2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
COMM2615 Documentary Production
20 creditsClass Size: 48
Module manager: Mick Schofield
Email: M.P.Schofield@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Pre-requisites
| COMM1625 | Camera and Editing |
This module is mutually exclusive with
| COMM2890 | Short Film Production |
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 their degree. It will help to set theoretical and practical work into context. The module is aimed at ‘raising the bar’ with regards to production standards. 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, production planning) to filming (including understanding single camera techniques, working with contributors) and postproduction (editing and digital postproduction 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 postproduction 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
Students will be able to further develop their practice-based skills in filmmaking.
Advanced Camera skills – including lenses; follow focus.
Planning including; production skills; communication; health & safety issues; copyright; sound recording; mixing; music; advanced video editing techniques including titling and basic special effects.
Syllabus
The module is primarily practice based and will enable students to individually
develop a treatment for a documentary. In groups they will produce a limited number depending on cohort size. The module is underpinned with supervisor-based tutorials and a series of lectures that focus on professional practice.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Practical Demonstration | 6 | 2.00 | 12.00 |
| Lecture | 5 | 2.00 | 10.00 |
| Practical | 5 | 2.00 | 10.00 |
| Tutorial | 4 | 0.50 | 2.00 |
| Private study hours | 166.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 34.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
Throughout the course of this module students will be engaged in practice-based tutorialexercises leading to the production of assessed creative practice.
The period of private study will be a combination of group-based filming and practice towards the submission of the assessed creative submission.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Students are monitored weekly through the practical sessions.- Individual project treatments (peer group assessed)
- Verbal and written feedback by Weeks 6/7
- Group feedback on production weekly or biweekly.
Students also have support via email for any draft work that is submitted for the treatment.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Written Work | Film Treatment1500 words | 50.00 |
| Group Project | 4/5 Minute Film | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Students who need to resitthe group project assessment component will be asked to write a reflective essayon their production role (2000 words)
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 04/06/2024 10:40:41
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