This module will continue to develop your filmmaking skills through developing and creating documentary or drama films and moving image content. You will learn general principles of storytelling and film 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 film production. You will develop technical skills in camera, lighting, sound and edit. You will develop your knowledge of film production methods and investigate key moments in the development of film form and content and contemporary productions to enable you to analyse and solve the various problem encountered in your own productions.

ASSESSMENT ONE: FILM PRODUCTION: DOCUMENTARY
A 5-10-minute documentary film.

LOs (Learning Outcomes): 1-4 30%.

ASSESSMENT THREE: FILM PRODUCTION: DRAMA
A 5-10-minute drama film.

LOs (Learning Outcomes): 1-4 30%.

ASSESSMENT TWO: REFLECTIVE PORTFOLIO: DOCUMENTARY
A 2500-word Reflective Portfolio covering learning in the development of the film productions and reflection of production experiences.

LOs (Learning Outcomes): 1- 5 40%.

Contact/Scheduled learning and Teaching Activities
-Technical Instruction and workshop film production skills
-Film 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
-Film Production, project work and skills development
-Teamwork
-Blackboard

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF FILM 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 FILM. 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 FILM PRODUCTION SKILLS. Enquiry, Application

4. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF A DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY FILM 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 FILM IN RELATION TO VIEWING AUDIENCE(S) AND INDUSTRY PRODUCTION CONTEXTS. Reflection

Specialist production spaces
L5 film 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.

Do you want to develop your filmmaking skills? This module develops fundamental skills from level 4 and allows you to work on independent and collaborative projects. You will study both factual and fiction filmmaking and choose your own path of development within these fields. The module is a practical production module where you will complete film projects alongside a study of historical and contemporary styles of production. This is supported with the next stage of technical and creative productions skills in camera, lighting, sound, and editing.