Module Information
Module Identifier
FM33640
Module Title
ADVANCED TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Academic Year
2010/2011
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Pre-Requisite
Successful completion of Part 1
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Creative Portfolio (equivalent to 2000 words) | 40% |
| Semester Assessment | Group Production and Documentation | 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Creative Portfolio (equivalent to 2000 words) | 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Completed Production and Documentation | 60% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an enhanced ability to create a wide range of televisual forms, employing but also challenging the conventions of the medium.
Articulate and implement increasingly ambitious artistic intentions with creativity, originality and technical
sophistication.
Demonstrate confidence in and informed knowledge of a wide range of multi- and single-camera production techniques.
Show a high degree of sharpened analytical and evaluative abilities to respond to production work, real appreciation of the necessity of teamwork and an increased ability to give, listen to and share constructive criticism.
Brief description
This module offers students an opportunity to apply some of the technical and creative tools acquired during Part 1 with a view to creating increasingly independent work in the studio and on location, across a wide range of factual and fictional forms. The pathway leads from traditional television production towards more advanced, hybrid genres that merge different styles and forms.
Starting with a series of workshops intended to consolidate and extend previous experience, students will gradually take on more ambitious and self-generated tasks, devleping and realising concepts at an increasingly intensive and demanding level. Individuals will take on a variety of production roles, but the work will demand a high degree of collaboration and teamwork.
Starting with a series of workshops intended to consolidate and extend previous experience, students will gradually take on more ambitious and self-generated tasks, devleping and realising concepts at an increasingly intensive and demanding level. Individuals will take on a variety of production roles, but the work will demand a high degree of collaboration and teamwork.
Content
There will be weekly 3-hour sessions during the first semester exploring the following themes and topics:
1. Television production processes and forms
2. News production
3. Sports production
4. Current affairs programmes
5. "Film Festival" combining location (single camera) & studio production (1)
6. "Film Festival" combining location (single camera) & studio production (2)
7. Script development
8. Acting for the screen
9. Studio visit
10. Recording of fiction project (drama, soap/sitcom)
During Semester 2 there will be weekly 2-hour sessions. In advance of those sessions, students will produce and edit short pieces in preparation for their final film. These short pieces will be screened to the student group and staff facilitator, who, together, will review and discuss the extract.
1. Television production processes and forms
2. News production
3. Sports production
4. Current affairs programmes
5. "Film Festival" combining location (single camera) & studio production (1)
6. "Film Festival" combining location (single camera) & studio production (2)
7. Script development
8. Acting for the screen
9. Studio visit
10. Recording of fiction project (drama, soap/sitcom)
During Semester 2 there will be weekly 2-hour sessions. In advance of those sessions, students will produce and edit short pieces in preparation for their final film. These short pieces will be screened to the student group and staff facilitator, who, together, will review and discuss the extract.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | |
| Communication | The student will develop writing skills in the creation of their scripts. As they are based on teamwork, the workshops will involve high-level communication skills. There will also be discussion of screened work and related topics, along with the critique of students' own scripts. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | The course will require the critique of all areas of the scenes produced in the workshops, from direction to editing. Moreover, the course requires that students discuss the work produced from assessment at the script stage. The students will be encouraged to adjust their work in reponse to this assessment. |
| Information Technology | Scripts/Proposals will be word-processed. Digital Video footage would be edited on a computer using Avid Media Composer or Final Cut Pro. Other applications and computer technologies may well be involved, depending on the student's particular self-directed research problem. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | The students work in profesionally-defined roles in workshops and assessed productions, and therefore gain a sense of professional filmmaking situation. |
| Problem solving | The weekly workshops present students with different artistic and practical problems associated with the creation of different televisual forms. In producing the work, the students will gain experience of solving the particular logistical, budgetary and technical problems involved in production. |
| Research skills | Conceiving the video works should require research into a wide range of TV production, critical-theoretical works, historical, social and cultural materials. Filming and editing the videos will involve research into the technical systems used in their creation. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Pre-production skills will be developed through the conception and planning of multiple productions. Single and multi-camera production skills will be brought to a new level. Editing skills will be developed through the editing of the piece. |
| Team work | The module places great emphasis on the importance of close collaboration and teamwork. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6