2025/6, Trimester 2, IN PERSON,
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | IN PERSON |
| Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
| Partner: | |
| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Carolyn Scott |
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
| Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 36 | In workshops, you will develop your practical skills in recording, editing, and sound design using industry-standard equipment and software. You will learn to plan and conduct interviews, record and catalogue actuality and ambient sound, and apply advanced editing and mixing techniques to shape narrative and tone. You will also cultivate skills in documentary research, conceptualisation, and scripting, developing the ability to structure longer-form narratives that engage audiences. |
| Online | Guided independent study | 80 | Guided independent study |
| Online | GROUPIND_STUDY | 72 | Working in production groups, you will take on specific editorial and production roles to create an original audio documentary or documentary-style podcast. You are expected to engage critically with technical, theoretical, and ethical concepts, and to analyse existing audio documentaries in relation to these ideas. You will inform your creative practice through critical reflection, and in turn, use your practical experiences to deepen your understanding of audio documentary theory and industry |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 12 | In lectures, you will be introduced to key debates in audio documentary and podcast production, focusing on how journalists and storytellers represent lived experience through sound. You will explore notions of subjectivity and objectivity, ethics and authorship, voice and perspective, and the responsibilities involved in representing others. You will consider how changing technologies and listening habits are reshaping the production, distribution, and reception of factual audio storytelling. |
| Total Study Hours | 200 | |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 | |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words | Description |
| Project - Practical | 60 | 2~3~4~5 | Week 12 | HOURS= 10 minutes | You will work in small production teams to research, plan, and produce a 10-minute audio documentary or documentary-style podcast episode, developed from a proposal that you will write and pitch to your tutor. Working collaboratively, each team member will take on specific editorial and production roles to create a structured and engaging narrative that demonstrates sound journalistic judgment and an ethical approach to representing contributors and subjects.You are expected to demonstrate competence in recording, interviewing, sound design, and editing, as well as an understanding of narrative structure and audience engagement. Your assessment will also consider your contribution to group work, your ability to manage workloads and deadlines, and your capacity for independent study and creative problem-solving throughout the production process.You will receive an overall team mark worth 50% of the component grade with the other 50% coming from a peer assessment within your team. |
| Portfolio | 40 | 1~3~5 | Week 13 | , WORDS= 2,500 words | Throughout the module, you will complete a series of formative tasks designed to develop your understanding of audio documentary and podcast production. These tasks will focus on key stages of the creative process, including critically listening to and evaluating professional audio documentaries, pitching your own documentary ideas, and developing detailed research and production plans.For your summative assessment, you will compile a portfolio that draws on this formative work, showcasing your engagement with the learning process and your individual contribution to the group documentary project. Your portfolio will demonstrate your critical, creative, and technical development over the course of the module.At a minimum, your portfolio must include: One example of a written critique of a professional audio documentary or podcast; one documentary pitch or proposal; one research and production plan for a documentary; a 1,000-word reflective essay critically reflecting on the completed group documentary and your own contribution to it. |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 60 | | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 40 | | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |