MFC5012 - Professional Development and Placement - Media, Film & Culture 2

Objectives:

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

(1) Identify and apply principles of effective relationships and team working
(2) Demonstrate understanding of basic principles and procedures of staff review and appraisal
(3) Apply knowledge and skills in the work situation and perform to a satisfactory standard
(4) Critically analyse the aims, structure and activities of a specific organisation or other structured professional experience.

Content:

(1) A professional development programme of weekly sessions, with special reference to the audio-visual and cultural sectors. The programme will comprise
• Reflection on the nature of work and ethical issues related to it;
• Introduction to principles and practice of staff review and appraisal;
• Development of group work and team building;
• Interviews with Placement Tutor.
(2) Placement with suitable organisation(s), normally six weeks in total.
(3) Critical reflection on and evaluation of placement.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Prepatory activities:
- lectures workshops (including discussion groups and role plays)
- Interview with Placement tutor
Placement in organisation or other structured professional experience.

The scheme below assumes recruitment of 100.

Lectures
Total student hours:2
Intended Group size: cohort

Workshops
Contact hours: 7
Intended Group size: Cohort

Tutorial Interview
Total student hours: 1
Intended group size: individual

Site visit/Placement liaison
Total student hours: 1
Intended group size: Individual

Guided Independant study
Total student hours: 189

Further details relating to assessment
Students will form and brand their own production groups. They will be given a brief from which they will design and produce a production piece of media. They must pitch their idea to a panel of appropriate professionals and only when accepted can they progress to production.
The groups must keep accurate and comprehensive records that would normally be associated with such productions (from scripts to compliance, from minutes to design roughs, from expenses to copyright) and collate this into a single portfolio.
Finally the groups will face a live audit where panel members can question the group before arriving at a team-mark (it is envisaged that each group will play their media artefact for the panel first and so a full and final mark can be given at the end of the audit. Each session to be no more than 1 hour.

The placement element is normally of 6 weeks duration and may comprise an external placement or other structured professional experience which meets the learning objectives of the module and involves an equivalent workload. In either case the placement will be the subject of explicit agreement between the student, supervisor, module co-ordinator and EPO.

Not available as a half-module.

Pitch – formative assessment and condition
Radio doc – 10m w/3m music (R1) – marks based on brief and suitability for broadcast
Audit Q&A – team response, knowledge and thoroughness, professionalism

Assessment:

001 Group Production 1 x 1500 words during sem 2 40%
002 Placement - equivalent to 6 weeks full time (during sem 2) 0%
003 Production Audit 1 x 1500 words equivalent during sem 2 40%
004 Weekly work reflection during semester 2 20%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Mr Elric Williams
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MFC4012
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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