BA (Hons) Television and Radio Production Bachelor's degree at the University of Salford

This module explores media texts, such as television and radio programmes, and their industrial and wider cultural contexts. It introduces you to a range of textual analysis skills, including the analysis of mise-en-scène, editing, genre, narrative and performance. It provides insights into how the economic, technological and regulatory contexts of media industries influence the production, distribution and consumption of media texts. It enables you to critically examine the ideological position

This module is your first step in transforming bold ideas into real content for TV, radio, and digital platforms. Over the 12 weeks, you'll work in Development Teams to respond to real-life industry commissioning briefs, researching, shaping, and refining original content ideas. You'll pitch your concepts to industry professionals, just like in the real world - with the aim of getting your idea greenlit! Once your pitch is approved, you'll develop it further by writing a full treatment and prepa

This is the sister module to Development and Commissioning and naturally follows on from this development and commissioning stage - it moves you in to the production planning phases of a project; concentrating on the research and pre-production that goes in to anything worth watching, listening to or interacting with on TV, radio or online. In this module, you'll be learning how to research and pre-produce either the content you had commissioned in Development and Commissioning or if you decide

Continuing on from Media Texts, Media Context further explores media texts, such as television and radio programmes, and their industrial and wider cultural contexts.

This module aims to equip you with the key skills you need to produce, direct and edit your own individual short videos. You will develop your practical skills in camera, sound, editing and multi-platform delivery, and learn about the processes underpinning factual and fictional formats on television.

This module will introduce a brief history of radio and the contemporary radio landscape, including analysis of contemporary and iconic radio strands. It will then give an introduction to sound: what it is and the tools and techniques used to capture and create it digitally. You will learn how to research contributors, script, produce, record and edit radio docs and features.

This module will provide you with a greater understanding of how to produce documentaries and factual features based on a critical and practical appreciation of the form. The module considers a range of research methods, production processes, directing techniques and scripting skills appropriate for documentary formats and, enables you to both work as part of a team and run a team in which you manage each stage of production from initial idea to multi-platform project delivery.

This module examines television's evolution in the streaming era, exploring how platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ have influenced the production, distribution, and consumption of TV programming. It considers how UK public service broadcasters have developed their own streaming services, including BBC iPlayer and Channel 4 On Demand, and what these platforms reveal about the changing relationship between traditional broadcasting and online distribution. The module explores h

You will learn and apply theories about how narrative is constructed via moving image in both scripted and non-scripted film and television. The module will enable you to develop a sophisticated understanding of how camera and editing techniques, along with a range of mise-en-scène practices, such as lighting, blocking, and set and costume design, are used to resonate with story actions, subtextually signal characters' mental states and connect to real-world social, political and cultural contex

The module explores the idea of genre as a key critical concept within television studies and enables students to identify the codes and conventions of key television genres such as news, sitcom, reality TV, Soap Operas, heritage TV, and talk shows whilst gaining an understanding of genre in relation to television production and audiences.

Combining the buzz of creating live radio programming with fascinating radio theory you will learn to make high quality radio content by applying contemporary as well as historical radio conventions/concepts. You will produce/present radio programming sure in the knowledge that what you are creating is truly ground-breaking or just brilliantly slick state-of-the-art radio.

By studying a range of camera work from various genres and time periods, you will gain an understanding of how shooting styles can portray different themes and meaning. You will also further develop your own camera technique through hands-on workshops and demonstrations.

Podcast and Radio Feature Production develops and critically reflects upon the creative, technical, and production skills required to record features and short documentaries. The module builds on the students existing recording and editing skills in aiming to deliver broadcast standard audio and enhances the students knowledge of subject and contributor research, production planning, scripting and interviewing techniques in order to construct longer form speech based features.

A critical and practical exploration of studio production; you will be encouraged to undertake a variety of studio roles throughout the module including vision mixer, floor manager, and sound supervisor, and collaborate on the production of a studio programme item.

Technical audio experiences both in and out of the radio studio and an opportunity for you to learn about station sound: creating a station identity using jingles, beds and other audio. You will develop skills in the use of a range of microphones and microphone techniques as well as a knowledge of the theory of audio capture in a range of internal and external recording situations whilst enhancing your editing skills to create audio soundscapes and also experimental audio pieces. You will also l

This module explores the role of the production manager. You will develop your production planning, organizational, and negotiating skills necessary for the role whilst considering issues surrounding creative ownership and rights and key production employment regulations. You will also consider the range of production jobs for different programming genres and how resources can be allocated, scheduled and budgeted. Students on this module can also take advantage of our education partnership with

An introduction to, and experience of, a range of live on air radio situations and studio programmes, this module provides you with an opportunity to work across all programme-making roles, including producer, reporter, presenter and studio manager. You will develop knowledge of and an opportunity to apply the creative, production and technical skills required to make a variety of live radio including panel shows, music shows, quiz shows, specialist shows and magazine shows.

To provide students with knowledge of and experience in the making of radio features and documentaries; the module will develop the creative, technical, and production skill