Filmmaker’s Launchpad

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School:

School of Arts and Humanities

Credit Rating:

Level (including FHEQ):

F (FHEQ Level 4)

Graded or Non Graded:

Graded

Version Valid From:

2023-08-03

Module Leader:

Ben Young

Version Number

2023.02

Learning Methods

Practical Classes and Demonstrations

Supervised Time in Studio/Workshop

Lecture

Guided Independent Study

Synopsis

Filmmaker's Launchpad offers you an intensive introduction to key above and below-the-line skills and craft within moving image pre-production, production, and post-production across form and genre. You will work in our film studio and on location, completing projects on a cycle of rapid turnaround that enables you to gain experience … For more content click the Read More button below.

Filmmaker's Launchpad offers you an intensive introduction to key above and below-the-line skills and craft within moving image pre-production, production, and post-production across form and genre. You will work in our film studio and on location, completing projects on a cycle of rapid turnaround that enables you to gain experience in multiple disciplines and sub-disciplines. The module reflects on the interplay between practice, technology, and textual form.

Learning Strategy

Students will learn through a combination of lectures, practical classes and supervised studio time, and through directed activities in preparation for and following on from these. The module includes supervised in situ learning which will allow students to develop practice within a studio context. This module will typically be taught during the first semester of the first year of the course. Students will have access to the studio within and outside of class time, supported by technicians, with further studio and/or location shooting per standard internal booking and risk assessment procedures. Use will be made of resources including film and television production technologies such as cameras, rigs and lighting to provide students with learning resources but also to increase their abilities to select and access appropriate production technologies. Key information including module documentation, assessment briefs and more will be on the University’s VLE.

Outline Syllabus

The module consists of both lectures and studio-based practical classes which incorporate seminar-style discussions and skills training. Craft disciplines as widely understood and applied in fiction filmmaking will serve as a foundation for exploring the further interpretation and application of those disciplines in other forms and genres. Topics engaged at … For more content click the Read More button below. History of cinemaThe relationship between audiovisual production and different media of distributionRisk assessmentsStudio productionLocation productionScreenwritingDirectingCastingLocation managementProducing and adjacent disciplines, e.g. Assistant DirectorCinematographyLightingSound recordingProduction design and art directionData managementPostproduction workflowPicture editingSound design and its integrated disciplines, e.g. audio mixingColour gradingVisual effects

History of cinema
The relationship between audiovisual production and different media of distribution
Risk assessments
Studio production
Location production
Screenwriting
Directing
Casting
Location management
Producing and adjacent disciplines, e.g. Assistant Director
Cinematography
Lighting
Sound recording
Production design and art direction
Data management
Postproduction workflow
Picture editing
Sound design and its integrated disciplines, e.g. audio mixing
Colour grading
Visual effects

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will

Demonstrate an understanding of moving image production and its history.

Appreciate the diverse contribution of multiple departments and disciplines in the production of film and television.

Assess televisual and cinematic screen aesthetics in the interplay of form, content and technology.

Identify appropriate technologies to achieve a variety of filming tasks for film and television.

Operate technologies employing a range of cinematic and televisual techniques to achieve desired aesthetic and narrative aims.

Apply conventions and traditions in filmmaking to develop their own practice and explore emergent and non-traditional forms.

Formative Assessment

Assessment 1: Portfolio (including examples)

Summative Assessment

Assessment 1: Portfolio

Description:Assessment 1 is a portfolio of motion picture micro-projects. Students will work in groups, but each must submit the finished work along with an individually-prepared appendix containing supporting documentation summarising the roles and contributions of group members.

Assessment Weight:65

Assessment Length:5000 Words (Equivalent Word Count)

Module Learning Outcomes:MLO4, MLO5, MLO6

Individual or Group:Individual

Final Assessment Component:No

Marked Anonymously:No

Eligible for Tutor Reassessment:Yes

Assessment 2: Presentation

Assessment Criteria

The module will be graded in line with University regulations. The assessment criteria will be those used by the Media, Journalism and Field subject area, designed in accordance with the appropriate Benchmark document, and promulgated to students in module handbooks and on written work feedback sheets. In this module specifically, … For more content click the Read More button below.

In this module specifically, Assessment 1 will feature criteria reflecting the relevance of the work to the tasks set, as well as foundational creative and technical skills. In Assessment 2, students must critically reflect on their work in Assessment 1, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the implications, strengths and limitations of the various creative and technical choices they made in completing it.

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