Vision Mixing for Television Production

COURSE OVERVIEW

Take your vision mixing career to the next level in live and pre-recorded TV.

There is nothing quite like cutting a live TV show. This unique 12-month Postgraduate Diploma aims to prepare you for a successful future as a vision mixer in live and recorded multi-camera studio television production. It is run in partnership with Sky, the UK’s largest pay-TV broadcaster.

In partnership with SKY

"This course is a fantastic way into the industry. You work with top-tier industry professionals, and you learn to collaborate really well with other people."

Kurtis Taylor

2023 Graduate

“What makes this course so special is the sheer amount of time spent in practical training and working on live shows in the studio.”

Andy Hope

Course Leader for Cameras, Sound and Vision Mixing

Programme Specification Course Outline

You will closely collaborate with students on other courses to make TV shows in our state-of-the-art 4K TV studio – equipped with the latest Sony vision mixer plus Viz graphics as used across the industry. Our exercise ‘simulator’ also enables you to practise cutting a variety of material on the Sony mixer ‘as live’. You will work on multiple genres including sport, music and drama and complete a six week placement at Sky where you will train on other industry standard equipment whilst working on current Sky productions.

Vision Mixing for Television Production is a specialism within our Cameras, Sound and Vision Mixing for Television Production Postgraduate Diploma.

Sky guarantees to employ at least one eligible graduating camera operator, sound recordist or vision mixer each year.

You’ll train on sophisticated broadcast vision mixing consoles, and build and realise complex live visual effects to the director’s brief. Using these high-end production tools, vision mixing is like editing - but in real time. Practice cutting, mixing and wiping between cameras, pre-edited clips and other video sources live and learn how to mix a variety of genres from situation comedy to fast paced entertainment and music shows adding visual effects and captioning in real time.

A proven interest in multi-camera production and television entertainment plus a willingness to work as part of a team are essential. We are looking for people who are practically minded and who have a good general education although there are no specific educational requirements for this course.

While many applicants will have a degree from a British or overseas university, we will consider applicants who do not have a degree if they have an impressive portfolio, a creative track record or an alternative qualification.

International students Visa and English language requirements

If you have any questions, please email info@nfts.co.uk

UK* Tuition Fees: £9,500 per year

*Includes EU Nationals with settled/pre-settled status subject to meeting residency requirements.

International/EU Fees: £14,300 per year

These are the fees for January 2025 intake.

Please note:

Fees are confirmed/updated in June each year for the following intake date.
A non-refundable deposit of £500 is required against the cost of your fees on confirmation of your place.

All production costs are included in the course fees, including the use of School facilities and equipment.

We will do all we can to help you make the finances work to come to the NFTS, so please visit our funding guide to find out more about what support is available to you.

The following item(s) should accompany your online application:

A description of a television production. Please tell us about a television production that you have been involved with or that you have observed. Please detail some of the technical production challenges which were faced in realising the project and in what ways you may have done things differently or enhanced the production. Include information on what preparation the production team would have needed to undertake. If you have not worked on or been involved in a television production, then please describe how you think a television show would be made. This can be a show of your choice and you should include technical aspects such as how many cameras you think are used, what the sound requirements would be, any technical challenges that may be faced etc. (Approx 500 words).
A video file or URL (web link) to a YouTube or Vimeo clip that you have mixed or edited yourself or which includes vision mixing or editing which you consider to be good. If you are referencing somebody else’s work please explain why you have chosen that piece.

We are happy to receive applications from 8th January until the midnight of the application deadline date.

Funding Available

The NFTS awards more scholarships and bursaries to British students, relative to the size of our student body, than almost any other educational institution in the UK. If you’re successful at gaining a place on the course, you will be contacted by our funding team with details on how to apply for one of these scholarships.

Visit our Funding Guide