At the heart of film making is a creative idea and it is important that students are able to explore the boundaries to these ideas and the techniques that they can use to realise these ideas through a visual image.
Students will be encouraged to explore experimental film particularly these aspects of breaking-the-rules in producing an experimental film.
Part of this exploration will be the relationships between installation and interactive video creation and who are the key reference points as film makers or as artists in their production.

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.

A History of Experimental Film and Video by A.L. Rees (Nov 22, 2011)
Ex-Cinema: From a Theory of Experimental Film and Video by Akira Mizuta Lippit (Sep 30, 2012)
Experimental Cinema in the Digital Age (BFI Film Classics) by Malcolm Le Grice (Jan 22, 2008)
Direct Theory: Experimental Film/Video as Major Genre by Edward S. Small (Feb 6, 1995)
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director by Alexander Mackendrick, Paul Cronin and Martin Scorsese (Aug 11, 2005)
The CG Story: Computer-Generated Animation and Special Effects by Christopher Finch (Dec 3, 2013)
Moviemakers' Master Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors by Laurent Tirard (Oct 10, 2002)
Movement as Meaning: In Experimental Film (Consciousness Literature the Arts) by Daniel Barnett (Apr 1, 2008)

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

Outline your vision and talk through your story board for your experimental film (25%)

Produce your experimental short film and upload to VIMEO, collecting feedback from viewers (50%)

Reflect on the success or otherwise of your experimental film and what it has taught in relation to the art of film production and animation (25%)

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