2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
COMM2800 Creative Practice
20 creditsClass Size: 50
Module manager: Dr Mick Schofield
Email: M.P.Scholfield@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2021/22
Pre-requisites
COMM1890 | Screen Narrative |
COMM2865 | Thinking Photographically: An Introduction to Photography |
COMM2890 | Short Film Production |
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 filmmaking treatment• Photographic images for 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 via supervisorial support and contributes to the development of a professional portfolio.*COMM 1890 Screen NarrativeCOMM 2865 Thinking PhotographicallyCOMM 2890 Short Film ProductionObjectives
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
- The role and the relationship of a supervisor
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 |
Tutorial | 5 | 2.00 | 10.00 |
Private study hours | 180.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
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 tutorial 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; 4-5 minute documentary; 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 websiteLast updated: 30/06/2021 13:36:39
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