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Creative Media - Level 3
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Other start dates:
2nd September 2024
- Length 2 Years
- Study Full-Time
- Location Kidderminster College
More about the course
Master the art of digital media creation with our Creative Media - Level 3 course designed to unlock your potential and inspire your creativity.
This course will teach you how to create fun, engaging, and professional digital media. From captivating video content to immersive audio productions, this course is perfect for those who desire to build a career on platforms like YouTube or to use podcasts as a canvas for their storytelling.
Whether you're an aspiring visionary graphic designer, social media maven or dream of becoming the next Spielberg, this course will equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to bring your creative visions to life and craft engaging and polished digital media content that stands out.
Entry requirements:
- 4 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Maths
What will I achieve?
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Digital Media.
What will I learn?
- Scriptwriting
- Camera, lighting, and audio operation
- Podcasting
- Interactive digital media production
- Vlog production
- Music video production
- Social networking
How is the course taught?
- Coursework
- Project work
- Practical work
- Theory work
How am I assessed?
- Portfolio
- Practical blogs
- Coursework/project work
Work experience opportunities:
- Throughout the year there will be a number of opportunities where you will be working across departments within KC to create different projects.
- Work placements and work experience are designed so that you can build both your confidence and skills to that you will be able to work effortlessly within the industry.
English and Maths:
- Learners aged 16 -18 will be expected to study English and Maths as a mandatory requirement for the study programme if GCSE grade 4 and above are not achieved.
Where can I progress?
- Upon successful completion of this course, you can go progress onto our Higher Education course BA Hons Creative Industries Top Up or go onto complete a university degree.
- Alternatively, you can go into employment through various areas, including film, television, and advertising, becoming a producer, YouTuber, podcaster, and streamer/influencer.
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Meet our tutors and students
Daniel Gardiner
Tutor - Creative MediaI am an effective classroom practitioner and creative professional in Visual Arts. I am enthusiastic about education and the arts. I always strive to ensure that all students succeed and fulfil their academic potential. Creating vibrant and informative schemes of work, helping students to develop their creativity and intellect at a pace suited to their personalities and abilities. I have worked with a varied range of students including primary, secondary, SEN, SEMH, undergraduate, and vocational. I have worked with students with complex needs and those disengaged in education. I hold a QTS, and have been teaching for 10 years full time, having previously worked in the media industry as a videographer and graphic designer.
Creative Media
Gallery
What can I do with a qualification in Creative Media?
Daily tasks:
- Selects, contracts, markets and arranges for the presentation and/or distribution of performance, visual and heritage arts.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Ensures necessary equipment, props, performers and technical staff are on set when required.
- Prepares rehearsal and production schedule for main events, design of sets and costumes, technical rehearsals and dress rehearsals.
- Breaks script into scenes and formulates a shooting schedule that will be most economical in terms of time, location and sets.
- Directs actors, designers, camera team, sound crew and other production and technical staff to achieve desired effects.
- Chooses writers, scripts, technical staff and performers, and assumes overall responsibility for completion of project on time and within budget.
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Daily tasks:
- Operates sound mixing and dubbing equipment to obtain desired mix, level and balance of sound.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Operates equipment to record, edit and play back films and television programmes.
- Checks operation and positioning of projectors, vision and sound recording equipment, and mixing and dubbing equipment.
- Controls transmission, broadcasting and satellite systems for television and radio programmes, identifies and solves related technical problems.
- Takes, records and manipulates digital images and digital video footage.
- Photographs subject or follows action by moving camera.
- Operates scanning equipment to transfer image to computer and manipulates image to achieve the desired effect.
- Inserts lenses and adjusts aperture and speed settings as necessary.
- Arranges subject, lighting, camera equipment and any microphones.
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What can I do with a qualification in Creative Media?
Arts Officers, Producers and Directors
Daily tasks:
- Selects, contracts, markets and arranges for the presentation and/or distribution of performance, visual and heritage arts.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Ensures necessary equipment, props, performers and technical staff are on set when required.
- Prepares rehearsal and production schedule for main events, design of sets and costumes, technical rehearsals and dress rehearsals.
- Breaks script into scenes and formulates a shooting schedule that will be most economical in terms of time, location and sets.
- Directs actors, designers, camera team, sound crew and other production and technical staff to achieve desired effects.
- Chooses writers, scripts, technical staff and performers, and assumes overall responsibility for completion of project on time and within budget.
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Photographers, Audio-visual and Broadcasting Equipment Operators
Daily tasks:
- Operates sound mixing and dubbing equipment to obtain desired mix, level and balance of sound.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Operates equipment to record, edit and play back films and television programmes.
- Checks operation and positioning of projectors, vision and sound recording equipment, and mixing and dubbing equipment.
- Controls transmission, broadcasting and satellite systems for television and radio programmes, identifies and solves related technical problems.
- Takes, records and manipulates digital images and digital video footage.
- Photographs subject or follows action by moving camera.
- Operates scanning equipment to transfer image to computer and manipulates image to achieve the desired effect.
- Inserts lenses and adjusts aperture and speed settings as necessary.
- Arranges subject, lighting, camera equipment and any microphones.
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