Key Facts
- Starting
8 Sep 2025- Location
- Kingston Hall Road Centre
- Start Date
- Sep 2025
- Level
- Level 3
- Code
- KIP3041CF
BTEC Level 3 Set Design for Stage and Screen (Production Arts)
If you are in year 11 or 12 and are looking to take the next steps towards your career behind the scenes of stage and screen, then this course is for you. This vocational course combines industry practice and creative skills and is assessed through practical coursework without exams. You will study in our in-house Theatre and TV Studios, using our external hire and employer links to prepare for successful career progression.
Set design and construction are just few of the elements required to put together a production for stage and screen. This course looks at each of these and more, helping you develop skills that are transferable from an arena sized concert or a theatrical production all the way to small scale touring venue.
This course looks into the alternative side of the industry; business and people management alongside the more obvious aspects of the course such as stage management, theatre design and operations.
We will teach you a wide range of skills required to successfully and skilfully put on stage/screen productions. From learning how to design and construct set and props to running a live audience event and managing the backstage area of a production.
There will be no shortage of hands-on experience on this course. You will work as a crew member in Kingston College's in-house theatre, gaining an understanding of design, operative and management roles and responsibilities.
BENEFITS / SKILLS
Acquire specialist knowledge and skills from the following
- Set Design and Construction
- Props and Puppetry
- Stage Management
- Wardrobe Management
- Technical Theatre Design and Operations (lighting, sound & image)
- Performing and Production Arts Industry
You will work to build a professional portfolio of work that reflects your technical and creative ability. You will also have the opportunity to undertake an Industry Placement working on live productions and events.
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Entry Requirements
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Course Content
Production Arts Skills DevelopmentThis makes up the main part of your qualification. You will develop skills in all aspects of technical theatre and stage management as a theatre crew member. You will be assessed on how you apply these skills in responding to a brief and how you carry out production roles. You will submit a practical portfolio to evidence your work. Our theatre hosts a vast range of both internal and external productions, gigs, fashion shows, exhibitions, musical theatre/dance production/plays etc. all of which you will get to work on, gaining valuable industry experience and transferable skills.
The Production Arts Industry
This module is all about working in the Production Arts industry that you will have learned through your work in class and your own research. You will submit written/audio or video reports, debriefs or presentations to demonstrate your knowledge in preparing for work in this ever-evolving and exciting sector.
Personal Production Arts Profile
Continuing from the first year of study, you will continue to develop your skills building your personal portfolio that will not only evidence your work for assessment, but also extend into your professional self-promotion. As theatre crew, you will be continually exposed to external hirers/agencies, performance companies and professional contacts that come into the theatre. You will develop useful networking and employability skills to support your progression into the industry.
Collaborative Project
You will apply the skills and knowledge developed overtime to take on a leadership role in your specialist area. You will work with others to produce an industry standard product/production/event demonstrating a professional level of skills in preparation for future employment.
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Progression Next Steps
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Additional Information
