Core Module Information
Module title: Creative Practice for Film and TV

SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10

Module code: SCA11130
Module leader: Ita Jansen
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:

Through a series of lectures, seminars and workshops, you will learn the technical skills and processes involved in your chosen discipline. You will acquire a grasp of the principles of storytelling through action and events, the way in which a cinematic world arises out of character and interpretation, and of the meaning of images through composition and cutting. You will prepare and undertake exercises utilising the skills being investigated to explore your own developing creative practice. These exercises include short film dramas.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically analyse film texts in the context of your own creative practice.

LO2: Generate ideas and produce your own narratives in short film form.

LO3: Plan the deployment of the creative, technical and personal skills and resources required to realise your objectives.

LO4: Resolve aesthetic problems with shooting and/or editing works in progress.

LO5: Justify production and post-production solutions to producers and other collaborators.

LO6: Critically reflect on your work at each stage of production.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 1, In Person, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: In Person
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Ita Jansen
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Online Project Supervision 44 Project Supervision
Online Guided independent study 100 Guided independent study
Face To Face Lecture 12 LECTURE
Face To Face Tutorial 44 TUTORIAL
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Project - Practical 75 2~3~4~5 Week 13 HOURS= 0 Project - Practical
Learning Log 25 1~6 Week 13 HOURS= 1500 Learning Log
Component 1 subtotal: 75
Component 2 subtotal: 25
Module subtotal: 100

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