Unit information: Close-Up on Television in 2022/23

Unit name	Close-Up on Television
Unit code	FATV10004
Credit points	20
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Shaw
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	none
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	none
Units you may not take alongside this one	none
School/department	Department of Film and Television
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

This unit equips students with skills in academic writing, primarily focusing on television programmes but more widely applicable to film and other screen media, bringing together textual analysis with appropriate contextual concerns. Students will encounter a range of television genres and be introduced to some of the critical debates relevant to them. They will work on and research a particular case study and develop skills of writing specific to that programme and the issues that surround it.

The unit aims for students are:

• to develop skills in essay writing and academic conventions;
• to develop skills in the disciplinary conventions in writing about film and television;
• to develop skills of formal analysis of television;
• to explore ideas of medium specificity and draw upon these ideas for independent work;
• to develop the skills necessary to pursue an independent research project which involves situating and critically analysing a programme of choice.

Your learning on this unit

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Analyse and critically evaluate television programmes, drawing upon a range of sources appropriate to research;
2. Gather, organise and deploy ideas and information in order to formulate arguments cogently, and express them effectively in writing;
3. Produce work which is informed by, and contextualised within, relevant theoretical issues and debates;
4. Show awareness of different narrative forms, generic conventions, modes of address, and deploy this knowledge in the context of textual analysis;
5. Develop an individual research interest and find, select and use material appropriate to the pursuit of this.

How you will learn

Weekly seminar, lecture and screening, supported by self-directed tasks where appropriate.

How you will be assessed

1000-word essay (0%, required for credit, formative ILOs 1-4)

2500-word essay (100%, ILOs 1-5)

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. FATV10004).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.