Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Lecture	Lecture 1 x 90 minutes per week

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Programme Research Pitch	10%
Semester Assessment	Factual Directing exercises For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml	40%
Semester Assessment	Industry Research Project	20%
Semester Assessment	Final Research Portfolio	30%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

To provide students with an introduction to the skills needed to author a professional factual research brief for television that has the potential to be produced into a 20-30 minute factual film.

To induct students into the standard practices, culture and working environment of a factual television researcher.

To provide a sufficient level of practical training on the digital cameras and edit suites to allow all students to make a film in semester two. (This training has been inaccessible to joint honours students in the past)

Aims

To provide students with an introduction to the skills needed to author a professional factual research brief for television that has the potential to be produced into a 20-30 minute factual film.
To induct students into the standard practices, culture and working environment of a factual television researcher.
To provide a sufficient level of practical training on the digital cameras and edit suites to allow all students to make a film in semester two. (This training has been inaccessible to joint honours students in the past)

Content

Through intensive class and laboratory-based practical work, this module will aim to provide students with foundation technical and directing skills in factual production and advanced editorial skills required in the development of a research brief for a hypothetical 20-30 minute film.

Number of Lectures/Seminars/Tutorials
A typical lecture programme might include:

Basic research sources
Using the web
Pitching an idea
Case studies from Current affairs, factual entertainment and documentary features
Finding the visual story
Interviewing techniques
The recce
Archiving, clearance and copyright
Contributor relations and broadcast ethics
Media law and factual research

A typical directing workshop might include:

Directing actuality
Directing sequences and GV'r and PTC'r
Directing Interviews
Writing voice- overs

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Learning Outcomes

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