Module Descriptors
FILM AND TELEVISION HISTORY
XXET40323
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Rowena Beighton-Dykes
Email: R.J.Beighton-Dykes@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
An Exam - length 2 hours weighted at 100% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 2.
Module Indicative Content
This module studies the development of film and television production technology over the past 100 years, and examines the impact of this technology in terms of film production and television programming.
1. Early cinema
2. The introduction and development of sound
3. Post production, special effects and CGI.
4. Digital cinema and the future.
5. The future of television.
Module Learning Strategies
12 two hour lectures to include film screenings. Independent study and research structured around each weeks lecture topic.
Module Resources
Word processing facilities.
Internet access
Blackboard VLE
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Disqualified Combination - CE00075-1 History of Film Technology
Module Texts
Visual Effects for Film and Television. Mitchel Michaal (2004), Focal-Press, ISBN: 0-240-51675-3
Sound for Film and Television. Tomlinson Holman (2001), Focal-Press, ISBN: 0-240-80453-8
Film Into Video - A Guide to Merging the Technologies George D. Cvjetnicanin Richard H. Kallenberger Stuart Blake Jones (2000), Focal-Press, ISBN: 0-240-80411-2