|
 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Computer Science (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Academic Year at Chichester College Academic Year at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take LP10388 and take LP10390 and take LP10393 or equivalent. |
| Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to: * Build on the practical experience gained from Production Techniques 1 & 2 but acknowledges that most production in this unit will be location Portable Single Camera material. * Develop an understanding of the historical evolution of drama / fiction and documentary film / factual media production together with various related genres, which currently exist. * Develop a further understanding of issues such as 'realism' and mediation. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit the student should: * be able to describe, within the context of a practical production, different fiction formats * be able to demonstrate the techniques for creating drama production, and explain the process of the products creation * have a good understanding of the aural and visual language of factual production, be able to explain the evolution of the documentary, and current documentary genres * be able to undertake practical documentary production * be able to demonstrate an understanding of the issues surrounding realism and mediation. Skills: Intellectual skills: analysis and development of drama and documentary, (F, A) Practical: Media research, video production (F, A) Key: Communication (negotiating skills). Team work (production in teams) (F, A) Content: Programme formats: e.g. defining the nature of the story and the potential for development to meet the needs of the viewer. Differentiating content and style: e.g. soaps series, singles, period, mini-series, docudrama. Historical development of documentary film, critical analysis of different types of documentary, eg. categorical, rhetorical, abstract treatments. Critical analysis of different genres of documentary, eg. natural history, current affairs, 'cinema verite', travelogue, propaganda, TV commercial etc. Awareness of new and emerging popular genres - eg. fly on the wall, reconstructions, docu-soaps. Critical analysis of: documentary, current affairs and news material and its ability to reflect/communicate/claim the reality of situations and events. Consideration of the documentary film as a construct of specific editorial decisions made throughout the whole production process. Issues of whether events are affected by the presence of a news or documentary film / video camera. Narrative structure: e.g. telling the story, compression of time, construction of documentary narrative, use of music, sound effects, lighting, special effects, reconstructions, graphics etc. Industry documentation: e.g. script, story board records of team meetings, script breakdowns schedules cross-plots and strip boards. Planning: e.g. set and studio plans and designs, budgets, production management, roles, recces, design lighting and sound problems, working with actors, shooting for post-production. Research methods from primary and secondary sources, determining core assertion, developing a treatment including consideration of nature of audience and the level of 'interest' required, determining structure, development of a script, methodology and techniques of filming material and events for which a prepared script is impossible. Health and Safety: e.g. risk assessment and risk control. Limitations to production: e.g. time, budget, health and safety, the law, communication, working in the public domain, casting, weather and other continuity issues new technology, transport. |
| Programme availability: |
LP20534 is Optional on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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