If you are someone who makes videos, records music, takes photographs, podcasts or has a genuine interest in the Media you consume, this is the course for you.
Our alumni are Directors, Producers, Sound Designers, Camera people, Musicians, Editors, Comedians, Advertising Executives, Lighting Experts and more besides.
We constantly engage with the Media Industry and adjust the course each year to ensure that our graduates are as prepared for the Media Landscape as they can be.
We have a state of the art HD Television Studio. A professional recording studio for the creation of Music, Sound Design and Radio using ProTools.
We put equipment in your hands early and often, encouraging you to learn by doing.
The course works hard to refine your interests while helping you understand every aspect of Media Production.
Year 1 – Here, we introduce you to all the major disciplines. In Film Production & Editing you will produce and edit a range of material shot on location. Sound is served by Radio and Podcast Production. Photography develops your eye and image manipulation abilities. Media Analysis helps you analyse television, film and radio so as to give you a better understanding of how it’s made. Intercultural Studies and Communications prepare you for the Ireland we live in today and Work Experience gives you an opportunity to gain your first foothold in a real Media job.
Year 2 – In your second year, the pace picks up. Sound will focus on the growing area of Sound Design while TV expands into more complex programme making, planning, shooting and editing from day one. The introduction of Creative Industry, TV and Film Professional Practice will ensure your process is in line with industry. You will have a chance to work on an Individual Project to test your growing skillset and you will expand your knowledge of how media products are made in Television Studies.
Year 3 – Your final year of the core programme expands your abilities even more. In both Sound and Television you will work on Broadcast Standard Documentaries and real world projects with actual clients. You will have the opportunity to develop your own solo and collaborative work. Social Media Practice will give you the up to date skills necessary to succeed in this fast growing area of media production. Your academic ability will be bolstered in Professional Development. In third year, your work experience can lead to a job directly after graduating and it also prepares you for the Top-up degree.
Have a look at the video below to see some of our students at work
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When you complete the Media Production course & the top-up degree you will receive the following certifications:
QQI Level 5 Certificate (First Year)
BTEC Higher National Diploma (Second & Third Year)
(Hons) BA Degree (Level 8) (Fourth Year Optional)
3 Years for a QQI & HND (plus the option of a one year top up Degree in Film & TV Production)
Radio and Sound Recording, Music Business, Advertising and Public Relations, Graphic Design, Publishing, Photography, Television Production and Broadcast, Webcasting, TV Graphics, Interactive Media, Film Production, Publishing, Post Production, Sound for Film and TV, Computer Game Sound Design
We also have an Erasmus link with Stadin Media College in Helsinki, allowing some students to have a 6 week work placement in Finland during the second year with us. Students going will be selected by interview during the second year.
Progression to the final year of the BA (Hons) Media, at the University of Wolverhampton, University of Central Lanchashire and a number of UK Universities. Completion of this course qualifies you to apply to complete the B.A.(Hons) Film & Television Production(top-up) in Coláiste Dhúlaigh.
More details on the BA Top up year are available here.
– If you want to continue to develop your career with us, we offer a one year top up degree in conjunction with the University of Wolverhampton (B.A.(Hons) Film & Television Production(top-up) which is delivered in our college. This is a far more cost effective option than any degrees offered by Irish Universities.
For more information on the degree, click here.
| College | City of Dublin FET College, Dhúlaigh, Northeast Campus |
| Course ID | 179825 |
| Course Location | Coolock, Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 17 |
| Course Type | Classroom Based |
| Course Qualification | Level 5 Certificate |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| Awarding Body Details | Media Production |
| Course Duration | One year with option to progress to 2 year HND and final fourth year top up BA degree in Film Production |
| Course Time | Full Time |
| Course Fee | 50 |
| Entry Requirements | A genuine interest in the field of Media, Leaving Certificate (including LCA) or previous media experience. Mature Students are also actively encouraged. We can consider applicants for Advanced entry into our HND Programme if they have completed a similar QQI award at another institution or have previous Media experience. |
| Career Path | Directing, Producing, Sound Design, Camera operators, Musicians, Editors, Comedians, Advertising Executives, Lighting Experts and any other area of the media industry |
| Course Code | 5M18518 |
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