With first-class facilities, opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience, and a reputation for producing highly employable television graduates, Solent University’s ScreenSkills accredited post-production for film and television degree will help provide you with the specialist skills you’ll need for a creative post-production career.
You will learn to edit for high-end drama and factual film and TV, using state-of-the-art software including Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Avid Pro-Tools, along with high-quality post-production sound and colour grading facilities. You will also discover Da Vinci Resolve, and get the chance to complete an Avid Certified User certificate to enhance your employability.
You’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate with leading editors from industry, and learn valuable insight from industry experts through a range of guest lectures. Recent speakers have included Mick Audsley (Harry Potter), Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now), Eddie Hamilton (Kingsman, MI:6), Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody, Gravity, Beauty and the Beast) and many more.
You will be encouraged to complete work experience alongside your degree, and recent students have completed placements at Envy, Woodcut Media and the BBC. The School of Media Arts and Technology also has a long history of providing summer work experience opportunities at festivals such as Glastonbury, Bestival, Camp Bestival, and many more.
Collaborative working with students in music, drama, animation, special effects, gaming, make-up, fashion design and more.
What does this course lead to?
This ScreenSkills accredited course is ideal for those who want to be editors, sound mixers, colour graders, visual effects and edit assistants working in TV and film.
Who is this course for?
We welcome applicants from a wide range of academic and creative backgrounds, who aspire to be editors, sound mixers, colour graders, edit assistants and more.
YEAR 1 - CORE MODULES
Introduction to Single Camera Production
Introduction to Studio Production
Introduction to Post Production
Introduction to Sound
Screenwriting
Research and Development for TV
YEAR 2 - CORE MODULEs
Live Brief and Professional Practice 1
Live Brief and Professional Practice 2
Fiction Production
Documentary Production
Intermediate Editing
YEAR 2 - OPTIONS (please note that not all options are guaranteed to run each year)
Motion Graphics
Sound of the Story
YEAR 3 - CORE MODULES
Working in the Creative Industries
Creative Editing: Documentary
Creative Editing: Fiction
Final Major Project
YEAR 3 - OPTIONS (please note that not all options are guaranteed to run each year)
Colour Correction and Grading
Collaborative Drama
This is an experiential course, which means you learn by doing - and everything you do on our course is designed to prepare you for a career in industry. Assessment is through coursework, individual and group projects, presentations, reflective reports and peer-evaluation.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Southampton, Solent University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
For information about applying to Solent as an International applicant, please visit https://www.solent.ac.uk/how-to-apply/entry-requirements/help-for-international-students
104-120 from a minimum of 2 A Levels
DMM (112 UCAS Tariff Points)
Pass in Access course with 60 credits overall including 45 Level 3 credits passed with a minimum of Merit, or 102-118 UCAS Tariff points with any combination of Distinction, Merit or Pass Grades
104-120 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 4 Scottish Highers
Accepted when studied alongside other Level 3 qualifications
D*D (104 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is accepted when taken alongside other qualifications.
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is accepted when taken alongside other qualifications.
104-120 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 Scottish Advanced Highers
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
DMM (112 UCAS Tariff Points)
D*D (104 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is accepted when taken alongside other qualifications.
This qualification is considered as part of the overall tariff (104-120 UCAS Tariff Points)
This qualification is accepted when taken alongside other qualifications.
This qualification is accepted when taken alongside other qualifications.
Merit (120 UCAS Tariff Points)
• Direct entry to years 2 (Level 5) or 3 (Level 6)
We welcome applications from students currently studying a Foundation Degree, DipHE, HNC, HND or modules of an undergraduate degree course at another university, who wish to enter directly into Years 2 or 3 of one of our undergraduate degree courses.
• Level 5 (year 2) entry
To directly enter the second year of this course you will need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 120 undergraduate credits at Level 4 or a CertHE in a related subject area.
• Level 6 (year 3) entry
To directly enter the third year of this course you need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 240 undergraduate credits (at Levels 4 and 5), a DipHE, Foundation Degree or HND in a related subject area.
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
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| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | with 5.5 in each individual component. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 80 | with a minimum of 20 in each individual compoenent. |
We understand that each student is unique. At Solent we encourage individuality and have adopted a balanced approach to Admissions, by considering exam results alongside portfolios / interviews or auditions.
Our contextual offer scheme allows offers below our standard academic entry criteria to those who have faced challenges which has impacted their performance and predicted higher grades, by taking into account additional selection criteria such as a strong portfolio, interview or audition.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
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Solent University offers a number of bursaries, grants and scholarships. For more information, please visit https://www.solent.ac.uk/finance/grants-bursaries-scholarships/bursaries
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