Creative Media

Course overview

Master your creative and digital production skills to launch your career in the creative industries with our BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Practice.

This two-year, full-time course (equivalent to three A Levels) offers a dynamic pathway into higher education, apprenticeships, or direct entry into the creative and digital sectors, which could include:

• Advertising and Marketing
• Animation and Visual Effects
• Digital Media and Content Creation
• Film and TV
• Game Development
• Journalism and Publishing
• Sound Design and Audio Production

• Entry Requirements
  4 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English or Maths.
• Benefits/Skills

  Throughout the course, you'll develop essential skills valued by employers and universities:

  • Independent study and research skills
  • Critical thinking and innovative problem-solving
  • Industry-relevant technical and digital production skills
  • Professional practice, soft skills and the adaptability in creative contexts
  • Project planning, management, and delivery
  • Collaborative teamwork and effective communication

  
  

  Real-world experience through industry placements and live briefs, including:

  • Claro (Harrogate)
  • Split Pixel (Huddersfield)
  • Skinny Design (Harrogate)
• Units/Modules

  You’ll develop a strong understanding of the creative industries through practical, hands-on projects that mirror real industry practices, and theoretical underpinning.

  A1: Skills Development, you will explore key fundamentals of media practice, learning how skills are integrated and connected to generate developed outcomes.

  Build an impressive professional portfolio as you explore a wide range of disciplines such:

  • Desktop Publishing
  • Digital Graphics
  • Film and Video Production
  • Game Design and Development
  • Motion Graphics
  • Visual Effects

  A2: Creative Project, you will apply the skills you have been developing throughout the programme to a creative project that demonstrates your ability to self-direct a response to a brief, from inception to completed product.

  Choose to specialise in one or more of the above subjects

  B1: Personal Progression, you should explore a range of career opportunities, produce valuable materials and demonstrate specialist skills relating to your goals for personal progression.

  B2: Creative Industry Response, you will focus on advancing your practical, critical and reflective skills to produce work in response to an industry brief. You will use the knowledge, understanding and experience you have gained to plan, prepare and develop a proposal for a project and apply advanced skills to carry it out from concept to resolution.

• Careers/Progression

  This qualification opens doors to various opportunities:

  Progression opportunities include higher education courses, apprenticeships, or internships in areas such as digital media, game design and development, film and television production, web and app development, and marketing.

  You could also move directly into junior creative roles across the industry, such as assistant content creator, game development QA tester, production researcher, junior web developer, or digital marketing assistant.

• Assessment Types
  The course is 100% internally set and assessed, focusing on project-based learning, including real-world briefs and at least 40 hours of work experience.