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Programme code | 1DRAM015U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Alex Clayton
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Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of Film and Television |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | Communication, media, film and cultural studies (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
This section sets out why studying this programme is important, both in terms of inspiring you as an individual and in considering the challenges we face. It describes how this degree programme contributes to:
This programme is designed to provide students with a deep understanding of film and television, and to equip them to use the critical, theoretical and practical skills central to the disciplines. Through historical and conceptual study, the programme enables students to analyse, research, interpret and understand film and television from a critically and contextually informed perspective. In addition to detailed and rigorous academic enquiry, the students also explore practical and creative approaches: the programme combines an understanding of the diversity and complexity of film and television with the acquisition and application of filmmaking skills. A set of options that focus on some of the most significant historical, cultural, artistic and technological forms of film and television promote a more detailed exploration of these media and their creative realisation. The programme culminates in three supervised independent units in which final-year students gain experience working in the creative industries, develop a practical project of their own devising, and produce an extended piece of academic writing. Having gained a combination of specialised and transferable skills, students are well-equipped to pursue a range of careers relating to contemporary media and arts-related professions, and within academic, professional and managerial sectors.
The learning outcome statements shown below for your programme have been developed with reference to relevant national subject benchmarks (where they exist), national qualification descriptors (see the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) and professional body requirements.
Teaching, learning and assessment strategies are listed to show how you will be able to achieve and demonstrate the learning outcomes.
This programme provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas:
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1-10, 12) Set and directed viewings, and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1-10, 12) Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1-14) Lectures, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to develop student practical skills acquisition (1-4, 11-14) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1-4, 11-14) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-5, 9-10) |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Coursework analytical and research essays (1-10) Individual and group presentations (1-10) Practice-based productions (1-4, 11-14) Reflexive accounts of practical work (1-4, 11-14) |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1-5, 7-8, 12) Set and directed viewings (including student work), and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1-4, 8-10, 14) Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1-10, 14) Lectures, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to develop student practical skills acquisition (2, 4, 6-7, 9-14) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1, 3-4, 6-14) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-8, 14) |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Coursework analytical and research essays (1-8) Individual and group presentations (1-8) Practice-based productions (2-4, 6, 8-14) Reflexive accounts of practical work (3-6, 8-14) |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning/teaching methods and strategies |
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Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1, 5) Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1, 5) Lectures, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to develop student practical skills acquisition (1, 5-6) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1-6) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-4) |
Methods of assessment (formative and summative) | |
Coursework analytical and research essays (1-4) Individual and group presentations (1-5) Practice-based productions (1-6) Reflexive accounts of practical work (1-4, 6) |
This section describes what is expected from you at each level of your programme. This illustrates increasing intellectual standards as you progress through the programme. These levels are mapped against the national level descriptors published by the Quality Assurance Agency.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
The first year is introductory, providing a foundation for second and final year work. Students gain familiarity with the forms and aesthetics of film and television, and acquire practical skills in filmmaking, including editing and cinematography. In addition, students develop presentation and writing skills in small-group tutorials, and expand their understanding of film and television in a broader cultural context by examining them in dialogue with theatre and music on the Criticism in the Arts unit (SART10001). |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
In the second year, students deepen their contextual knowledge of film and television, as well as developing their appreciation of the variety and diversity of these media, on two mandatory historical units. Students also consolidate their understanding of forms, genres and contexts in film and television, and develop filmmaking skills in new areas, through optional units. Second-year optional units typically draw upon research-led teaching. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
In the three final year supervised independent projects, students develop their particular areas of interest and gain further experience in researching and formulating academic arguments, conceptually-informed creative practice, and related transferable skills for future employment. Students also deepen their critical and analytical expertise, and extend their skills in filmmaking, through further optional units. Optional units are more specialized than in the first and second years, focused around specific case studies. These units make further use of research-led teaching. |
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
The film and television curriculum has developed a balance of historical and aesthetic enquiry with creative and practical work in a way that is distinctive to the University of Bristol. This combination has emerged out of the University’s long-standing tradition of film-related teaching (previously as part of the Drama programme). The undergraduate programme outlined in this document provides an in-depth investigation of film and television aesthetics and history alongside the acquisition and development of filmmaking skills. This is further developed through final year independent study units in which students undertake an industrial placement, create a practice-based project and undertake a dissertation. These points of emphasis, and this overall trajectory, develop and extend the successful approaches that already characterise the teaching of film and television at Bristol.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A | |||||
Filmmaking Fundamentals | FATV10001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B | |||||
Introduction to Film and Television Studies | FATV10005 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List C | |||||
Filmmaking through Hitchcock | FATV10006 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
List D | |||||
Close-Up on Film | FATV10002 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
List E | |||||
Close-Up on Television | FATV10004 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
List F | |||||
20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A | |||||
Film and Television History to 1960 | FATV20027 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Film Genre | FATV20002 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
The Film Director's Vision | FATV20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Screen Performance | FATV20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Film and TV Comedy | FATV20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Short Fiction Film | FATV20022 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
Fantasy Film | FATV20017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Documentary Histories and Practices | FATV20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Anime | FATV20031 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
EcoCinema | FATV20028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List D | |||||
Hollywood Cinema History | FATV20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
British Cinema and Television | FATV20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Documentary Histories and Practices | FATV20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Animated Film | FATV20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Film Adaptation Across Borders | FATV20025 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
From Text to Screen | FATV20029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F | |||||
20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional TB2 unit from lists C, D or E | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A - Take one or two 40 CP unit from List A/D Graduate Practical Project and List B/E Written Dissertation | |||||
Graduate Practical Project | FATV30027 | 40 | Optional | A,D | TB-4 |
List B - Take one or two 40 CP unit from List A/D Graduate Practical Project and List B/E Written Dissertation | |||||
Written Dissertation | FATV30028 | 40 | Optional | B,E | TB-4 |
List C1 - Choose one or two of the 20 CP units listed below: | |||||
Film Criticism | FATV30006 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
Political Film | FATV30018 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
Television: Ideas and Industry | FATV30020 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
Approaching Video Games | FATV30024 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
List C2 - Choose one or two of the 20CP units listed below | |||||
Global Cinemas / Local Stories | FATV30005 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
Industry Study | FATV30004 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
Industrial Placement | FATV30008 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
Film Festivals | FATV30023 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
Social Media Content Creation | FATV30026 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
List D - Take one or two 40 CP unit from List A/D Graduate Practical Project and List B/E Written Dissertation | |||||
Graduate Practical Project | FATV30027 | 40 | Optional | A,D | TB-4 |
List E - Take one or two 40 CP unit from List A/D Graduate Practical Project and List B/E Written Dissertation | |||||
Written Dissertation | FATV30028 | 40 | Optional | B,E | TB-4 |
List F - Optional/Open units -you may choose no more than 20 CP from this group | |||||
20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Film and Television (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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