Module Descriptors
HISTORY OF FILM TECHNOLOGY
FILM40084
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: John Bradburn
Email: J.P.Bradburn@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Texts
Visual Effects for Film and Television. Mitchel Michaal (2004) ISBN: 0-240-51675-3 / Pub - Focal Press
Sound for Film and Television. Tomlinson Holman (2001) ISBN: 0-240-80453-8 / Pub - Focal Press
Film Into Video - A Guide to Merging the Technologies George D. Cvjetnicanin Richard H. Kallenberger Stuart Blake Jones (2000)
ISBN: 0-240-80411-2 / Pub - Focal Press
Foundation Maths, D Booth, 2003, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 020164192
Improve your Math! A Refresher Course, G Bancroft and R Fletcher, 2001, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0201331306
Module Resources
Word processing facilities.
Internet access
Blackboard VLE
Module Learning Strategies
12 two hour lectures (1:n)2, to include film screenings. Independent study and research structured around each weeks' lecture topic.
Module Indicative Content
This module aims to provide an understanding of the development of film production technology over the past 100 years, and how this technological progress has impacted on the entire form and process of mainstream film production. The main areas covered will be:-
1. Camera, lens and emulsion technology.
2. Sound - from the introduction of sound recording to THX
3. Post production, special effects and CGI.
4. Digital cinema and the future.
5. TV and video development.
6. Introduction of early communication systems including AM+FM modulation, the ad frequency signal representation and the relevant mathematical theories of these.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Examination (100%) will assess learning outcomes 1 and 2