| Unit name | Making Short Fiction Film |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FATVM0025 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Jimmy Hay |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
FATVM0022 Film and Television Production Techniques and Technologies. |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Film and Television |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is based on making short fiction films for public exhibition. Teaching and learning cover:
Students will work in small teams to make short fiction films on a defined theme and within clearly set objectives, leading to an analytical screening and review prior to distribution.
The key element of the unit is the opportunity for students to make a short fiction film. This affords the opportunity for engaging in the characteristic processes of creative work in this field, and to engage in individual and collective creative expression under appropriate guidance and within a supportive critical framework.
The unit will develop skills and awareness in the realisation of short-form fiction, and cover a range of areas, as appropriate to the projects produced in any one year.
These elements may include some or all of :
Students will have solid experiential awareness of key issues in the making of short fiction films, and practical skills enabling them to work at a professional level.
These will be supported by understandings of the wider context for short film, and generic issues in the making of fiction films.
Transferable skills cover research, planning, group work to deadline, and articulation and presentation of ideas in written, verbal, and audio-visual forms.
Bi-weekly lectures, seminar, screening, and workshops, supported by self-directed tasks where appropriate.
Assessment: #1: Pre-production portfolio (40%) end of TB1
Assessment; #2: Final film and/or portfolio (60%) end of TB2
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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.
