Change of plans

I'm a mature student, who self taught video production before I went back to college to study it. Now i've applied to uni to study film/media. I don't ever remember seeing combined modules of physics and media. Your best bet is to look at the combined modules offered at unis you want to go to, or look on UCAS. The interviews I had, I had to bring a portfolio or a piece of work I had completed. I brought film, others brought art work or media work...but yes they do ask for examples of your work and evidence of how dedicated you are and what level you are within media. Why don't you explore doing a HNC in media? therefore you'd get 1 year of a lot of practical work. So if you then go on to study it at uni, you have work to show, if after that year you feel that media isn't for you, you can go back to your original idea of just studying physics

You don't need a degree to work in media but just like physics it is highly competitive...just to be a runner they are requiring qualifications such as a degree. I think many people are misguided now a days believing that a media degree is easy. It's quite easy to learn how to use a camera, how to edit or how to light a set, but to become creative is something that takes time to develop, and comes from within. So if you want to be a camera-person then do your physics degree and then do some side workshops or course that will teach you the skills you want etc. If you have been creative from day one...if you remember creating stop-motion animation as a child, or creating short films on your computer growing up...if you continually write down films, ideas and concepts (a few examples of myself) << if you've done things like this in your life without even noticing and it comes naturally, then perhaps your supposed to do film making...but only you'll know.