DG2S58 - Content Creation 2 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: DG2S58
Module Title: Content Creation 2
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Marketing
Module Leader: Molly Owens, Lee Thomas
Module Team: Steven Wright
First Intended Intake: SEP 2023 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
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Document Version Information

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

Module Aims

Develop an advanced vocabulary of narrative, sequence, sound and motion.

Develop creative ideas in response to content-based advertising briefs.

Develop skills in research, mind mapping, scriptwriting, plotting, editing and storyboarding for motion.

To introduce you to appropriate specialist software skills to produce creative content based advertising problems

To allow you to develop an advanced critical awareness of their own work and the work of others in the advertising industry.

Content Summary

This module enhances and develops your skills and knowledge and understanding required to produce creative responses to advertising design problems that use motion, sequence and sound such as short advertising content for radio, TV, cinema or digital platforms

You will also be develop the vocabulary of narrative and sequence, enhance the skills required to ‘visualise’ creative responses to short advertising sequences, and nuture the technical skills required to produce these creative responses.

This will include developing skills in research, mind mapping, storyboarding, script development, writing and editing, as well as practicing core concepts in motion 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 motion campaigns to deliver scripts and storyboards before producing final outcomes.You are encouraged to nurture these skills after the module is complete in order to enhance your Year 3 portfolio content.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 6
Project supervision 15
Practical classes and workshops 15
Independent Study 70
Directed Study 64
Interdisciplinary work 30
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Generate innovative ideas in response to advertising briefs.
LO2 Articuate creative motion based advertising content.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 A project documenting your motion based advertising campaigns with analysis of research , creative direction, execution , impact and storyboarding. Final outcomes may include short form social media content as well longer format motion advertising content. 0 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 1

Reading List

Hughes, M.?( 2021 ) Digital Filmmaking for Beginners A Practical Guide to Video Production. Routledge.

Keast,G. ( 2020 ) The Art Of The Cut: CreateSpace

Murch,W.( 2021 ) Blink of an Eye. Silman Press

Rizzo, M.( 2022 ) The Art Direction handbook. Taylor & Francis