This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
Lecture Syllabus
The module will be divided into four sections (weeks 1-6, 8-11, 13-16, 18-23), each of which will focus on a distinct form of digital film-making (for example, actuality film-making, live-action drama, hybrid media production, video art, mashup).
Sample syllabus for a four-week section:
Week 1: pre-production
Lecture: introduction to the section, and project brief
Workshop: hands-on practical/technical skills
Week 2: production
Supervision: individual team progress meetings (discussion of teams' concepts and/or production plans)
Workshop: hands-on practical/technical skills
Week 3: editing
Supervision: individual team progress meetings (discussion of teams' assemblies and/or rough cuts)
Lecture: elements of moving image
Week 4: post-production
Film/media screening and seminar: discussion of thematically relevant professional moving image works
Critique: student groups present their own work for class-based discussion and feedback
Six-week sections may include additional practical workshops and supervisions.
Coursework
Four video exercises taking the form of short films, produced by groups of students working together.
Assessment elements:
1. 4 x video exercises (indicative length: 2-3 minutes each)
2. Production diary (no more than 500 words per exercise)
Approximately 60 contact hours.
The total student workload will be approximately 300 hours.
Only available to students on programmes owned by The School of Engineering and Digital Arts
100% coursework
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See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
Gain an awareness and understanding of different forms of digital film-making
Demonstrate a technically competent use of appropriate production and post-production techniques
Develop skills in collaborative pre-production and production
Develop and create one or more short videos, working within the practical constraints of environment, equipment, and technical ability
Have the ability to reflect upon their practical work in a critical and analytical manner
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