| Unit name | Filmmaking Fundamentals |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FATV10001 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Mr. Milner |
| 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 |
Why is this unit important?
This unit introduces students to the basic technologies and practices such as cinematography, editing, and sound that are necessary for filmmaking, as well as to conceptual approaches to creative film production. Merging practical skills with theoretical understanding, this unit is mandatory and pre-requidite for subsequent units that involve filmmaking and covers necessary procedures including Health and Safety and Risk Assessment, and film production records such as shot logs, storyboards, and script breakdowns.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
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. The unit is taught twice: students on the BA Film andTelevision will take the unit in the first teaching block; joint honours studentssuch as Film and English, Film and a Modern Language, and Theatre &Filmwill take the unit in the second teaching block to fit with their other subject.
Unit Aims:
Overview of Content:
The unit teaches the basic technologies of filmmaking and how to use these
creatively in making a film or a set of short film exercises. It introduces
essential production practices - such as Health and Safety and Risk
Assessments - and helps students to properly understand the workflow
relating to film production and postproduction and how this works in the
department.
Learning Outcomes:
You will learn 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. evaluate your own work in a reflexive manner, with reference to academic
and professional issues, debates and conventions;
4. demonstrate knowledge and use of safe and ethical working practices.
The unit involves a mix of formal, lectures, tutor-led workshops, and supervised
group work. Collaboration is essential to film and television industry production and group-led activity is a required element of this unit
Tasks which counttowards your unit mark (summative):
Group film or short film exercise, 2 mins per student (50%) [ILOs 1, 2 and 4]
Reflexive account of practical work, 1000 words (50%) [ILO 3]
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 University 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. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
