Film and Video Production Technology (Hons)

Overview

What you will study

Based on our world-famous Tonmeister degree in music and sound recording, this Film and Video Production Technology (Hons) programme offered by the University of Surrey combines the study of engineering theory with practical skills development. You’ll study the fundamentals of signals, computing and broadcast technologies, video and audio engineering, wireless links and video over IP. On the practical side, you’ll study camera skills, cinematography for cinema, film sound postproduction, TV production, titles and graphics. See some of our students’ work.

All of our technical modules have practical labs, giving you a hands-on illustration of topics. Our professional facilities will familiarise you with industry-standard equipment and allow you to make informed choices. This, along with a focus on professional attitudes to work and health and safety, will prepare you for professional industry.

Careers and graduate prospects

Created with industry involvement from the beginning, this degree will equip you for careers in all aspects of the film and television industries as well as further study and research.

Most jobs in the industry are in-between the scientific and artistic ends, and so our focus on technical knowledge, artistic appreciation and soft skills will give you choices in your career path throughout your life in a changing industry. 

Career possibilities include:

• Directors

• Producers

• Broadcast engineers

• Camera directors

• Lighting designers

• Colour graders

• Production assistants

• Digital data wranglers

• Digital imaging technicians

• Developers and creators of engineering hardware or software for the film and broadcast industries

• Creative directors

• Programme researchers

• Technical co-ordinators

• Post-production editors

• Academic researchers.