Portfolio (100%)
A portfolio of work comprising:
• A major moving image production that is assessed via your individual input into the planning, creation and presentation of the finished product, demonstrating your ability to confidently integrate critical theory and industry relevant creative and technical processes.
• Evidence of research, developmental processes, appropriate production documentation, health and safety, and reflective practice you have undertaken.
[Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Formative Assessment:
Observation of engagement in practical development
Progress reviews and group critique sessions

In this module, the culmination of all your previous education and training, you will take part in the planning and creation of a complex and extensive film and/or television production. It will be a high-level creative response for an identified output and will have been designed in order to stimulate, challenge and highlight your skills and abilities.

The module will commence with a thorough exploration of the requirements for delivering a major moving image product which will inform your strategic plan. Your plan will be an opportunity to demonstrate awareness of current commercial practice from a local, national and international perspective. It will be fully developed and include for example, timelines, roles and responsibilities, allocation of resources both human and physical, marketing, and broadcasting and/or screening. You will present this as a formal document. Your project may be linked to the creative idea for an item, service or business idea generated from your Industry Pitch module in Semester 1.

Your strategic plan will lead into the implementation of an extensive moving image production. To justify and support your plan, you will be expected to explore and take into consideration the historical, cultural and social contexts in which your production is placed and any critical debate associated with it. Informed by this, and in line with industry practice and expectations, you will play a role in pre-production, production or post-production or perhaps a combination of these. You may work in a creative and/or technical capacity depending on the role you have been designated or negotiated. You will be expected to recall previous experience, education and training, as well as peer and lecturer feedback, consistently seeking to improve and enhance your professional, artistic and/or technical capability as would be expected within the profession itself. With lecturer support you will be encouraged to invite and audience, potentially including industry practitioners and agents to the screening of your finished production, to increase potential for future employment within the film and TV sector.

At all times, you will be expected to apply professional standards reflective of an entry level practitioner into the film and TV industry, demonstrating qualities consistent with those expected when working on an extensive moving image production.

This module will begin with an introduction to the requirements of the module and a review of the strategic direction for the extensive collaborative project. Learning will be facilitated through a range of group sessions (i.e. lectures and workshops) and individual tutorials, as follows:
• Research activities including an exploration of existing work via streaming services, DVD, internet, cable and satellite.
• Planning workshops
• Theoretical and contextual studies workshops
• Ideas generation activities and design planning
• Technical and professional skills recap activities appropriate to the genre
• Health and safety recap
• Reflective practice recap
As the module progresses, learning strategies will focus on your development as a professional and will therefore be situated in work-based practice rather than in classroom based learning. The production element of the module will be facilitated as applicable to the industry sector through activities such as:
• Creative and technical pre-production and production workshops
• 1:1 and group tutorials
• Group critique
• Problem solving exercises
• Summative product presentation and testing
• Reflective practice

Seminar Room
Computer access / internet access

Pre- production resources
Cork boards & printers
Scheduling software

Production resources
HD camcorders
HD DSLR
Interchangeable lenses
Tripods
Microphones – radio and boom
Jib Arm
Track and dolly
Fig Rig / stabilisation system
Lighting Kit(s)

Post-production resources
Post production edit and effects software

Jones C. (2010) The Guerilla Filmmakers Pocketbook: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Film Making: Continuum
Kenworthy C. (2012) Master Shots Vol 1: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie: Michael Wiese Productions
Kenworthy C. (2011) Master Shots Vol 2: 100 Ways to Shoot Great Dialogue Scenes: Michael Wiese Productions
Kenworthy C. (2013) Master Shots Vol 3, The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie: Michael Wiese Productions
Levy E. (1994) Making a Winning Short: How to Write, Direct, Edit and Produce a Short Film: Henry Holt and Company
Thurlow C. (2013) Making Short Films: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen: Bloomsbury Academic

1. DEMONSTRATE AN AWARENESS OF THE UNDERPINNING THEORY AND CRITICAL DEBATE SURROUNDING A PARTICULAR FILM AND TV PRODUCTION.
[Knowledge and Understanding]

2. MAKE USE OF A BROAD RANGE OF EXISTING SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY PLAN, CREATE AND PRESENT AN EXTENSIVE MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION TO A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD.
[Application]

3. IDENTIFY CHALLENGES AND PRESENT SOLUTIONS WHEN PLANNING, CREATING AND PRESENTING AN EXTENSIVE MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION FOR THE FILM OR TV INDUSTRY. MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO MOVE A PROJECT TOWARDS ITS INTENDED OUTCOME.
[Problem Solving]

4. CONSIDER YOUR STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS AND PREPARE THE GROUNDWORK FOR EXPANDING YOUR EXISTING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.
[Reflection]

5. ARTICULATE IDEAS AND INFORMED CHOICES IN ORDER TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLANNING AND PRODUCTION PROCESS RESULTING IN A HIGH QUALITY OUTCOME. DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE.
[Communication]

6. EXAMINE AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNING AND CREATING AN EXTENSIVE MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION FOR THE FILM AND TV INDUSTRY IN ORDER THAT THE FINAL FILM OR PROGRAMME COMES ACROSS PROPERLY ON SCREEN.
[Enquiry; Analysis]

7. MAKE A MEANINGFUL AND RESPONSIVE CONTRIBUTION TO A TEAM IN THE PLANNING, CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF AN EXTENSIVE MOVING IMAGE PRODUCTION. PRESENT IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER APPROPRIATE TO ENTERING THE FILM AND TV INDUSTRY.
[Working with Others]