MFC5623 - Creative Development (Studio and Location)

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module will help students to build on the basic production skills they acquired at Level 4.

It will enhance their ability to grasp the creative potential of both location and studio-based programmes – the two crucial areas of TV production. And it will ensure they have all the creative and practical skills (and the versatility) needed to become a production and/or development researcher (in most cases, the entry-point job for a career making programmes) in a wide range of TV genres.

In Semester 1, students will examine all aspects of filming on location, from pre-production research and ‘recces’ to the actual filming. Through lectures, workshops and exercises, they will learn about the potential problems of location filming, ranging from dealing with the public to coping with thunderstorms. Students will also learn how to use equipment on location effectively and safely and how to make the most of the natural environment they are operating in. To highlight their expanded knowledge and skills, students will work in groups to devise, film, edit and submit a five-minute television programme, based entirely on location.

In Semester 2, students will build a greater understanding of how to make the most of the studio environment and equipment, including – for example – studio cameras, lighting, sound, autocue or vision mixing. By devising and producing their own studio-based programmes from scratch, they will see how the different roles within a production team work together to create the programme and they will have the opportunity to take on a variety of roles, both in studio and control gallery.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Seminars
Hours: 50
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Assessment 1:
Students must prove their skills in devising and producing a short film based in a single location and must also submit a legal binder including all relevant production paperwork completed to a high standard

Assessment 2:
Students will write a detailed evaluation of their personal performance in a 1,000-word critical evaluation, submitted via Moodle. Evidence that students can identify their own strengths and weaknesses and point to lessons learned will be required.

Assessment 3:
Students must demonstrate skills in devising and producing a high-quality TV show based in a studio environment.

Assessment 4:
Students will write a detailed evaluation of their personal performance in a 1,000-word critical evaluation, submitted via Moodle. Evidence that students can identify their own strengths and weaknesses and point to lessons learned will be required.
Early Assessment SEM1: there will be a formative assessment within the first 4 weeks and this will help unpack the assignment details for the 1st assignment as well as guide and inform student preparation and help introduce the University grading system.
Early Assessment SEM2: there will be a formative assessment within the first 4 weeks (production of a 5-minute quiz show) and this will help unpack the assignment details for the 3rd assignment.

Assessment:

001 Location based film; 5 minutes; end of semester 1 30%
002 Critical evaluation; 1,000 words; end of semester 1 20%
003 Practical production; studio based TV show; end of semester 2 30%
004 Critical evaluation; 1,000 words; end of semester 2 20%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Richard Greatrex
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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