In today’s visual world, it’s not just actors who perform on screen. Many other professionals are called on to present themselves in front of a camera. This course will build your screen performance skills to make sure you stand out from the competition.

Through a mixture of practical, work-based learning and theory, this postgraduate course develops your acting, presenting and communication skills so you can perform confidently and to a professional standard before the camera.

It is intended for people who would like to act or may need to present at different media platforms in sectors such as performance, journalism, politics or business, and who might have some previous experience in acting, presenting and public speaking.

Why choose this course?

• Develop your individual performance skills based on up-to-date practices and techniques of working before the camera, covering a range of situations from fictional drama to factual programming
• Gain the confidence to communicate your ideas with clarity and promote your screen performance skills within the media industry
• Participate in a range of masterclasses run by experts working within the media industry, events that help you build professional contacts; take up work placements or employment within established casting and production companies; or audition for screen-based productions
• Showcase your work through Beds TV, our student television station
• Learn how to operate recording and editing equipment and facilities to support the final presentation of your show reel
• Graduate with a professional-standard show reel which showcases your skills and personal approach to screen performance, as well as being tailored to cover a gap in the screen-based media market

'Course Units which follow Professional Certifications'

• Interview

Applicants will be expected to have a BSc/BA or equivalent in the area of arts, humanities or social science or relevant professional experience (for non-standard entry, which will be judged by the interview panel).

How will this course improve my career prospects?

The course opens up numerous career opportunities for postgraduates pursuing a professional career in acting and presenting for television, film or the Internet. It would also benefit those pursuing careers in journalism, politics and business who, in the course of their work, are frequently called upon to appear and present themselves and their ideas before a camera.

Graduates from this course are working in media companies, in education, in film production companies and some of our alumni has been cast in TV programmes and feature films.