BJ2S45 - Client Brief - Professional Practice 01 Aug 2024 - 11 Aug 2026 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: BJ2S45
Module Title: Client Brief - Professional Practice
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Film and TV
Faculty Sub Group: Film and TV
Module Leader: Mandy Carpenter
Module Team: Paul Mallison, Vivian Mainwaring, Robert Molcher, Paul Appleby, Gwyneth Moore
First Intended Intake: SEP 2017 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100443 - media production
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Aug 2024
Valid To 11 Aug 2026

Module Aims

Offer students the opportunity to further develop their production skills, and experience of online, broadcast and corporate production working practices, by producing live and pre-recorded outputs for live projects, conducted to professional standards.

Develop practical experience of professional working methods within teams through the simulation of workplace environments/projects.

Content Summary

Students will have an opportunity to create output for client-focused projects.

Options will be available for students to work in one or more production roles in order to further develop their production skills. The module tutor will decide the group constituency, ensuring balance of talents/skills/interests in each production team.

Following a commissioning process, students will be provided with workshops as appropriate in order to develop their ideas through from planning and production to client delivery/broadcast.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 12
Practical classes and workshops 24
Work based learning 84
Independent Study 80
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Reflect on the nature of professional practice in their discipline and identify the gaps between their work related capabilities and disciplinary expectations.
LO2 Reflect upon the way their work experiences or role has contributed to their professional practice, using this to develop future personal/professional development.
LO3 Develop and critically appraise an action plan of their experience and skills developed within the context of a graduate recruitment process and informed by their career plans and aspirations

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Portfolio Portfolio 2 Individual Contribution - Individual’s section of group online portfolio; to document the individual’s role in each production. 0 N/A 50 No 40
Portfolio Portfolio 1 Client Brief - Team submission of the final production artefacts and all relevant planning/production materials maintained in group online portfolios for a client brief 0 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3
Portfolio 2
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Holman, T. (2002) Sound for Film and Television. 2nd ed. Oxford: Focal Press.

Bartlett, J. (2008) Practical Recording Techniques, 5th edn . Burlington: Focal Press.

Cury, I. (2011) Directing and Producing for Television: A Format Approach. London: Focal Press

Peter Leslie Wild – Tips: Directing Radio Drama. http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/article/art20130702112136267

http://designingsound.org/

Creating Radio Drama:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/article/art20130912141352217

Utterback, A. (2013) Studio Television Production and Directing: Studio-Based Television Production and Directing. London: Focal Press

Sonnenschein, D. (2001) Sound Design. California: Michael Wiese Productions.

Viers, R. (2008) The Sound Effects Bible. California: Michael Wiese Productions.

Singleton-Turner, R. (2012) Cue & Cut: A Practical Approach to Working in Multi-camera Studios. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Jackman, J (2010). Lighting for Digital Video & Television. Oxford: Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Nisbett, A. (2013) Sound Studio: Audio Techniques for Radio, Television, Film and Recording. London: Focal Press