IT Diploma in Action – Vue Cinema, Star City

 
Introduction

The exciting new ICT level 3 Diploma has been developed in partnership with employers and universities and therefore provides a real insight into the dynamic and ever-expanding IT and telecommunications sector and the various career options open to students today.
 
Unlike other qualifications that focus on developing purely technical skills, the Diploma also equips students with practical knowledge of areas like project management, IT support, website development and business design that are valuable in any business environment and provides the kind of flexibility and potential that employers are looking for in the 21st century world of work.

Company Visits

So far this year our 6th form ICT Diploma students have visited several fascinating locations, exhibitions and companies including Star City’s Vue Cinema. Our cinema visit focused on the extensive use of ICT at every point of the business, from purchasing tickets online to buying popcorn at the kiosk before a movie – we learnt how the technologies are all linked together into a single integrated information system.

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the cinema projector room? Well we went behind the scenes during our tour and watched some of Avatar, using special 3D glasses from the projector room. Did you know that the 3D High definition film Avatar is digitally produced and is 40 Terabytes (TB) in file size? It actually takes 4 hours for the cinema to download the film from the filmmakers website onto a specialised computer server, which is then displayed on a £60,000 3D projector.

Overall our students really enjoyed the educational visit and it helped them to understand how what we learn in class directly relates to the world at large. We look forward to returning to Star City next year and to receiving some complimentary cinema tickets for a film of our choice.

Any students interested in this course should speak to Mr. King in the IT Department.