This module will continue to develop your production skills through developing and creating documentary or drama moving image content. You will learn general principles of storytelling and media making and can negotiate your own factual or fiction-based projects. You will develop creative skills in the development of story and presentation of your content while developing an understanding of contemporary, and future processes in media production.



You will develop technical skills in camera, lighting, sound and edit. You will develop your knowledge of production methods and investigate key moments in the development of form and content and contemporary productions to enable you to analyse and solve the various problem encountered in your own productions.



The module will also see you work with drama students on the drama project in Semester 2.

ASSESSMENT ONE: DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION [LO 1,2,3,4]

A 10-15-minute documentary production.



ASSESSMENT TWO: DRAMA PRODUCTION [LOs 1,2,3,4]

A 10-15-minute drama production.



ASSESSMENT THREE: REFLECTIVE PORTFOLIO [LOs 1,2,5]

A 2500-word Reflective Portfolio covering learning in the development of the productions and reflection of learning experiences.



All individually assessed

Contact/Scheduled learning and Teaching Activities
-Technical Instruction and workshop production skills
-Media craft sessions on creative production skills
-Risk Assessment, health and safety, media centre operation
-Workshops/screenings to develop your applied skills across a range of production tasks
-Small group sessions

-Short exercises and assignments that help you to apply and evaluate your learning

Guided Independent Study Activities:
-Independent practice
-Research
-Group/Crew meetings
-Personal development planning
- Production project work and skills development
-Teamwork
-Blackboard

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF MEDIA PRODUCTION PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION STANDARDS AND PRACTICES CHARACTERISTIC OF DOCUMENTARIES/DRAMAS AND TO CREATIVELY APPLY THE SKILLS OF HANDLING ALL EQUIPMENT SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY TO PRODUCE A PRODUCTION.

Knowledge and Understanding


2. NEGOTIATE AND PLAN THE PRE-PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION STAGES OF A DOCUMENTARY/DRAMA PROJECT AND DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO RESOLVE PRODUCTION CHALLENGES.

Problem Solving


3. CARRY OUT TARGETED RESEARCH FOR A DOCUMENTARY/DRAMA PROJECT WITHIN A LIMITED TIME FRAME AND CRITICALLY APPRAISE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FULFILLING A PARTICULAR BRIEF THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF KEY PRODUCTION SKILLS.

Enquiry

Application


4. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY TEXT TO SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST AUDIENCES.

Communication


5. CRITICALLY REFLECT ON THE PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION PROCESSES OF PRODUCING A DOCUMENTARY/DRAMA, EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF KEY PRACTICAL DECISIONS EVIDENT IN A FINISHED TEXT IN RELATION TO VIEWING AUDIENCE(S) AND INDUSTRY PRODUCTION CONTEXTS.

Reflection

Specialist production spaces

L5 production equipment

Library facilities web, computer access

Blackboard virtual learning environment

Chasse, B. (2019) The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class, New York: Allworth.

Cook, B. (2016) The Art of Short Form Content, London: Focal.
Figgis, M. (2014) Digital Film-Making, London: Faber & Faber.
Rabiger, M. (2020) Directing the Documentary, 7th ed., London: Routledge.
Rooney, B. & Belli, M. (2016) Directors Tell the Story, 2nd ed., London: Routledge.

Winters, P. (2017) Sound Design for Low and No Budget Films, London: Routledge.



See module handbook for a full listing of reading texts.

Media Production: Drama and Documentary provides an understanding of the production process involved in making drama and documentary output. It gives an overview of the pre-production, production, and post-production elements, with reference to the importance of ideas and subject research, visual composition, and audio production. It aims to provide an understanding and overview of the full production process from concept to postproduction and the importance of collaboration and teamwork. It develops the basic production skills required in camera, sound and editing and the interdisciplinary skills of communication, organisation, and planning, which are vital to successful drama and documentary production.