BA (Hons) Film Production with Foundation Year

An introduction to studio production and field practice.  Using the vehicle of the television magazine programme format you will work in collaborative teams to devise and  record 'as if live' a magazine programme (news/factual/entertainment/edutainment/children's). You will be introduced to the magazine programme workflow from concept, through development, to recording, scheduling and transmission.  In so doing you will also work in collaborative teams to devise, research, shoot and edit at least one short feature for inclusion in the magazine programme. There will be opportunities for you to work in one or more production roles to further develop your  production skills.

The module focuses on film and television form and visual style. It provides an introduction to the key elements of screen language; which is examined through sections on mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound. The module provides the tools for textual analysis of film and television. In addition the module introduces academic skills in constructing bibliographies and in using databases for film and television studies on the internet.

This module explores the ideas and craft techniques of video and film editing. You will learn how editing can determine the way a visual story is perceived, and you will experiment with a range of post-production techniques. You will apply your understanding to a series of editing challenges, and develop an appreciation of the organisational and workflow aspects of post-production.

This module builds upon your experience of storytelling through the use of camera and editing, and develops concepts of mise en scène, character, and the production techniques necessary to support the production of screen drama. You will work in production teams to realise a number of dramatic short film exercises.

This module will give you an introduction to the creative, technical and organisational aspects of video production. Through a series of practical exercises, you will be introduced to the elements of visual storytelling, camera operations, shooting for editing, and shooting as “live”.

This module will facilitate your practical and creative engagement in a range of the practices and techniques related to multi-camera studio production.  You will explore genres and formats of multi-camera production and then through practical exercises you will develop the knowledge, skills and  understanding to develop a multi-camera production from conception through to delivery of a ‘live’ recording of a television programme. 

This module aims to explore and analyse what is meant by & lsquo;representation& rsquo;. It engages with themes and debates concerning the conventional techniques, the effects, and the politics of representation and cinema/television, and uses these tools to analyse the filmic representations of social constructs such as gender, & lsquo;race& rsquo;, class and sexual identity.

This module aims to provide opportunities for you to extend your knowledge of narrative structures and to explore approaches to narrative production. Specifically, this will involve experimenting with the order and form of stories that you will adapt for the screen from provided scripts/screenplays or screenplays created during the module. You will work in production teams to produce at least one narrative film for assessment submission at the end of the module.

This module explores professional approaches to writing scripts for film and television, and gives you the experience of creating and developing a short screenplay. You will be introduced to two common practices for script development: the increasingly common "writer's room" practice; and the scriptwriter/script editor practice.

This module places video production firmly within one of its major – and yet little known – contexts. By looking at how video can offer a powerful voice, it explores the ways that individuals and communities can be heard. You will explore issues of accessibility to communication technologies, and how the falling costs of video technology have been enabling and empowering. You will demonstrate your grasp of the ideas of the module by producing a short video that empowers or enables.

This module provides the opportunity for you to apply your skills, knowledge and experience of factual film and television production (documentary/social action/current affairs/reportage) to a negotiated film project. You will adopt a creative leadership role of either a Director or a Producer, and organise a crew of fellow students to realise a factual film of your devising. The form, style and content of the film/video you make is negotiated between you and your tutor. The production could be something completely new, or it may take as a starting point some of the ideas you created in Level 5 modules or in 6DM015 Pre Production. You will learn the importance of having a creative vision and efficient organisation of resources. Your film may also be in response to a client brief or competition brief, though the content must be factual.

The module aims to bring a number of theories of spectatorship and reception to bear on spectacular films such as the epic, the blockbuster, and the musical, analysing them through historical and contemporary perspectives The module will engage with narrative theory as relevant to spectacle and will also consider the role of spectacle in the documentary film. The module will also examine the notion of transgressive pleasure in the spectacle of violence on screen.

This module provides the opportunity for you to apply your skills, knowledge and experience to a major video/film production project. You will adopt the role of either a Director or a Producer, and organise a crew of fellow students to realise a film of your devising. The form, style and content of the film/video you make is negotiated between you and your tutor. The production could be something completely new, or it may take as a starting point some of the ideas you created in Level 5 modules. You will learn the importance of having a creative vision and efficient organisation of resources.

The aim of this module is to Familiarise you with the scope of employment and enterprise opportunities available to graduates engaged in the active pursuit of a career in the creative industries. Enable you to effectively investigate and then demonstrate knowledge of the current professional creative industries landscape and to contextualise this in relation to your own career goals and personal development needs To assist you to identify, understand research and reference information pertinent to your personal career ambitions. To provide opportunities for you to utilise written, verbal and visual presentation techniques in order to develop your transferable skills and gain confidence in applying for and attending formal  job interviews. An opportunity to produce a body of evidence to secure the University of Wolverhampton Enterprise and Employability Award You will produce a variety of documents/artefacts to support entry into the creative industries and actively engage in class exercises to enhance your personal development. The exact scope of these will be outlined in the assignment brief in accordance with your specialist subject.

This module focuses on planning for animated audio-visual ideas. The scope of an idea for a major project is supported through pre-production techniques that are refined over the course of study. Approaches to planning are discussed in terms of specific and individual requirements and are supported by seminar and individual dialogue. Proposals and ideas are continually honed in the module with the aim of producing a complete pre-production set of materials. The emphasis is placed strongly on the value of background project research and identifying the main components that are required for subsequent production stages in an animated project.