Level 3 Creative Media Course in Kendal. Classes run at Kendal College, full-time during the day.
The course runs over 35 weeks and covers the full range of creative media production skills. You'll explore game design, video editing, animation, and digital content creation. Units draw on industry-standard tools and techniques used across the UK's games and media sectors. You'll need five GCSEs at grade 4 or above to apply. If you haven't studied GCSE Art or GCSE Graphic Products, bring a sample of your own artwork to interview.
You'll finish with a University of the Arts London Diploma in Creative Media Production and Technology at Level 3.
In the UK, the gaming industry is worth over GBP5 billion to the economy, with more than 2000 firms, of all sizes, designing and developing games. In the past two years, more than 10000 new video games were released, and every single one of them had at least one designer ? this job involves creating the looks, the rules and background story, and the critical structures to the game. As newer technologies are developed, more designers are needed to use these tools in bringing creativity to life on screen.
By completing this course, you will achieve a University of Arts London (UAL) Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media Production & Technology (Digital Gaming).
This is 2 year course and is equivalent to 3 A-Levels and is worth up to 168 UCAS points (Triple Distinction*) or 144 UCAS points (Triple Distinction). UCAS have recently changed the UCAS Tariff from September 2017 so they could include more qualifications. The new Tariff points are lower than the original Tariff points but the value remains the same, as universities will just use lower Tariff numbers in their entry requirements than in previous years.
Is this course right for me? Do you have a passion for creating characters, images, and environments? Do you enjoy gaming for the grand designs in AAA titles, the rich story-telling in epic RPGs, or the hand-crafted simplicity of small mobile projects?
The course starts by considering theory linked to a range of media from different sectors to explore how meaning, messages and values are constructed through formal and stylistic elements. Initial units will look to develop your planning skills, as well as to allow you to gain more insight into requirements such as finance, logistics and regulations for a media project.
You will look to create a pre-production portfolio which will be fully researched and presents ideas on how you would look to plan the delivery of a digital game, including the initial scripts and storyboards. There will be opportunities to work to
Five GCSEs grade 4 or above (English and Maths can be retaken if a grade 4 isn't achieved).
If you have not studied GCSE Art or GCSE Graphic Products, you would need to bring a sample of your own artistic work or drawings to the interview.
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