Module manager: John Edmonds
Email: icsjme@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Students should have previously studied COMM2890 or COMM2615.
| COMM2615 | Documentary Production |
| COMM2890 | Short Film Production |
| COMM3655 | Individual Project (Drama) |
| COMM3890 | Photography Project |
| COMM3910 | Communication Dissertation |
COMM3860 Cinema & Photography Project
This module is not approved as a discovery module
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- facilitate learning at advanced level on the principles and practices of short film (digital cinema) production, through the fulfilment of at least one primary production role within a small-crew group production.
- allow students to demonstrate their creative, analytical and critical learning and personal development in the field of cinematic production.
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- understand their specialist role, its challenges and demands and its relationship to the creative development of a production, informed by recent research/scholarship.
- respond to the demands of working in digital cinema production and reflect professional practices.
- demonstrate self-management, independent learning, decision-making and autonomy in the planning of a creative project.
- demonstrate advanced and innovative creative and technical skills in the production of digital cinema.
- demonstrate through digital cinema production practices and critical self-assessment an advanced understanding of their specialist area of production and its relationship to other specialist areas.
Students on this course undertake self-directed study under academic supervision, either as individuals or small groups in the production of a final short film (digital cinema) project intended for public viewing.
Following introductory lectures, teaching will take the form of regular supervision meetings to support pre-production, production and post-production work-in-progress leading up to the submission of a completed production in the chosen form. A substantial piece of reflective, analytical writing will be produced in relation to the production role chosen by each student, along with a critical evaluation of the completed project.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group learning | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Lecture | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seminar | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tutorial | 24 | 0.5 | 12 |
| Private study hours | 379 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 400 | ||
Film pre-production: 30 hours
Film post-production: 30 hours
Research and production of project report (critical evaluation of completed film): 34 hours
Production Work (Group): 168 hours
Production Work (Individual): 126 hours
- 3 x supervision meetings (individual)
- 4 x supervision meetings (production group)
- 2 x work-in-progress seminars
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Group Project | Drama/Fiction or Documentary/Non-Fiction Film 10 - 15 Minutes | 40 |
| Essay | Production Role Reflective Analysis 5,000 - 5,500 words | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 6/4/2024
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