Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
Due to Covid-19 students should refer to the module Blackboard pages for assessment details
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Creative Portfolio 1 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork, Short Film Project 1 (3-6 mins), Short Film Project 2 (3-6 mins), and Short Film Project 3 (3-6 mins) | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Creative Portfolio 2 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork and Short Film Project 3 (12-15 mins) | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Creative Portfolio 1 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork, Short Film Project 1 (3-6 mins), Short Film Project 2 (3-6 mins), and Short Film Project 3 (3-6 mins) | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Creative Portfolio 2 Incorporates a 2, 000 word reflective essay, Director and Producer paperwork and Short Film Project 3 (12-15 mins) | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the producer and director, as well as their respective departments, in the creative and professional aspects of realising a filmmaking project.
Establish and accommodate the formal choices available to producers and directors in the process of realising their cinematic ideas and the ability to formulate relationships between these choices when making a film.
Demonstrate an understanding of the workflow from pre-production to post for all key production roles, including all the required documentation.
Effectively plan and execute all phases of production in order to realise short films as either a producer and / or director.
Demonstrate effective self-management, team working and professionalism.
Demonstrate intelligent critical reflection on the practice of others and one’s own practice.
Brief description
This module provides students with an understanding of the roles of director and line producer and with an increased ability to practice these roles. The critical study of directing will take place in lecture/screenings, and the practice and study of line producing will take place in seminars and workshops. Students will develop their ability in textual analysis as well as widening their understanding of film as both an aesthetic and social creative practice. In hands-on workshops in Semester 1, students will investigate the responsibilities of line producer and director. Working as director / line producer teams, students will explore this creative and practical working relationship and how this influences the work of the craft teams they assemble. Four film projects, completed as part of two portfolio assessments will strengthen students’ key skills and provide them with a portfolio of work for attaining employment and funding after their studies.
Content
In Semester 2 students will work towards the submission of a final project short film (12-15 mins), made either as producer or director, and submitted with a reflective essay and the producer or director paperwork. Weekly 2 hour seminars will provide students with guidance on performance styles, negotiation, the preparation and presentation of pitches, texture and tone and preparing for shoots. In the final seminar sessions students will reflect on the production process and review rushes prior to the completion of their projects. Additional one hour tutorials, arranged on an individual basis during Semester 2 will provide students with one-to-one guidance and advice. Throughout the production process students will be encouraged to provide critical reasonings for their decisions. They will be required to demonstrate on-going research, continued appraisal of their work, and an application of the critical and contextual learning from the module.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | |
| Communication | Students will be engaging in team work, learning through experience and receiving feedback on the effectiveness of their own critical communication. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Via independent and group work, students will learn how to make use of the available means, how to overcome obstacles, as well as how to cope with (constructive) criticism. |
| Information Technology | Students will be making film work using digital media technologies competently and appropriately. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Students will evaluate and analyse their own work and that of their peers with reflexivity and consideration. Students will be using the Portfolio as an effective working tool for academic and career development and reflection. |
| Problem solving | Students will be challenged with both practical and theoretical problems and then engaging in individual and group activities to solve these problems. |
| Research skills | Students will think analytically, researching in both practical contexts, and developing analytical thinking skills as a practitioner. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students will be able to make film work to an increasingly professional standard. |
| Team work | Students will extensively be engaged in teamwork not only during seminars and workshops, but also in their assignment projects, gaining knowledge and experience in team co-ordination and organization. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5