the City of Bath College study topics and develop skills that are applicable to all areas of professional work within the media. From the beginning of the course they also begin to focus upon one of three specialised pathway areas, eMedia, Moving Image or Publishing. Final decisions as to which pathway a student adopts take place at the end of the first year in consultation with student's Personal Tutor and in response to emerging strengths.
Students are introduced to the basic media production techniques used in lens-based media (video making and photography), eMedia (web site design and animations) and publishing (writing and computer based design for magazines or web pages). All practical work on the course is underpinned by investigations into the business, employment and social dimension of the media industry.
