Filmmaking Project 1 provides you with the freedom to stretch your creative boundaries and self-determine your approach and output from your film production practice. You will develop confidence in self-managing your own learning and creative decision making.

Through the creation of your Negotiated Film Production, you will undertake comprehensive research and enquiry into your chosen filmmaking field, using your findings to inform your creative, technical, and practical decision making.

Within your Production File, you will collate an extensive collection of planning and development documentation. Combining your research, ideas generation, production preparation and distribution planning, your Production File will evidence your professional practice and creative decision making.

The Presentation provided opportunity to reflect on your creative and technical processes and effectiveness of your practice in relation to your original project aims and objectives. You will also consider your approach to self-directed study and evaluate your strengths and areas for improvement. Through your critical reflection you will draw clear goals for future independent study and future filmmaking practice.

1. Negotiated Film Production – Assessing Learning Outcomes – 1, 3, 4, and 5 – Weighted at 60%.

2. Production File – Assessing Learning Outcomes – 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 – Weighted at 20%.

3. Reflective Presentation – Assessing Learning Outcomes – 1, 4, 6 and 8– Weighted at 20%.

Learning strategies used in this module are grounded in a student-led approach, where learners have the autonomy to choose their direction of study, conduct independent learning and negotiate project aims, objectives and outputs.

Whilst this module challenges learners to develop independence, students will engage with a community of practice, where they will share and debate ideas and discuss their project developments with staff and peers.


Students are supported through tutorials, where staff will adopt a coaching methodology, encouraging students to self-reflect and evaluate their progress and find their own solutions to problems.

Authenticity

Demonstrate understanding of advanced filmmaking practices, including the acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge within a negotiated field of study.

Use appropriate research and reflection methods to inform the advancement and evaluation of your filmmaking practice.

Apply a range of solutions to film production challenges and use decision-making in unpredictable filmmaking situations.

Communicate and analyse theoretical, creative and technical considerations that have informed your negotiated film project and overall filmmaking practice.

Using key findings from your self-initiated research and creative exploration, confidently apply advanced filmmaking practices and processes to a self-directed filmmaking project.

Evaluate your creative, technical, and logistical decision-making and analyse strengths and areas for development within your film and filmmaking practice.

Work effectively with others; contribute and support productivity, positively impact your peer’s projects as well engaging with others to enhance your own project outcomes.

Acquire, evaluate, and organise new knowledge in the pursuit of fulfilling self-initiated goals within a negotiated filmmaking project.

Portable video and audio recording equipment
Specialist Media Labs – Post-Production Editing, Sound Mixing, Colour Grading

Library Books and Journals

Blackboard Learning Environment

LinkedIn Learning

Academic Study Skills Tutors

In the context of your own filmmaking project, you will be expected to research and reference relevant and appropriate textbooks, journals and audio-visual resources that have informed the content of your film and theoretical, creative, and technical decisions you have made. You will also communicate with current filmmaking practitioners to inform filmmaking practices used in this project.

Some general reference texts for creative practice, project management and critical reflection:

Bassot, B. (2015) The Reflective Practice Guide: An interdisciplinary Approach to Critical Reflection. Routledge.

Candy, L. (2019) The Creative Reflective Practitioner: Research Through Making Practice. Routledge.

Congdon, L. (2019) Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic. Chronicle Books LLC.

Kara, H. (2020) Creative Research Methods: A Practical Guide. 2nd ed. Bristol: Policy Press.

Maylor, D. (2022) Project Management. 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson.

Filmmaking Project 1 provides you with the freedom to stretch your creative boundaries and self-determine your approach and output from your film production practice. You will develop confidence in self-managing your own learning and creative decision making. You will produce a film festival or exhibition ready short film that informs, intrigues and entertains its intended target audience. You will also consider your approach to self-directed study and evaluate your strengths and areas for improvement. Through your critical reflection, you will draw clear goals for future independent study and future filmmaking practice.