FV3S29 - Advanced Storytelling Development 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | FV3S29 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Advanced Storytelling Development | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Film and TV | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Film and TV | ||
| Module Leader: | Keri Collins | ||
| Module Team: | Nigel Orrillard, Emyr Jenkins, Gwyneth Moore, Laura Ferguson | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2024 | Final Year of Intake: | 2029 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 6 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100058 - film studies | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2024 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2026 |
Module Aims
Equip students with a range of techniques to generate new ideas for film and television projects, both entirely original, and those based on or inspired by existing intellectual property.
Develop and substantially extend, students’ comprehension and ability to work creatively with film and
Provide an inspiring, supportive, highly stimulating intellectual and creative environment dedicated to the exploration of shifting personal identities, relationships and wider contemporary ideas.
Enable transferable, graduate attributes essential to a broad range of careers related to collaborative, creative development skills in other fields of creative writing, research, journalism, marketing, politics and education.
Content Summary
Through a short series of lectures the contextual historical, theoretical and practical knowledge of film and television storytelling across various broadcast and exhibition platforms is instilled.
Students work collaboratively in a Writers’ Room/Ideation Workshop environment to produce either individual fiction screenplays or documentary/non-fiction commissioning packages, developed via separate pathways, delivered to a professional industry standard, in addition to an individual critical reflection on their own projects.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Seminars | 6 |
| Tutorials | 2 |
| Practical Classes and Workshops | 6 |
| Independent Study | 92 |
| Directed Study (including online independent learning) | 92 |
| Formative assessment - scheduled | 1 |
| Formative Assessment - Independent | 1 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Compose a creative work presented to a professional standard both individually and through collaborative contributions to the development of others’ work. |
| LO2 | Apply independent research, critical thought and originality in the understanding and evaluation of relevant debates and techniques within a particular creative field. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Portfolio 1 | Fiction Screenplay / non-fiction documentary commissioning package and research portfolio that specifically includes an articulation of the principal creative decision making related to the screenplay project under set headings, with Harvard bibliography. | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Portfolio 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |