Unit information: Screen Research in 2022/23

Unit name	Screen Research
Unit code	FATVM0002
Credit points	20
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Maingard
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
School/department	Department of Film and Television
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Unit Information

This unit provides an introduction to a range of key techniques for research in screen studies, as well as offering insight into the research of related media forms. The unit analyses different approaches to research problems and their investigation by drawing on a range of illustrative case studies. It explores some of the methodological problems presented by the moving image that are relevant to the different research questions and objectives. Students will engage with key areas of screen research that may be relevant to the their future dissertation projects.

Unit Aims:

• To introduce key research techniques in film and television studies including, for example, textual, historical, contextual and practical approaches.

• To provide students with transferable skills of working both independently and collaboratively on a presentation which critically situates and reflects on a particular research approach or methodology.

• To explore a variety of different research questions and approaches to research

• To encourage development of research ideas and their practical realisation

• To foster a research culture of independent enquiry.

Your learning on this unit

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

• Be familiar with a range of research problems and deployment of relevant methods for their academic exploration.

• Have acquired knowledge about different approaches to research in film and television including practice as a form of research.

• Have developed skills in testing theories and ideas and in interrogating a range of source materials.

• Have developed skills of critical reflection on different methodologies and demonstrated the ability to present collaboratively the relevant observations in a clear and scholarly fashion.

• Have developed the ability to formulate their own research interests into appropriate research questions and to formulate a proposal for a dissertation project which a) critically appraises existing research in the field, and b) explains appropriate objectives and methodologies.

How you will learn

Weekly workshop, seminar, and screening, supported by self-directed activity where appropriate.

How you will be assessed

Individual presentation of group project (50%) plus Dissertation Proposal (1000 words) & Literature Review (1500 words) (50%)

Resources

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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.