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School:
School of Arts and Humanities
Credit Rating:
40
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.
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 … For more content click the Read More button below.
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
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will
1.
Demonstrate an understanding of moving image production and its history.
2.
Appreciate the diverse contribution of multiple departments and disciplines in the production of film and television.
3.
Assess televisual and cinematic screen aesthetics in the interplay of form, content and technology.
4.
Identify appropriate technologies to achieve a variety of filming tasks for film and television.
5.
Operate technologies employing a range of cinematic and televisual techniques to achieve desired aesthetic and narrative aims.
6.
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
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.
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