The Staffordshire University FTVRS Open Day Talk 2018/2019

1. Welcome to Film, Television &
Radio
School of Computing and Digital Technologies

2. A little bit about Film, TV & Radio
 Film, TV & Radio Course Showreel:
https://vimeo.com/234146964
 Running successfully for 26 years
 Renowned high standards of tutoring and
outstanding production facilities
 Links to various local/national media organisations

3. 70% Practice: 30% Theory
 You can explore the production of film, TV &
radio and their appeal to different audiences
 You can gain practical media skills working to
make professional films and programmes
 You can choose different production strands to
reflect your own media interests

4. What will I study on Film, TV & Radio?
YEAR ONE
FILM ♦ TV ♦ RADIO ♦ SCRIPTWRITING
YEAR TWO
CHOOSE TWO MEDIA PATHWAYS
YEAR THREE
CHOOSE ONE MEDIA PATHWAY

5. How will I be assessed?
COURSEWORK BASED ♦ NO EXAMINATIONS
● Production Portfolios: Films & Programmes
● Scriptwriting Projects
● Research Reports & Evaluations
● Pitches
And more…

6. Who will teach me?
● Media teaching specialists
● Film, TV & Radio Industry Practitioners
● Visiting experts

7. Who will support me?
● Course Leader, Personal Tutor & Module Tutors
● Production facilities support teams
● Support & Guidance Officers
● Student Peer support

8. Work Placement & Networking
Jade McKenna
Working at CBBC & ITV Studios, MediaCityUK
Media Work Placement in your final year

9. Work on Broadcast Programmes
BBC History Documentaries
The Great Pottery Throw Down
The Antiques Roadshow

10. Production Facilities

11. Social aspects: trips & activities

12. Employability
▲ Key media and transferable skills
▲ Designed to allow you to work in both media,
media-related and non-media employment

13. Graduates working in industry
▲ Will Dodds, Asst Director 007 Skyfall, Harry
Potter films, Sherlock Holmes, Munich, War Horse,
All You Need Is Kill (2014) with Tom Cruise. Also:
Hercules (2014), Cinderella (2015), Pan (2015)

14. Ben Taylor, TV/Film Director – Bad Management
(US TV Movie), Love Matters (Sky), Cuckoo (BBC
3), Cardinal Burns (E4), Spy (Sky).
Lyndon Tovey, TV Producer/Director, Come Dine
With Me, BBC Eurovision Song Contest, The X-
Factor, Strictly Come Dancing.
Nick Thursby, Camera Assistant, Rogue One: A
Star Wars Story (2018).

15. Imogen Gabony, Development Producer, BBC 3, Lime Pictures, betty, Endemol,
Lola Entertainment
Richard Todd, Assistant Production Co-ordinator, London Spy (BBC, 2015). PA
Secretary, The Bletchley Circle, Vicious (ITV1), Victor Frankenstein (2015),
James Bond and the Queen Olympics Special
Gemma Moore, BBC Senior Technical Operating Director, Midlands Today, BBC
Television.
Richard Jordan, Head of Editorial Content Curation, Times Educational
Supplement
Ray Crowther, Training & Programme Manager, Stafford FM.
Ian Cartlidge, Production Scheduler at Lime Pictures
(Hollyoaks, The Only Way Is Essex).

16. JUNCTION 15 Productions
Company set up by two FTVRS graduates, Darren
Teale & Andy Rowell
Co-producers of the award winning Sky1
documentary Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict.

17. Graduates Returning

18. Other graduate destinations
The intellectual flexibility and initiative promoted
by FTVRS is also relevant to a wide range of
careers:
Marketing Publishing
Teaching Arts Administration
Communications Music promoters
Accountancy Police Force
Also post-graduate research/study.

19. Follow us on…
http://www.ftvrs.co.uk/