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2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

COMM2890 Short Film Production

20 creditsClass Size: 50

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

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisites

COMM1625Camera and Editing

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This is essentially a practical module and is designed to help students acquire a more in depth knowledge of specific skills in the digital production industry. Students will acquire a wide array of transferable skills in digital production. These skills maybe built on during any subsequent modules that contain a practical component, or may equally inform other aspects of your degree. It will help to set theoretical and analytical work into context. The module is aimed at ‘raising the bar’ with regards to production standards and will be a step towards, hopefully finding a focus for your interests and aspirations. This is a module that is good fun, but hard work. Either way it will help students build confidence with the technical and procedural side of the digital media industry.

Objectives

The module aims to give students a practically grounded overview of the principles of short film production. Students will engage with all aspects of short film production, from the planning phase (research, location sourcing, production planning and scripting) to filming (including understanding single camera techniques, working with actors and thinking about the filmed sequence as a whole) and post production (editing and digital post production techniques).
The module will include a focus on health and safety and the practical realities of production planning. It will also help students to learn how to work effectively in a film production team – the different roles and responsibilities and how to demonstrate their individual contribution to a collective project.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to apply key principles of single camera film production
2. Successfully plan and organise a short film production
3. Understand digital production and post production processes.
4. Work effectively as a member of a team and demonstrate their contribution to a group project
5. Understand and apply copyright law and principles of ethical image production.

Skills outcomes
Advanced Camera skills – including lenses; dolly/track; crane; follow focus.
Planning including; advanced story boarding; production skills; communication; health & safety issues;
Sound recording; Foley effects; mixing; music; advanced video editing techniques including titling and basic special effects.


Syllabus

Topics to be covered:
Scene construction, technical aspects of production, framing and composition, filming techniques, working with actors, Industry work processes, health and safety, postproduction skills, genre.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture52.0010.00
Practical112.0022.00
Tutorial20.501.00
Private study hours167.00
Total Contact hours33.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Research for project - approx hours 25
Research for project role (crew) - approx hours 25
Group and / or individual production work - approx hours 110
Write up of project Blog & Essay. - approx hours 7

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Students are monitored weekly through the practical sessions
- Formative exercise. (Weeks 3&4) Individual project idea (peer group assessed) Verbal and written
feedback by Weeks 6/7

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Group Project4/5 Minute Film50.00
Reflective logBlog (2,500 - 3,000 words)25.00
AssignmentFILM TREATMENT25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

If resubmission is necessary a detailed paper-based exercise will be substituted where the re-arrangement of group-based production elements are not feasible. This will include an animatic or storyboard based submission.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 18/08/2020 16:09:48

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