2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

COMM2800 Creative Practice

20 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Mr John Edmonds
Email: icsjme@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisites

COMM1890	Screen Narrative
COMM2865	Thinking Photographically: An Introduction to Photography
COMM2890	Short Film Production

Module replaces

COMM2935 Professional Practice

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is designed to allow students to develop research and planning skills through a creative portfolio in one of three areas of practice:• Fictional screen narrative• Documentary film treatment• Photographic exhibition It will enable students to undertake portfolio work, building on projects initiated in previous modules* and undertake methodological training in preparation for extended projects at level 3. The module acts as a link between Level 2 and Level 3 and contributes to the development of a professional portfolio.*COMM 1890 Screen NarrativeCOMM 2865 Thinking PhotographicallyCOMM 2890 Short Film Production

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to ...
The objectives of this module are for students to understand :

- Methodological approaches appropriate to the design and delivery of a piece of critically reflective practice
- The relationships between critical ideas and practice
- The role of practice as a research method
- The importance of self reflection and the critical analysis of practice

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of

- Effective project design
- Research and practice methods
- Critical and analytical review
- Advance practice skills

Syllabus

Lecture 1: Designing your project

Lecture 2: Contextual research methods

Lecture 3: Critical interfaces for practice

Lecture 4: Reflective analysis

Lecture 5: Development and presentation of professional practice

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	5	2.00	10.00
Practical	10	1.00	10.00
Tutorial	5	1.00	5.00
Private study hours			175.00
Total Contact hours			25.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Throughout the course of this module students will be engaged in guided reading and practice based exercises
leading to the production of assessed creative practice and associated critical analysis and evaluation.

The period of private study will be a combination of critical and historical reading and the development of practice towards the submission of the assessed creative practice.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be monitored via the summative assessment process, receiving feedback at each stage.

They will also be monitored via the tutorial and practical sessions as they develop their submissions.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	Verbal pitch of the creative practice	15.00
Reflective log	1,200 - 1,500 words	25.00
Practical	10=15 minutes fiction script; 25-30 minute documentary treatment; 9-12 image photographic set	60.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 27/04/2017

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