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Digital Media at Falmouth is a communication design platform offering three specialist areas: image, audio and interaction.

Digital Media at Falmouth is a communication design platform offering three specialist areas: image, audio and interaction. Digital Media at Falmouth is a communication design platform offering three specialist areas: image, audio and interaction.

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You'll undertake live projects for real clients and agencies, and shape the course according to your personal and professional ambitions.

You'll undertake live projects for real clients and agencies, and shape the course according to your personal and professional ambitions. You'll undertake live projects for real clients and agencies, and shape the course according to your personal and professional ambitions.

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The learning environment integrates theory and practice to help you realise the communicative potential of emergent digital media.

The learning environment integrates theory and practice to help you realise the communicative potential of emergent digital media. The learning environment integrates theory and practice to help you realise the communicative potential of emergent digital media.

Amy Sampson

Storyscape website by Amy Sampson, 2010 graduate shortlisted for the BIMA awards 2010.

Storyscape website by Amy Sampson, 2010 graduate shortlisted for the BIMA awards 2010. Storyscape website by Amy Sampson, 2010 graduate shortlisted for the BIMA awards 2010.

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  • Azi Farni: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate

    My final project before graduation was a short film that won an RTS award. Since then I've been working in television on World Cup 2006, Football Italia, World Rally Championship and currently MotoGP. I'm a producer/reporter also doing a bit of voiceover, commentary and development work in documentary and factual programming.

    Azi Farni: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate - Read more

  • Daniel Perry: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate

    I work in digital marketing for The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East & Africa, implementing digital marketing plans to support shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives, Disney's kids' content such as Hannah Montana and High School Musical, plus feature films like Toy Story 3. It's exhilarating working in such a fast-paced and evolving area for a leading global entertainment business.

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  • Irfhan Mirza: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate

    Falmouth's facilities were a big draw for me; we had access to some of the best equipment and learning spaces in the country. The chance to study somewhere with breathing space - yet still be surrounded by art, music and culture - also really excited me. After graduating, my first job was at the production company Eyeworks, working on Channel 4's show T4. Since then I've worked at the BBC on various shows including Strictly Come Dancing and Top Gear.

    Irfhan Mirza: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate - Read more

  • Gideon Goldberg: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate

    I graduated in 2007 and now work on the Guardian website as a Quality Assurance Analyst, testing the website for defects and looking at new features to make sure they meet the business requirements. After graduating from Falmouth, I got a place on the BBC Extend work placement scheme for disabled people. From there, I was offered my first job, working on a disability magazine
    website called Ouch!

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  • Holly Rivers: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate

    Holly Rivers is now in the Third Year of a BA Hons Broadcasting degree run by University College Falmouth, one of the founding partners in the innovative Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative. After leaving her home in Cardiff, Holly briefly continued her education in London, but soon realised she wanted to be somewhere less impersonal- in Cornwall, she found an excellent degree course and somewhere where she could really make a difference.

    Holly explains that students can achieve more than just an education by attending college, “It’s about growing as a person as well. Taking my degree in Cornwall has given me the opportunity to combine my two passions- film and documentary making with human rights”

    Along with fellow students, Holly founded the Human Rights Society at the Tremough campus and has been actively involved in fundraising, campaigning and organising events on a variety of human rights issues.

    The degree course has given Holly the skills and ability to produce films which raise awareness of the plight of people in extreme and often desperate situations, as part of her coursework. “The really good thing about this Broadcasting course is the units can be tailored to your specific interests- meaning I can really achieve something with my work”.

    Her short film about domestic violence against women “Re-Dress” was shown at an Amnesty International event in November to around 100 members of the general public at the Burrell Theatre in Truro School. Representatives from women’s refuge centres, domestic violence support groups and the police supported the event, which was chaired by local MP Julia Goldsworthy and received coverage from local press and radio stations.

    Another documentary entitled “Cornwall’s Hidden Homeless”, produced by Holly and three other Broadcasting students as part of their course, features the dedicated work of the St Petroc’s Society- a Cornish charity which supports single homeless people by providing temporary accommodation and social care services. The striking message of the film is that homelessness happens to people from all walks of life- and that the commitment of a few people can give them a chance to regain their lives.

    When Holly graduates she is keen to work in the human rights field; to continue to use the skills she has developed to raise awareness of discrimination and suffering through thought provoking films and in doing so, tackle problems that could affect any one of us at any time.

    Amnesty International www.amnesty.org

    The St Petroc’s Society www.stpetrocs.org.uk

    For advice about Domestic Violence www.refuge.org.uk

    Holly Rivers: Broadcasting BA(Hons) graduate - Read more

UCAS Code G450 BA/DM

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    A minimum of 220 UCAS points, equivalent Level 3 qualifications or relevant experience. Applicants may be invited to interview and present a portfolio of work so we can assess your abilities, skills and potential to succeed at this level of study.

Location:Tremough Campus
Length:3 years full-time

Direct line:01326 255764

admissions@falmouth.ac.uk

  • Hitting deadlines, collating information, creating an end product and having to work to a strict brief mimics the same processes involved in professional production. Falmouth lays solid foundations. Chris Skarratt, Co-Director of Petrol Digital Media, Soho

Why study for a BA(Hons) Digital Media degree at University College Falmouth?

Digital Media at Falmouth invites you to enter a creative media design environment that's constantly evolving. Developments in networked culture have not only changed the ways that we communicate; they have also changed the way we think and interact. It's more important than ever to be an informed and agile practitioner who understands the forces that shape contemporary communication systems, from production to interpretation.

As ‘audiences' become ‘users', the role of communication design is increasingly important, as is the need for a sophisticated understanding of the new contexts in which meanings are being made. Creative technologies and distribution networks are in a state of constant flux - but time-honoured principles of high-quality production still apply. At Falmouth we have great facilities and are committed to enabling you to learn how to make the very best of them. Praxis is our core philosophy; the product of ideas in action. What matters most is that you acquire the skills, concepts and techniques that enable you to develop the media of the future.

Skill Set logo University College Falmouth is part of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy network - a UK-wide group of institutions identified as centres of excellence in creative media education and training.

Course outline

Level 1

  • Ideas and Techniques
  • Content and Form
  • Contemporary Practice Contexts
  • Systems and Users
  • Remediation
  • Personal Development Portfolio 1

Level 2

  • Technologies, Languages and Subjectivities
  • Communicative Communities
  • Specialist Project
  • Research and Writing
  • External Project
  • Personal Development Portfolio 2

Level 3

  • Minor Production Portfolio
  • Major Production Portfolio 
  • Personal Development Portfolio 3
  • Dissertation

Tell me more about the BA(Hons) Digital Media course

You'll shape your course as you progress, exploring the areas of practice that you wish to extend and refine. Interaction is not just a key element of the course content, it's also fundamental to the student experience - self-development through informed choice. Whether you aspire towards high-end programme production or network/ participatory culture, we have a unique learning environment integrating theory and practice to help you realise the communicative potential of emergent digital media.

Our students realise projects in a number of forms including:

  • Participatory & Convergent Media
  • Digital Imaging & Video Production
  • Interaction Design
  • Audio Design & Production
  • Data Visualisation
  • Augmented Reality & Tangible Interfaces
  • Networked Installation
  • Environmental & mobile media 
  • Post Production & Motion Graphics

By choosing to study for a degree in Digital Media at Falmouth you will:

  • Benefit from being taught by friendly and approachable staff who are experts in their respective fields.
  • Develop a range of high-level diagnostic, conceptual and technical skills that will equip you for your career in digital media.
  • Learn about and experiment with a number of different media platforms before choosing one area to follow for the remainder of your course.
  • Be based at the stunning Tremough Campus, which boasts industry standard media, broadcasting and photography facilities.
  • Undertake a series of live practical projects that will allow you to identify, develop and realise a variety of production solutions for real clients and agencies.
  • Benefit from the course's flexible structure that will allow you to keep pace with the rapid changes in technology and production that now typify the creative industries.
  • Be part of one of the flagship courses of Cornwall's Skillset Media Academy and benefit from the high-level industry connections that this association brings.

How is the course taught?

Digital Media at Falmouth is a communication design platform offering three specialist areas; Image, Audio and Interaction. You'll develop creative media projects in this trans-disciplinary environment through collaborative production teams, which blend all three skill sets. At the same time, our course structure allows you to steer your experience in the direction you choose.

As you progress, you'll undertake a number of live projects for real clients and agencies. In your final year, you'll be expected to determine a programme of study according to your own personal and professional ambitions, which may include a professional placement.

Assessment

  • Coursework
  • Portfolio
  • Live projects
  • Dissertation

Facilities

Our Media Centre includes:

  • Equipment store with range of cameras and monitors
  • Video editing suites with AVID Media Composer
  • Digital production suites with industry-standard software
  • Audio post production suites with Pro Tools
  • Music recording studios
  • Interaction design labs
  • Dedicated radio newsrooms
  • Digital animation studio
  • Virtual reality TV studio
  • 106-seat cinema
  • 17,000-title TV and film library

Projects and events

Guest lectures

Molly Dineen guest lecture

Molly Deneen, image courtesy of Sam Camfield

The inaugural event of the Cornwall Skillset Media Academy at University College Falmouth featured a screening of BAFTA award-winning documentary film maker, Molly Dineen’s latest film, The Lie of the Land.

MP4 Guest Lecture series: Molly Dineen

Professorial lecture series

Falmouth's Professorial lecture series aims to produce an engaging and challenging public programme that stimulates the intellectual curiosity of our staff, students and alumni, our research collaborators, our industry partners, our local communities and other supporters. Recent lectures relevant to students in the School of Media include Andrew Chitty and Emily Bell.

Andrew Chitty

Seven myths that drive the digital economy

Andrew Chitty

Andrew has been a pioneer in the converging worlds of TV and digital media since the mid 90s when as Editor of BBC2's The Net he was responsible for the BBC's first website and virtual world. Since 1998 he's built Illumina Digital into the UK's leading cross platform production company winning a raft of awards including 4 BAFTAS, 8 RTS Awards, The UN award for e-learning and even a Golden Ladle for the world's best cookery site. In 2008 Illumina joined All3Media, the UK's largest independent production group.

Andrew has been active in policy and industry groups, co-authoring OFCOM's paper New Options for Public Service in the Digital Age and has advised Lord Stephen Carter as a member of the ministerial steering board for the Digital Britain Report. He is a council member of PACT, trustee of TRC Media in Glasgow and a past board member of Skillset. Andrew is currently Chair of the National Skills Council for Digital Media.

A video of Andrew Chitty's lecture can be viewed online here

pdf Download the transcript of Andrew Chitty's lecture (175.81 KB)

Emily Bell

Emily Bell

Back To the News Future: Journalism 10 Years from Now

Director of Digital Content for Guardian News and Media, Emily set up www.mediaguardian.co.uk in 2001. www.guardian.co.uk has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Webby for Best Newspaper on the web in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Oxford graduate, Bell is one of the rising stars coming through from a younger, more web-focused generation of senior media figures.

A video of Emily Bell's lecture can be viewed online here

Answers and advice about the course

HelpMe Forum If you have any queries about the course please visit our HelpMe Forum.

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For further information about BA(Hons) Digital Media at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764. 

Career opportunities

Our graduates are precisely the skilled, knowledgeable and dextrous people demanded by the contemporary creative industries. You can expect to find career opportunities within:

  • Broadcasting
  • Interactive media
  • Advertising
  • Other communication-design related areas

Graduates have gone on to work for BBC Music, Disney, Top Gear, Channel 4, Discovery, Nickleodeon, Guardian online and more.

Entry requirements

A minimum of 220 UCAS points, equivalent Level 3 qualifications or relevant experience. Applicants may be invited to interview and present a portfolio of work so we can assess your abilities, skills and potential to succeed at this level of study.

Please see our How to Apply page for more information.

For further information about BA(Hons) Digital Media at University College Falmouth, please email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 255764.

Interview and selection process

All applicants will be invited to an interview. Interviews will be approximately 20 minutes. There will also be an opportunity for a course talk and campus tour. Applicants will need to come prepared with a portfolio of work, preferably online or in hard copy format. Any form of creative work is appropriate including interactive media, video, photography, artwork, drawing, design or music/performance.
 
Interviews will be held on Thursday 9 and Thursday 23 February 2012

Location: Tremough Campus

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