Unit name | Short Fiction Film |
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Unit code | FATV20022 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Jimmy Hay |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
FATV10001 Filmmaking Fundamentals |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Film and Television |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will explore short films through a theoretical and conceptual consideration of the short form, and how this can be understood as distinct from long form, ‘feature’ filmmaking. The unit will screen a wide variety of short films, and approach them from theoretical perspectives such as - but not limited to - philosophy, issues of representation, film authorship, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, post-colonialism, and transnationalism. The unit will culminate in the production of a short film that responds to a production brief that relates to such issues. The unit will also consider the role of short film festivals, ‘proof of concept shorts’, and the short form’s position within industry processes of film production. In doing so the unit will foreground the importance of the short film as a creative and distinct form of cinema.
Aims
1. To gain an appreciation of the creative and conceptual possibilities particular to the short film.
2. To understand how industry perspectives on the short film have evolved over time.
3. To demonstrate a conceptual understanding of how themes and ideas can be practically realised in a filmmaking project.
4. To demonstrate skills in direction, cinematography, and sound recording.
5. To critically reflect upon practical filmmaking in a written reflexive account.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Weekly seminar/workshop and screening.
100% Practical Portfolio, equivalent to 4000 words
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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.