Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre: Foreword by Ang Lee by Lenore DeKoven and Ang Lee (Feb 7, 2006)
The Film Director's Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques by Judith Weston (Sep 25, 2003)
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television by Judith Weston (Jul 1999)
Film Directing: Cinematic Motion, Second Edition, by Steven D Katz 2004
Film Making - Learn Basics to Becoming a Film Maker by KoolAppz (Dec 7, 2011)
The Complete Film Production Handbook by Eve Light Honthaner (Mar 12, 2010)
Pre-Production Planning for Video, Film, and Multimedia by Steve Cartwright (Sep 4, 1996)
Film Crew: Fundamentals of Professional Film and Video Production by Nicholas George (Jan 1, 2010)
Cut by Cut, 2nd edition: Editing Your Film or Video by Gael Chandler (Jun 1, 2012)

You will need access to these resources:

The VLE (NETED)
The Internet
Hardware laboratory
Appropriate Software
Word Processing software for use in the coursework
Printed and electronic journals.
Computer system and other devices¿ manuals

Prepare your 500 word synopsis of your proposed short video advert as a blog and presentation (25%)

Using your synopsis direct an actor to realise your vision for their role on film and upload the output to VIMEO (50%)

Reflect on the feedback received in relation to how your direction realised the stated vision (25%)

To pass this module student must obtain 40% marks. Re-assessment is capped at 40%

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 300 learning hours, of this there will be 75 hours of class support and 225 hours of independent and self directed study.

Lectures/ lab work/ Presentations /Tutorial
Student managed learning/ directed learning

Apart from the lecture each week, various other methods as mentioned above will be used as learning strategies.
There will be laboratory and tutorial sessions, students will be required to discuss and present various topics of the module in the class. Students will be required to apply theoretical knowledge in practical contexts.
Students are expected to be able to structure their own work and to work relatively independently under the guidance of the module teaching staff.

Effective communication is key to directing and establishing the context for a film. This requires directors to translate their vision for the narrative and non-narrative form and be able to communicate this to their actors, their production team and to the audience.
Thus students will explore the preparation required to direct a cast of performers, including the investors, the process of establishing how to cast actors to characterise and embody the characterisations of the film.
The key art of the director is to translate their vision into film form and student will explore the skills required to achieve this through lighting, editing and post-production editing techniques and production values.