hi
ive recently graduated from oxford brookes uni with a distinction MSc Digital Media Production.
just so you know..the enrollment day will take 1 week! i did complain about this when i was elected for student rep...hopefully its changed for you guys now.
initially the work load is a piece of cake but trust me its quite stressful as you will be working on projects which overlap.
also BROOKES TV is biased over everything else which sux. I didnt like BTV module..it was stressful and just cack and it consumed most of the course.
If anything 3D classes were the best with john twycross.
as the then rep, i did complain and mention that there needs to be more 3D classes and less brookes tv classes.
again, i hope that this changed since i left...after my complaining.
oh yes one more thing..the biggest waste of time are the lectures held every monday * it might have changed*...lectures which basically were about engineering!!! nothing to do with DMP!
again, i did complain...and i hope they took this into consideration..esp after paying all that money to do the course!
at teh very end of the course, you have to submit a 12k-15k thesis, and then you do a presentation to your peers and tutors.
My presentation lasted 10 mins and was about the 3D project i created. i did a show reel..and talked about it and showed it at the very end.
my thesis was about the show reel also.
its not really that scary....throughout the entire year you are encouraged to work in groups, and mixing with everyone in your class.
you will at some point be running around Oxford with a camera and mic to get vox pops from the general public...for one of the TV modules.
trust me, its quite hard to do!!
oh yeah- if you drive, you can buy a parking permit and keep your car in the main carpark at wheatly. its about £80 for the year and you get a swipe card.
also the labs are open 24/7 and you can stay as long as you want! i did a few 3am stints....and to do that you have to buy a £5 access key card.
good luck