1. Apply knowledge of professional contexts to produce a practical outcome relevant to fiction film production. Knowledge & Understanding

2. Solve simulated creative or industry-informed problems using appropriate methods and processes for fiction filmmaking, working independently while engaging with relevant professional, technical, or academic feedback. Application & Problem Solving Critical Reasoning & Collaboration

3. Communicate your work to academic, professional, or non-specialist audiences. Communication

4. Reflect on how employability and enterprise concepts inform your developing practice in fiction filmmaking. Personal Development & Entrepreneurship

Assessment 1: Short Fiction Film Production
You will plan, shoot and edit a short fiction film. The film will demonstrate fundamental fiction film storytelling thorough the application of effective screenwriting, cinematograph, sound design, editing and colour grading techniques. You will work in a production crew and demonstrate a range of professional skills such as teamwork, organisation, communication, adaptability and resilience.

Assessment 2: Production File You will compile a portfolio of materials that document each stage of the production process. The Production file will contain research, ideas generation, planning and other supportive documents created during the production of your short fiction film. This portfolio will document your creative practice and reflect on your learning journey including elements such as teamwork, organisation, communication, adaptability and resilience. Further guidance on equivalent formats will be provided in the module brief.

Formative Assessment:
Midway formative feedback will be embedded within practical sessions, providing structured opportunities for feedback on work-in-progress to support student development and progression.

- The aim of this module is to develop your knowledge and understanding of the fiction filmmaking process.
- Deconstructing and analysing contemporary and historical fiction films, you will develop an awareness of film language, screen grammar and fundamental theories that are applied to fiction filmmaking.
- Aligned with industry practice, you will create a comprehensive collection of production documents, such as treatments, scripts, storyboards, casting breakdowns, shooting schedules, and budgets. You will use these documents to communicate the creative, ethical, legal, logistical, and technical aspects of your project to staff and peers.
- During the production work, you will apply theory to practice and collaborate with actors to capture the required film footage and audio for your fiction film. Working as a crew you will engage in creative decision-making and problem-solving, developing your teamwork and practical filmmaking skillets.
- You will critique your work during the post-production of your film, analysing your application of narrative screen grammar and considering the audience in your edit decision making. Positioning your fiction film in context, you will create a distribution strategy and marketing materials for your film.
- Presenting your final fiction film to staff and peers, you will reflect on your production process and your personal learning journey.

The modules provide you with an opportunity to learn about fiction filmmaking by making a short fiction film. You will develop your theoretical, practical and technical understanding of fiction filmmaking practice. Building on your previous filmmaking experience you will engage in the development, pre-production, production and post-production aspects of fiction filmmaking. You will develop confidence through working with actors and build production skills through crewing for each other on location and in the studio environment.

- Learning strategies used in this module are grounded in a student-centred approach and utilises project-based learning and authentic assessment. This means you are learning about fiction filmmaking by making a fiction film. You can hyper personalise your learning by combining your own frames of reference for fiction filmmaking practice with the theories and examples introduced within the learning resources. While there is a requirement to meet a set brief your crew will have the freedom to select its own genre/style and subject matter for the fiction film.
- Workshops introduce fundamental theories that underpin the development of your fiction filmmaking practice.
- Filmmaking craft workshops provide a collaborative learning experience and enable you to link theory to practice.
- Technical Instruction workshops introduce you to important health and safety considerations and develop your competency with the portable production equipment and specialist post-production facilities required to fulfil your assessment.
- Studio & Location fieldwork is an integral part of your learning process. Applying your creative, technical, and theoretical skills to an authentic shooting scenario on location and in the studio.
- Student crews (groups) are supported/supervised by a Production Supervisor (Lecturer) that models the industry role of an Executive Producer. This means you will receive regular formative feedback on your film production, production paperwork and employability skills, which you can use to improve your practice and work before submitting it for assessment.
- Production Supervisors will continually monitor and assess your employability skills, such as, communication, working with others, organisation, participation, engagement, resilience, and adaptability.

Brown, B. (2021) Cinematography: Theory and practice for cinematographers and directors. 4th edn. London: Routledge.

Cohn, L. M. (2021) Directing actors: A practical aesthetics approach. 1st edn. London: Routledge.

Johnson, C. H. (2020) Crafting short screenplays that connect. 5th edn. London: Routledge.

Mercado, G. (2022) Learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition. 2nd edn. London: Routledge.
Rabiger, M. and Hurbis-Cherrier, M. (2020) Directing: Film techniques and aesthetics. 6th edn. London: Routledge.

Where older texts are included, they are retained as foundational texts within the discipline, remaining relevant where no more recent equivalent texts are available.

- Portable video and audio recording equipment
- Specialist Media Labs – Post-Production Editing, Sound Mixing, Colour Grading
- Shoot studio, set flats and lighting
- Library Books and Journals
- Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment
- Academic Study Skills Tutors