DG1S62 - Content Creation 1 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: DG1S62
Module Title: Content Creation 1
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Marketing
Module Leader: Lee Thomas, Steven Wright
Module Team: Molly Owens, Paul Appleby
First Intended Intake: SEP 2023 Final Year of Intake: 2024
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100074 - advertising
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

• Introduce you to the underpinning vocabulary of narrative, sequence and sound
• Develop ideas in response to sequence and time-based advertising problems
• To equip you with the skills required to visualise advertising ideas and concepts in response to sequence and time based advertising problems
• Practice skills in scriptwriting, plotting, editing, and storyboarding
• To introduce you to appropriate specialist software skills to produce sequence and time based advertising problems
• To allow you to further develop a critical awareness of their own work and the work of others in the advertising industry

Content Summary

This module introduces you to the fundamental skills and underpinning knowledge and understanding required to produce creative responses to advertising design problems that use movement, sequence and sound such as short advertisements for radio, TV, cinema or online.

You will also be introduced to the vocabulary of narrative and sequence develop the skills required to ‘visualise’ creative responses to short advertising sequences, and be introduced to the technical skills required to produce these creative responses.
This will include developing skills in storyboarding, script development, writing and editing, as well as an introduction to core concepts in video and audio production. You will continue to build a research journal of historic and contemporary campaigns, analysing them for their creative direction, effectiveness and strategic choices.

You will apply your skills and knowledge to a brief to develop a radio and video-based campaign and expected to deliver scripts and storyboards before producing 1 radio ad and a final storyboard outcome. You are encouraged to produce finished pieces after the module is complete, and as your technical skills develop, to add to your portfolio.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 8
Project supervision 16
Supervised time in studio/workshop 16
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 60
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Apply appropriate technical vocabulary and basic knowledge of narrative, sequence and sound.
LO2 Generate creative ideas in response to ‘sequence’ based advertising problems.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Visual Journal 1 An online journal to contain: Advertising campaigns with analysis of their creative direction, media choices, execution and impact. Scripts for a radio advert and video-based advert with a storyboard for a one-minute commercial. A rough cut (animatic) of a proposed video and a studio recording of the radio advert. 0 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Visual Journal 1

Reading List

1 Bartholdy, B. 2007. Broadcast Design. Cologne ; London: Daab.

2 Glebas (2008) Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation. Focal Press

3 Herts (2013) The 7 Secrets of Creative Radio Advertising. Panama Press

4 Klein, B. (2010) As Heard On TV: Popular Music In Advertising. Farnham: Ashgate.

5 Paez and Jew (2013) Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb. Focal Press

6 Rousseau and Phillips (2013) Story-boarding Essentials. Watson-Guptil