2024/25 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 2024/25
Pre-requisites
| COMM1625 | Camera and Editing |
This module is mutually exclusive with
| COMM2615 | Documentary 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 actors)and postproduction(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 type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Workshop | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Lecture | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Practical | 11 | 2.00 | 22.00 |
| Tutorial | 6 | 0.50 | 3.00 |
| Private study hours | 165.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 35.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
Throughout the course of this module students will be engaged in practice-based tutorial exercises leading to the production of assessed creative practice.Page 8of 13The 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- Formative exercise. (Weeks 3&4) Individual project idea (peer group assessed) Verbal and written
feedback by Weeks 6/7
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Group Project | 4/5 Minute Film | 50.00 |
| Assignment | FILM TREATMENT | 50.00 |
| 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 websiteLast updated: 04/06/2024 10:40:41
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