Film Production with Media Foundation Year

The Foundation Year in Media provides you with the opportunity to develop technical, creative, and academic skills across a range of media platforms including graphic design, screenwriting, marketing, branding, video production, digital photography, and blogging.

Understanding that students are joining the Foundation Year from a range of previous experiences, the course is specifically designed to acclimatise you to the university experience and foster confidence and a creative community.

Your first semester introduces essential skills in photography, audio production, and creative design, alongside introducing foundational professional skills for all media creatives. These are all key skills, whether you see yourself as a content creator, a sports journalist, a film director, a TV producer, or any other role in the creative sector.

Your second semester introduces essential skills in video production and post-production alongside key skills in production design and production management. The year culminates with the School of Creative Industries Showcase. Here, you'll collaborate with students from music, art and design and digital arts collaborate to produce your own individual showpiece contribution to our end-of-year event.

Throughout the year, you’ll be encouraged to situate your own creativity within established traditions and styles while beginning to identify your own storytelling voice and signature style. You'll also be introduced to the significance of the creative industries within the UK economy and will be encouraged to begin positioning yourself within this growing and exciting, but competitive, sector.

By the end of the year, you will feel competent in photography, video production, and graphic design. You will have developed your writing skills and have begun to discover your own voice and professional identity. Ultimately you will feel more confident about your own place in the creative industries giving you a head start on any creative undergraduate degree programme.

Who this course is for
The Foundation Year in Media is designed to help you build basic media-making skills ahead of starting a full undergraduate media-related degree at Solent. Typical candidates either haven’t yet met the entry requirements needed to start on the first year of an undergraduate course or have spent time away from education.

FOUNDATION YEAR
CORE MODULES

Belonging
Creative Industries Launchpad
Story Craft
Creative Showcase

YEAR ONE
CORE MODULES

The Power of the Edit
The Shoot: Building Blocks of Cinematography
Screenwriting: From Idea to Page
Film Practice: A Personal Matter

YEAR TWO
CORE MODULES

Intermediate Major Film 1: Preproduction
Intermediate Major Film 2: Production and Post
Crafting the Scene

OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Meeting the Brief: A Virtual Production Promo
The World: Cinematic Documentaries

**FINAL YEAR
CORE MODULES

Diving into the Industry: Professional Practice Portfolio
Final Major Film: Pre-Production
Final Major Film 2: Production and Post

OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Advanced Cinematography
Advanced Postproduction
Advanced Directing

You may be assessed at the end of each block by:
Films
Group presentations
Essays
Video essays
Practical exams
As part of this course, you will study one module at a time, giving you the chance to build a deeper understanding and see the results of your hard work more quickly. With regular assessments and feedback, rather than exams all at once, you’ll also benefit from improved focus, and a more manageable workload.