Course Summary
Course Category: Direct Entry (Higher Education - HET)
This course is aimed at those who have an interest in art, design, and film and TV production but have not yet completed a related programme and who do not have a portfolio of work. This certificate gives you the opportunity to explore and experiment across a range of TV production and design disciplines in order to enhance your skills and identify the creative specialism you might wish to pursue as a career or through further study.
This certificate will help you expand on the core knowledge of TV Production as well as various Design practices, giving you the skills and confidence to advance your creative, technical and organisation skills through further education or experience in the field.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Storytelling for screen
Visual culture
Creative Studio
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Linguistic
The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
