Media Fundamentals in Sheridan College (Ontario), Canada

Media Fundamentals in Sheridan College (Ontario)

Gain great skills

You'll acquire basic skills and concepts in:

• Web and computer technology
• Sound and camera
• Television and film production
• Media history
• Communications theory
• Visual design
• Radio

Additional areas of study

You'll also refine academic skills such as research, writing, and preparing and delivering presentations, which will serve you no matter which area of media studies you choose to pursue.

Learning Outcomes

The successful completion of this program will enable the graduate to:

• Write and/or produce targeted assignments in a variety of common media formats and styles.
• Describe the relationship of media to the larger social/historical/cultural/political context.
• Express researched opinions on current Canadian political and social environments.
• Conduct basic media research.
• Critique various media content and form (film, television, newspapers, and advertising) and participate in peer reviews.
• Identify the visual components of still and moving images that convey ideas and meaning.
• Produce still and moving images to demonstrate basic techniques of visual language.
• Analyze fictional and non-fictional narrative forms (e.g. story, news) and how they shape social reality.
• Describe the effective use of sound in film and television.
• Produce an elementary soundtrack.
• Use software applications for the production of print and rich media.
• Develop an education and career plan within the range of media career options.

Career Opportunities

A Media Fundamentals certificate is a big first step on the journey towards a media career. After completing the program, you’ll be ready to thrive in whatever media studies discipline you choose to specialize in.

You'll be prepared to compete for entry into Sheridan programs such as:

• Bachelor of Film and Television
• Journalism
• Visual Merchandising Arts
• Advertising Account Management/Advertising and Marketing Communications – Management
• Technical Production for Theatre and Live Events

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