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Core Module Information
Module title: Final Year Project
SCQF level: 10:
SCQF credit value: 40.00
ECTS credit value: 20
Module code: LMD10103
Module leader: Paul Gray
School School of Arts and Creative Industries
Subject area group: Screen and Performance
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

On this module you will have the opportunity to develop, plan and undertake a substantial and coherent factual or fiction film project that is resolved to high creative, technical and presentational levels. The film productions created during this module will build upon the research and development undertaken during Final Year Project Research (LMD10101). Working collaboratively with your peers, you will develop your technical and aesthetic understanding of film production, and the synergies that exist between technical operation and creative selection. To creatively collaborate in the pre-production, production and post-production of these films, you will work in individual Head of Department roles in the areas of producing, directing, writing, production design, cinematography, sound design and/or editing.You will also work in recognised roles within film department teams, applying appropriate professional practices across your own and other?s main film productions.All roles will be supported and informed by an understanding of relevant technical, critical, aesthetic and cultural debate and practices, and you will evidence this in a journal and production dossier, as well as a final written or oral critical contextualisation.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Develop ideas that contribute towards the completion of a creative film project, while working within the parameters of an established film practice role.

LO2: Effectively integrate your creative and professional film-making practices within appropriate workflows for collaborative film production.

LO3: Make effective use of a range of advanced and specialised skills, that are appropriate to established professional practices within film-making roles.

LO4: Critically reflect upon, analyse and evaluate your own creative work, and the work of others, within the principal theories and concepts of film practice.

LO5: Demonstrate the ability to work collegially in ways that show a clear awareness of your own and others’ roles and responsibilities, and that embody professional behaviours rooted in the principles of inclusion and respect for others.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, 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: Paul Gray
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Lecture 36 Seminar
Face To Face Tutorial 6 TUTORIAL
Online Project Supervision 9 Practical Classes and Workshops
Online Guided independent study 349 Guided independent study
Total Study Hours400
Expected Total Study Hours for Module400


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Report 20 4~5 Week 14 , WORDS= 1500words/15min You will complete either a (1) written report or (2) oral assessment.(1) In a written critical contextualisation, you will give an analysis of your project that clearly includes two separate sections. The first of these should reflect on the processes involved, and whether their application has achieved the desired result in terms of your aspirations for the project. The second section should provide a broader critical interpretation of your work, and should objectively analyse and evaluate the completed film.(2) In an oral assessment you will give an analysis of your project that clearly includes critical reflection on the processes involved, and whether the application of your contribution has achieved the desired result in terms of your aspirations for the project, as well as a broader critical interpretation of the final work, where you should objectively analyse and evaluate the completed film.
Final Year Project 80 1~2~3~4~5 Week 14 , WORDS= 10 minutes Working collaboratively with your peers, you will be involved in at least two film projects where your group will be responsible for submitting a completed film project along with the accompanying paperwork (LOs 1,2,3,4,5). You are expected to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of your specialist discipline (LO1,2), as well as an ability to reflect on and evaluate your work within an advanced critical context (LO1,5). You will work as part of a collaborative team and you are expected to demonstrate professional skills of initiative and self-reliance that aid in the successful realisation of the film production(s) in which you are involved (LO2,3,5). While projects are a collaborative practice, you are responsible for managing your own learning, therefore attendance and participation in individual tutorials, group seminars and/or rough-cut viewings are key components of this module’s assessment (LO5). FINAL PRACTICAL PROJECTS The roles you undertake for assessment are negotiated with your tutor at the beginning of the module. Projects that were approved in trimester one will continue on from the research undertaken during LMD10101 Research Final Year Project. For students who are not yet attached to a project, a short period of negotiation at the start of the trimester will allow you to identify and propose alternative roles for assessment. Assessment requirements will vary depending on roles and will fall in to one of the following summaries: Directors and creative producers will be assessed on one main project; Other head of department (HoD) roles (cinematographer, production designer, editor, sound designer) will aim to undertake two main HoD roles for assessment; Where it is not possible for students to undertake two HoD roles, students can opt to evidence their creative assessment against one HoD role, while also undertaking at least two significant professional practice roles (e.g. assistant director, assistant camera, sound recordist). The culmination of this experience should be well evidenced in your journal and commented upon in your report/oral presentation; For students who developed scripts in trimester one that are not going in to production in trimester 2, there is an option to continue with the script development in place of one HoD role. Regardless of your area of assessment, all students are expected to undertake at least one professional practice role, on a different project to your main assessable work (LO3,5)
Component 1 subtotal: 100
Component 2 subtotal: 0
Module subtotal: 100

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