2022/3, Trimester 1, Face-to-Face, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | Face-to-Face |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Paul Gray |
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This module enables you to develop a number of strands of your creative practice to an advanced level. This is achieved through negotiating and planning your own research rational, both in writing and verbally, where you will develop concepts, methodologies, techniques and processes that will enable you to progress your work to a successful resolution. You will work both independently and in groups to promote skills of self-reliance and collaborative teamwork.You will engage with a series of lectures, group seminars and tutorials to assist you in the conception, research and writing of fully realisable short film projects (LO1,2,3,4,5). You will submit a written research and agenda rationale (formative) as the basis for the process of research and experimentation that you wish to progress throughout the trimester. This rationale will initiate a continuing process of discussion and negotiation as to the parameters of your assessable work over the remainder of the trimester (LO 1, 5). Around Week 10, you are required to make an oral and visual presentation, proposing the project(s) you anticipate continuing with in trimester 2, and outlining the research and experimentation that you have undertaken up to this point in the trimester (LO 1,2,3,4,5). The presentation should ideally include a test scene that has been created collaboratively, within your group, and within your assessable role(s) (LO 1,2,3,4,5). You will be given feedback on your presentation so that the period leading up to the submission of a research dossier (LO 1,2,3,4,5) in Week 13, can be used to respond to the feedback, and further define the outcomes of your research and experimentation. It is important that this process of reflection and refinement of ideas is made apparent in the final dossier.
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You will submit a Research Agenda & Rationale (approximately 500 words) in week 3, that will form the basis of a process of research and experimentation that you wish to progress throughout the trimester. The rationale should aim to interest, engage and inform the reader. It is not intended to be prescriptive in terms of the final outcome, but is rather intended as an attempt to define a broad area of experimentation that you are about to engage in. The agenda should describe what it is that you want to explore during the course of the module, and the rationale should state why you are carrying out this research. Your agenda and rationale will not be subject to formal assessment, but will however be referred to throughout the module and when you submit a research report at the end of the trimester. The assessment of the outcome of your work over the trimester will be measured against your intentions.You should also keep a Journal in the form of an online blog (or in print by arrangement). The journal should collate the research you have undertaken this trimester, as well as the development that the project, and your contribution to the project, has undergone. You should include all notes and feedback from seminars, tutorials, production meetings, etc. You should also show evidence of analysis of the work of relevant practitioners to your assessable roles. The Journal should be used to inform your Research Report and it will be assessed in support of the conclusions you make in your Research Report.
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You will undertake one component of assessment during the module, which consists of an oral and visual Film Proposal Presentation (LO 1,2,3,4,5), and a Research Dossier (LO 1,2,3,4,5). These will present and document the research you have undertaken this trimester, and the conclusions that you have made.Film Proposal PresentationThe oral and visual Film Proposal Presentation can be either individual or collaborative depending on how you have been working. Individual presentations should be 6 minutes long. The length of collaborative presentations may vary depending on the number of students involved. With collaborative presentations, individual members of the group should give an account of their specific role and contribution within the project. Your Film Proposal Presentation constitutes 40% of the assessment for this module and in the case of a collaborative proposal and presentation, students will be subject to individual assessment of their contribution.Research DossierYour Research Dossier should include a Test Shoot, Research Report and a supporting Journal.For the edited Test Shoot(s) (approximately 3 minutes), you are to work in the craft role that you have chosen to be assessed on. This is an opportunity to not only explore the creative approach to your film-making but also your technical and professional practice. You are expected to follow appropriate workflow practices that will support your professional approach to the final year film shoots in trimester 2.The Research Report (approximately 1500 words) should analyse and reflect on the effectiveness of your research over the trimester, and its success in fulfilling the intentions of your research agenda and rationale. It should demonstrate how your work has developed, the reasons for certain research or test material, and also what you have learned from carrying out this work.You will be assessed on your overall ability to study independently, contribute to group work, manage workloads and meet deadlines. Consequently, your attendance and engagement is an important consideration in your overall assessment.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 36 |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 6 |
Independent Learning | Project Supervision | 158 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Oral Assessment | 40 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6 | 10 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0 |
Portfolio | 60 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 13 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |