Free Level 2 Creative Media Course in Northampton. Classes run at Northampton College, full-time during the day.
The course focuses on games design. You'll use industry software and hardware in purpose-built PC suites. Units cover creating game concepts, studying how games work, planning, and marketing. You'll also explore careers in the games design industry. The course runs for one year.
You'll need four GCSEs at Grade 3 or above, including English and Maths. A Level 1 programme with Functional Skills English and Maths at Entry Level 3 is also accepted. You'll finish with a Level 2 Diploma in Creative Media Production and Technology, awarded by University of the Arts London.
Our programme in Games Design will provide you with an opportunity to begin your journey in the games design industry. Using industry software and hardware in our purpose built PC suites will give you the best possible start.
You will have the opportunity to create ideas for games, as well as study how games work. You will look at what people do in the games design industry and learn how to plan and market your game. By the end of the course, you will have a range of skills that will prepare you for your next step, as well as gaining transferable skills relevant to broader fields.
Delivery methods will include practical workshop sessions on motion graphics, animation, web design and games testing. Classroom-based theory sessions are supported by IT and computer-based research, educational visits to industry trade fairs and other games industry-related events.
What will I study?
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Specialist Units:
•Introduction to creative media methods and skills
•Introduction to production techniques in creative media
•Understanding an audience in creative media production
•Contextual research for creative media production
•Exploring audio production and technology
•Exploring visual production and technology
•Exploring interactive media production and technology
•Personal project and presentation in creative media production
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