MFC6043 - Advanced Documentary Production

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:

In this module, students will have an opportunity to build on the editorial and technical skills learned on previous modules, in order to devise, research and produce a ten-minute documentary film, for their career portfolio.

Sessions will provide a theoretical understanding of the nature, impact and role of contemporary documentary (linear documentaries, interactive documentaries, 360 forms, etc.), as well as practical aspects of contemporary documentary production – such as devising and researching programme ideas, finding key contributors the preparation and execution of single-camera location filming and story-telling in the editing process.

It will culminate in an intensive period of self-directed team-based production, during which students will create a ten-minute documentary film to a professional quality (together with a “legal binder” of industry-standard production documents).

They will also supply an individual critical analysis of the finished film, their individual role in it, what they learned and how they would improve their performance in the future.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Seminars
Hours: 50
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 250

Further details relating to assessment
Assignment 1: Students demonstrate their ability to devise ideas, find and cast contributors, plan and prepare for filming, film and edit all components required for a first-class, ten-minute documentary. They also provide a legal binder of detailed production paperwork. Group marks are reduced for individual students on the basis of poor peer assessment and/or contribution to the team production.

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

Early Assessment: 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.

Assessment:

001 Documentary film; 10 mins; end of semester 2 65%
002 Critical evaluation; 2,000 words; end of semseter 2 35%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - BASIL GLYNN
Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL

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