This module aims to provide you with an opportunity to explore your artistic identity as a filmmaker and enable you to apply the relevant skills involved in making creative films. Your production work will utilises creative, alternative or innovative future filmmaking techniques to intrigue, inform and entertain audiences.

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of how to apply creative filmmaking practices within the context of creating an individual short film no longer than 5-minutes.

You will research, discuss and deconstruct historical and contemporary films and filmmakers to inform your own creative filmmaking decision making. The module enables you to research, develop and apply creative filmmaking practices within a chosen field, such as fiction, non-fiction, commercial and experimental film production.

You will apply creative audio and video production techniques through the creation of your 5-minute creative short film. You will create a Production File that documents your creative process from the development and ideas generation phase all through to your distribution strategy.

1. Creative Short Film (Individual) – Assessing Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 6 – weighted at 60%

2. Production File (Individual) – Assessing Learning Outcomes 3, 4 and 5 – weighted at 40%

The learning strategies used within the Creative Filmmaking module include experiential learning, where you will learn through the process of experimenting and reflecting on your audio-visual work. There is opportunity for your learning to be individualised, as we encourage all students to draw from their personal lived experiences, cultural capital, creative influences and individuality as a catalyst for the concept of your creative film.

Workshops will introduce key theories, principles and practices from historical and contemporary filmmakers. Ensuring you are well informed of the historical developments within filmmaking and how these techniques are utilised and developed in contemporary work. You will be expected to participate in discussions and deconstruction of historical and contemporary filmmakers, art and films.

Test Shooting will allow you to explore creative filmmaking techniques, linking practices and theories developed in lectures to your film production process.

Staff and Peer reviews will give you an opportunity to showcase your influences, present your experiments and work in progress films, whilst giving an opportunity to discuss your projects and to give and receive feedback from your peers.

Film Festival and Gallery Visits will enable you to become a consumer of creative and innovating filmmaking and consider where your work sits within current distribution practices. These experiences will also provide opportunities to attend masterclasses, discussion panels with directors and the possibility to make industry connections through networking events.

Technical Instruction introduces advanced editing techniques and hands-on experience with a higher level camera and sound equipment.

Production Supervisor (Lecturer) will oversee your creative filmmaking project. This means you will be required to meet negotiated project milestones, which may be hyper personal depending on your project goals. You will receive regular formative feedback on your audio-visual production and artist notebook.

Gallery showcase/screening event will give you opportunity to experience the organisational, planning and curating that form the public presentation of creative work.

1. Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and appreciation of creative filmmaking principles and practices.¿

¿2. Explore a range of approaches to creative filmmaking and identify themes of personal interest and artistic identity.

3. Evaluate different approaches to solving problems and propose solutions to problems arising from production.¿

4. Conceive and apply creative audio-visual practices to generate new ideas and approaches to filmmaking.

5. Critique and reflect on the creative, technical, logistical practices and processes encountered during creative filmmaking.¿

6. Utilise communication skills to communicate creative filmmaking techniques and concepts; both verbally and through the written word.

Level 5 camera, lighting, sound, studio and postproduction facilities.

Virtual Production Suite
Library facilities web, computer access, printing facilities.
Blackboard virtual learning environment.
Film Theatre screening and viewing facilities.

Bordwell, D. et. al. (2023) Film Art: an introduction. New York: McGrawHill.

Grove, E. (2013) Raindance Producers' Lab Lo - To - No Budget Filmmaking. Burlington: Taylor & Francis/Focal Press.

Ramey, K. (2016) Experimental Filmmaking. London: Routledge.

Rizzo, M. (2014) The Art Direction Handbook for Film & Television. London: Routledge.

Schlemowitz, J. (2019) Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera, London: Routledge.

Develop your filmmaker’s artistic identity within the Creative Filmmaking module. You will explore the boundaries of what filmmaking can be by exploring alternative filmmaking techniques and expanding your creativity. The module aims to broaden your filmmaking knowledge and understanding by blurring the lines between art and cinema. You will create a personal audio-visual project for your filmmaking portfolio that helps you stand out from the crowd and showcase your creativity.