| Unit name | Filmmaking Fundamentals |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FATV10001 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Ms. Katie Mack |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Department of Film and Television |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Description
This unit introduces students to the basic technologies and practices required for filmmaking, combined with a conceptual approach to the creative process of film production. Merging practical skills with theoretical understanding, this unit will include Cinematography, Editing, and Sound, whilst also covering essential related areas including Health and Safety and Risk Assessment, as well as approaches to film production records such as logshot logs, storyboards, and script breakdowns. This unit provides necessary knowledge of the production workflow for the Department of Film and Television and thus ensures that students learn introductory craft skills that can be used in all units with a filmmaking component. The unit is assessed through a film, or a set of film exercises, demonstrating the practical work produced on the unit, and a reflexive account in which students reflect critically on their practice and learning within the unit.
Aims:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate proficiencies in utilising a range of filmmaking technologies;
2. produce work showing capability in operational aspects of film and television production technologies, systems, techniques and professional practices;
3. apply key production processes and professional practices relevant to film and television industries;
4. demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which film and television technologies and practices make possible different kinds of aesthetic effects and forms;
5. evaluate their own work in a reflexive manner, with reference to academic and professional issues, debates and conventions;
6. demonstrate knowledge and use of safe and ethical working practices.
The unit will be delivered through a combination of group tutorials, lectures, workshops and self-directed activity.
100% Practical Portfolio, equivalent to 3000 words
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. FATV10001).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
