Performing Arts BA (Hons) Media and Performance
What’s it about?
Skilled and knowledgeable performers and media practitioners are always in demand in TV, video, radio and theatre. Because media industry employers expect that you will have knowledge of connected areas, we offer pathways in both media performance and media production within the same programme.
What will I learn?
Year 1 will cover acting techniques for theatre, television and radio and skills in camera, editing and directing. After year 1 you will be able to choose options to support your interests. This will encourage you to develop a high standard of performance and production skills, and enable you to produce theatre and video drama productions. Optional modules allow you to develop production/ performance skills which suit you best and extend your knowledge of the cultural context of the media.
In year 2 you will look further into contemporary ideas about performing as well as analysing the actor as the dynamic force in a performance. You will also complete at least one video drama production and have the opportunity to take part in a theatre or radio production. Optional modules will enable you to increase your knowledge and skills.
In year 3 you will have the chance to pursue an independent practical research project, dissertation, theatre project, video project or radio project. Optional modules build on skills gained in your second year.
Modules include: • Media Analysis • Video Projects • Presenting • Studio Production • TV Comedy Performance • TV and Radio Acting • Scriptwriting for Film and TV • Edit, Sound, Lighting and Camera
How will I learn? Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars for traditional academic modules. Practical skills are developed through workshops, project-based work and tutorials.
In addition to top-flight, full-time academic staff with a broad range of research interests, we draw on the expertise of a wide range of visiting lecturers who are respected practitioners in the subjects that they teach. They have experience in the media and live performance, as actors, writers, producers and directors.
Extra-curricular activities include the opportunity to audition for the Showcase which takes place before agents and casting directors, opportunities to attend masterclasses with visiting leading professionals and networking opportunities.
Where can I get a job?
Our graduates appear on TV and theatre credits both as performers and technicians. This includes leading performance roles and crew in numerous programmes for ITV Granada, BBC and Channel 4 television. Recent graduates have worked in production roles at Granada and the BBC in such projects as Island at War, Hustle, The Jeremy Kyle Show, Coronation Street and others.
Other graduates have appeared successfully in front of the camera: Emma Atkins Emmerdale, Chris Bisson Coronation Street and East is East and Kaye Wragg No Angels. Other successful Salford graduates include Sophia Di Martino Casualty, Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who, Peter Kay Phoenix Nights, and Jason Manford (The One Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats). Stage success has come to Emma Hartley-Miller and Rachel Brogan (Royal Exchange, Royal Court).
Yet other graduates have gone to successful careers as video producers, marketing and commercial advertising executives and as radio broadcasters and editors. The BBC’s move to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays means enhanced opportunities for our media graduates.
3 good reasons to study this programme at Salford
• Work with professional TV and theatre practitioners – we are a media partner of ITV Granada
• Study media and performance in their contemporary contexts
• Opportunities to make TV and radio programmes for Channel M and Shock FM
Typical entry requirements 300 UCAS points
We encourage applications from students with equivalent qualifications and recognise experience of adult learners see page 27 for further details
www.salford.ac.uk/course-finder has a full list of entry requirements
Programme details
Duration: Three years full-time
Average teaching contact time: Year 1: 6 weeks of workshops (5 days a week) otherwise an average 15 hours a week Year 2: 8 weeks projects (all day every day) then an average of 9 or 10 hours per week Year 3: 4 weeks projects (all day everyday) then an average of 6.5 hours per week
Assessment: Practical classes assessed by a presentation/assignment or a project-based performance. Academic modules are assessed by essay. You will also take part in live theatre and/or recorded video and radio work, in which you are assessed by in-class exercises or through the shooting, recording and editing of specific projects
Programme code/s: W400
Employment and/or further study
87% of Media, Music and Performance graduates go on to employment and/or further study within six months of graduating
Further details from Course Enquiries Service +44 (0)161 295 4545
course-enquiries@salford.ac.uk
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