Media Production
Media production is the discipline of creating content for television, film, radio, podcasting, digital platforms, and live events. It encompasses the full range of skills involved in taking a programme or project from initial concept to finished broadcast or distributed product: research, scriptwriting, directing, camera operation, sound recording and design, editing, and post-production. At Wrexham University, the BA Media Production with Foundation Year is a four-year full-time programme that provides professional-grade facilities including a four-camera television studio, live streaming control rooms, and post-production editing galleries, giving you the hands-on experience that the industry expects.
As the current description emphasises, the programme places you in a real production environment from the outset, not just in lecture theatres. You will work with industry-standard equipment and workflows, developing the practical competence and the creative judgment that production work demands. The programme covers both the technical and the editorial dimensions of media production: understanding how cameras and editing software work is important, but so is understanding how stories are structured, how programmes are commissioned and developed, and how the media industry operates commercially and creatively.
The foundation year provides the initial grounding that students from a range of educational backgrounds need before engaging with the full professional demands of the main degree.
Graduates of media production programmes work across the television, film, radio, and digital media industries. Entry-level roles in production include runner, production assistant, camera assistant, sound assistant, and assistant editor, with progression towards roles as director, producer, editor, and production manager. Independent production companies, broadcasters, digital platform content teams, corporate media units, and the growing podcast and digital content sector all employ media production graduates.
Some graduates go on to postgraduate study in film, television, or digital media production to deepen their expertise or specialise in particular genres or formats. Wrexham's professional facilities and production-focused curriculum are designed to produce graduates who can contribute to professional productions from the point of graduation.