A REPORT length 1500 WORDS weighted at 30%.

A DISSERTATION length 8000 WORDS weighted at 70%.

Learning Outcomes 1-7

This module allows you to undertake an individual research project about a specific media performance related topic and will be completed with the guidance of a personal supervisor with research interests in your chosen subject area. You will make use of a variety of appropriate media/performance related research methodologies to develop your project ideas. The dissertation report in Semester One focuses on your research plan, project structure, methodologies and the main theoretical issues you will be considering, along with a discussion of relevant literature in the area (with full bibliography). In Semester Two you will develop and redefine the ideas proposed in the report under the continued supervision of their tutor and submit a completed research project.

Barber, S. (2015) Using Film As A Source, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Greetham, B. (2014) How To Write Your Undergraduate Dissertation, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Gibbs, J. & Pye, D. eds. (2011) Style and Meaning, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Jacobs, J. & Peacock, S. eds. (2013) Television Aesthetics and Style, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Kershaw, B. & Nicholson, H. (2011) Research Methods in Theatre and Performance, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

See module handbook for a full listing of reading texts.

Library resources & online eResources
TV/DVD/Audio playback facilities

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

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