FV4T04 - Documentary Production Project 13 Nov 2018 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FV4T04
Module Title: Documentary Production Project
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Film and TV
Faculty Sub Group: Film and TV
Module Leader: Emyr Jenkins
Module Team: Tom Ware, Emyr Jenkins, Gwyneth Moore
First Intended Intake: SEP 2019 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 60 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
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Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 13 Nov 2018
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

Enable students to create a substantial body of high-quality work that expresses their ability in their chosen specialism.

Guide students towards material appropriate for their personal showreel and other material that exhibits their ability.

Ensure student’s retain focus on recognised industry-based roles and responsibilities throughout their work on the module.

Content Summary

The purpose of this module is to provide the student with the opportunity to create a significant body of work that exhibits the level of their technical, aesthetic, and intellectual abilities, in relation to their chosen specialism.

The student will propose a body of work directly related and level appropriate to their chosen role within Documentary Production, to be discussed and agreed with supervisor.

The work created will be either through self-initiated individual work, a group-initiated team-based project, or an industry-led portfolio of work.

Lectures will establish the module, the expectations of the work to be submitted, professional working practices, and expectations. Guidance on the focus and content of the self-reflective journal composition appropriate to the level of this module will also be provided, to support the student in the development of their own reflective practices.

Tutorials will guide students on their practice through discussion and observation of work.

Agreed interim project delivery points will provide formative assessments of work created and methods undertaken at key points throughout the projects production.

Final deadline will form the summative assessment point, where all work should be submitted in the agreed forms and formats.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 18
Tutorial 4
Practical classes and workshops 86
Independent Study 240
Directed Study 252
Total Hours Selected 600

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Design and create a body of work that exhibits the practical competence and professionalism expected to progress into industry as a documentary filmmaker
LO2 Evaluate purpose of role and responsibilities of the documentary filmmaker, and synthesise acquired subject knowledge as evident in work created
LO3 Appraise own work through application of appropriate research into the expectations required of a documentary filmmaker, and applied analysis

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Written Assignment (CW) Self Reflective Assessment (CW) 1 Self-reflective written/visual journal 0 3600 20 No 40
Portfolio Portfolio 1 Portfolio of advanced documentary filmmaking practice, as agreed. 0 N/A 80 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3
Self Reflective Assessment (CW) 1
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Amor, M, Pellew, A (2016) The Idea in You: How to Find It Build it and Change your Life, Penguin

Rosenthal, A, Eckhardt, N (2015) Writing, Directing and Producing Documentary Films and Digital Videos, Fifth Edition, Southern Illinois University Press

Anderson, K, Lucas, M (2016) Documentary Voice and Vision, Routledge

Lees, N (2010) Greenlit: Developing Factual / Reality TV Ideas from Concept to Pitch, Bloomsbury Publishing

Thirkell, R (2010) C.O.N.F.L.I.C.T. An Insider’s Guide to Storytelling in Factual and Reality TV and Film, Bloomsbury Publishing

Curran BS (2016) Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen, Fourth Edition, Focal Press

Curran, BS (2007) Documentary Storytelling: Making Strong and More Dramatic Nonfiction Films, Focal Press

Erickson, G (2010) The Independent Film Producer’s Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook, 3rd edition. Schirmer

Zinnes, A, Jolliffe, G (2012) The Documentary Film Maker’s Handbook, Second Edition, The Continuum International Publishing Group

Rabiger, M (2015) Directing the Documentary, Sixth Edition, Focal Press

Grove, E (2013) Raindance Producers’ Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking, Second Edition, Focal Press

Glynne, A (2012) Documentaries … and How To Make Them, Updated Edition, Creative Essentials

Nichols, B (2010) Introduction to Documentary, Revised Edition, University of California Press

Nichols, B (2016) Speaking Truths with Film: Evidence, Ethics, Politics in Documentary, University of California Press

Grant, B K & Sloniowski, J (2014) Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video, EDS Publications

Bricca, J (2017) Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice, Routledge