This document contains Brandon Lambert's UAL Progression Proforma for 2022-23, which includes details of their grades, courses being considered for university, personal statement, and year 1 review. It shows Brandon achieved mostly good GCSE grades and is interested in filmmaking, media, and editing/post-production courses. Their personal statement outlines experience in media studies and goals to produce films. The year 1 review reflects on enjoying filming and audio projects the most, and identifies time management as an area for improvement.

1. UAL Progression Proforma
2022-23
Brandon Lambert

2. Grades

3. GCSEs
School Name Here
Year Subject Grade Awarding Body
2020 English Language 5
2020 English Literature 5
2020 Maths 4
2020 RE 4
2020 Science 1
2020 History 5
2020 IT L2 Distinction
2020 Media L2 Merit

4. Final Grade Y1
Grade UCAS Points
PASS 36
MERIT 60
DISTINCTION 84
Grade UCAS Points
PASS 72
MERIT 120
DISTINCTION 168
Final Grade Y2

5. Courses

6. University Course
Course Title Communication and media
UCAS Code P900
Link https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/86b2704f-c17f-512d-4ec6-
b6b74e042ef3?academicYearId=2022&courseOptionId=5dc3520a-c463-48b1-ae7e-
62ef4d96a5dd
Location Bournemouth university
Entry
Requirements/
Qualification
GCSE
Grades
UAL Grade
UCAS points • 104-120
General
Comments/
Course Content
• This course seems like a pretty fun option and is within my
preferred range.
Rating/Suitability
(0-10> 10 Being
Most Suitable)
7.5

7. University Course
Course Title Filmmaking
UCAS Code W610
Link https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/5d465487-0d05-4a1b-bac7-
ea8b7291c409?academicYearId=2022&courseOptionId=22634e0a-de91-446d-a508-
bb85a2f29818
Location Central Lancashire
Entry
Requirements/
Qualification
GCSE
Grades
UAL Grade
UCAS points • 96-112
General
Comments/
Course Content
• I also like the sound of this course and the ucas requirement
doesn’t seem too out of reach.
Rating/Suitability
(0-10> 10 Being
Most Suitable)
7.5

8. University Course
Course Title Filmmaking
UCAS Code W600
Link https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/f880fe89-7f3b-47b4-9feb-
b029633e8e1e?academicYearId=2022&courseOptionId=d4c24c64-e5b4-44c1-84d6-1d222c22ff3b
Location Birmingham
Entry
Requirements/
Qualification
GCSE
Grades
UAL Grade
UCAS points • 64
General
Comments/
Course Content
• Seems to offer quite a lot for only 64 ucas points
Rating/Suitability
(0-10> 10 Being
Most Suitable)
6.5

9. University Course
Course Title Editing and post production
UCAS Code PJ90
Link https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/13dc5766-25f6-89d2-f16d-
f9bdb37ff950?academicYearId=2022
Location London
Entry
Requirements/
Qualification
GCSE
Grades
UAL Grade
UCAS points • 64
General
Comments/
Course Content
• In a good location, London isn’t too far away and seems like
a fun place to go
Rating/Suitability
(0-10> 10 Being
Most Suitable)
7

10. University Course
Course Title Media
UCAS Code P300
Link https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/c42a70f3-9911-4a75-
b8bf-0ea91927bfbd?academicYearId=2022
Location Edge hill university
Entry
Requirements/
Qualification
GCSE
Grades
UAL Grade
UCAS points • 112-120
General
Comments/
Course Content
• The course description sounds very interesting
Rating/Suitability
(0-10> 10 Being
Most Suitable)
8

11. University Course
Course Title Film
UCAS Code W610
Link https://digital.ucas.com/coursedisplay/courses/60c67a3e-fbbc-
3220-e48d-67feb2abba20?academicYearId=2022
Location Bournemouth
Entry
Requirements/
Qualification
GCSE
Grades
UAL Grade
UCAS points • 104-120
General
Comments/
Course Content
• I really like the university campus and think it looks nice
Rating/Suitability
(0-10> 10 Being
Most Suitable)
8

12. Personal
Statement
Support in the notes section at the bottom of each slide

13. Academic History
• At school I studied a wide variety of different subjects,
the optional ones I chose included media and IT. I have
also been studying Media at college for the last few
months and have enjoyed it, this has lead me to
consider a university course specialising in media. I
have made video based projects, audio based and
written work. I have learned how to handle a camera
efficiently and edit footage to a somewhat high level. I
have also learned how to compose audio and use foley
to add sounds to a video. I want to progress onwards
and study further because I feel as though I have a lot
of potential in the media industry.

14. Current Study
• The current course I am attending (Media studies) has
helped me prepare for my chosen university courses
through exposure to the industry, I have conducted a lot of
different media focused activity within this course and have
been able to decide whether I like it or not. Now that I am
sure that I enjoy media I have been able to make a clear
decision on what type of uni course I want to apply for. I
have made music videos, horror movie promotional
posters, audio based horror stories and much more. I
learned editing skills, recording skills and software
navigation skills, this makes me want to progress on as I
think I can further improve upon these skills I already have,
refining them to the best they can be.

15. The Future
• In the future, my ultimate goal is to be producing
a variety of different movies, no limits in terms of
genre as I am a very creative person and enjoy
exploring new ideas. University will help me
achieve this through the knowledge and practical
experience I will gain in result of attending a
university course focused on filmmaking. I will be
able to convert all of my knowledge into practical
activities that will definitely enhance the quality
of any films I hope to work on.

16. Outside College
• Outside of college I work a part time job, other
than that I engage in normal everyday, social
activities with friends and family. This makes me a
better candidate for university as these activities I
do outside of college have provided me with
enough experience in order to be able to
efficiently and effectively listen to instructions,
carry out any tasks given and also improve upon
things that I have gotten wrong in the past, all of
these skills will nicely convert over into the
university experience.

17. Conclusion
• I want to go to university because I think it can
help me achieve my goals and further refine
my skills, the experience will grant me more
confidence and will also allow me to decide on
what I want to pursue as a job. I think I am a
good candidate as I am very motivated and
enjoy creating different things.

18. Introduction
• I am applying for 3 different courses at university,
1 being filmmaking, another is editing and post
production and the last course is general media
studies. I would like to go to university as I enjoy
the academic environment and enjoy learning
new skills. Also, I think going to university can
offer me a lot of different opportunities, I think
having multiple options and narrowing it down to
the best career path for me is the best way to do
things, uni will allow me to choose a path this
way.

19. Year 1 Review

20. Which projects have you enjoyed most
this year & why?
• I have most enjoyed the filming and editing tasks
this year including, the music video production
tasks, the FMP in which I created a podcast and
the audio based horror story. The filming of all of
the visual work was fun and I enjoyed it a lot as I
was able to create whatever I wanted and take
inspiration from pre existing products that I like.
The audio editing was also an enjoyable time for
me since I already had a decent amount of
experience in that aspect of media so working on
stuff I was already familiar with was fun.

21. Which projects have you least enjoyed
[& why]?
• I least enjoyed the foley tasks, I do normally
enjoy audio based work and I think I would
have enjoyed this if I wasn’t far behind with
work. I had to rush the foley task because of
time constraints, this made the work quality
dramatically decrease, I wasn’t proud of how
it ended up and didn’t really enjoy the process
either.

22. What is you biggest success
• I think my biggest success this year is the amount
of knowledge and experience I have gained, I now
know important things about media that I didn’t
have a clue of beforehand. These specific facts
that I now know are definitely very useful and can
be applied to any other media projects I will do in
the future, ultimately improving them. The
experience I have now is also a huge success as I
now find myself completing media related tasks
that I considered difficult before with ease, which
is an extremely useful skill.

23. What has been your biggest mistake in
coursework
• My biggest mistake in my coursework this year
was probably time management, I fell behind
quite a lot and had to do lots of catching up
and completing previous work that I hadn’t
finished. This definitely made me learn from
my mistakes though as there where a lot of
problems and issues I came across and had to
deal with in result of falling behind.

24. Which skills do you think you have
develop most?
• I think I have developed my filming skills the
most. Before I started the course I didn’t really
have much of an idea on how to operate a
camera, when filming the video would look shaky
because I wasn’t used to holding a camera, the
subject of the shot wasn’t even in frame some of
the times and overall my filming ability just
wasn’t very good. Now, I have fully improved on
every aspect of filming that I just mentioned and
am fully confident with using a camera.

25. What area are aiming to specialise in
during Year 2?
• I would like to specialise in filming and editing
in year 2, I enjoy the process and it is the
aspect of media that I am most interested in.
It fits with my goals for the future as I plan to
pursue editing and filming in some way as a
career.