CK3D03 - Curation, Exhibition & Events 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: CK3D03
Module Title: Curation, Exhibition & Events
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Film and TV
Faculty Sub Group: Film and TV
Module Leader: James Rendell
Module Team: Rebecca Williams, Gwyneth Moore
First Intended Intake: SEP 2024 Final Year of Intake: 2029
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 40 Credit Level: 5
Language:
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh:
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100444 - media and communication studies
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2024
Valid To 31 Aug 2030

Module Aims

• Critically interrogate media distribution and exhibition as a key sector that brings media producers and audiences together. 
• Consider the impact of space on media dissemination and events, including real world physical spaces and digital environments. 
• Enhance students’ professional skills and networks 

Content Summary

The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the various local, regional, national, international pathways that media is circulated. Moreover, it addresses how the spaces in which media is exhibited and curated can serve various audiences, or deny them access, and act as significant events in individuals’ lives and social events. This includes important topics such as digital streaming, piracy and shadow economies, the live media sector, festivals, experiential cinema, the environmental impact of media distribution, media and community, and access to media events and inclusivity.  

The module combines the academic study of media exhibition with practical skills in organising and running media events, media licensing, PR and marketing, and developing social networks. This informs the module’s live brief summative assessment where students create and curate a community cinema event held in the Atrium.

Finally, this module: a) will adhere to, and engage with, all ethical considerations (as laid out in this document – see ‘H. Ethical Issues’, above); b) when and where appropriate, it will make full use of Faculty-wide teaching expertise and technical support in its endeavour to fully integrate practice with theory. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 18
Seminar 18
Project Supervision 18
Practical Classes and Workshops 16
Tutorials 2
Independent Study 164
Directed Study (including online independent learning) 164
Total Hours Selected 400

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Students will develop a scholarly understanding of the distribution and dissemination of media in both real-world and digital contexts.
LO2 Students will gain professional skills in media event creation, curation, coordination, and co-convening that supports community engagement.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Onsite Practical Assessment Show or Exhibition (Onsite) 1 Group organised and curated community cinema event. 0 N/A 70 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Self Reflective Assessment 1 Individual reflexive report on the curated community cinema event. The submission will reflect the specific areas each student engaged with, demonstrating the planning, structuring, appraisal, and design of practical work undertaken, along with evidence of any research carried out, where appropriate. The report also reflects what the student learnt about community cinema from attending other groups’ curated screenings. 0 2000 30 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Show or Exhibition (Onsite) 1
Self Reflective Assessment 1

Reading List

Bean, J. M. et al. (eds.) (2014) Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.  

Buckley, B. and Conomos, J. (eds.) (2020) A Companion to Curation. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell. 

Curtin, M. et al. (eds.) (2014) Distribution Revolution: Conversations About the Digital Future of Film and Television. Oakland: University of California Press.  

Damiens, A. (2020)?LGBTQ Film Festivals: Curating Queerness. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 

Eckstein, L. and Schwarz, A. (eds) (2014) Postcolonial Piracy: Media Distribution and Cultural Production in the Global South. London: Bloomsbury. 

Iordanova, D. and Cheung, R. (2010) Film Festivals and Imagined Communities. St. Andrews: St Andrews Film Studies. 

Li, Q. et al. (2023)?The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption. London. Routledge. 

Luckett, M. (2014) Cinema and Community: Progressivism, Exhibition, and Film Culture in Chicago, 1907-1917. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. 

McKiernan, D. W. (2008) Cinema and Community. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 

Lobato, R. (2012)?Shadow Economies of Cinema: Mapping Informal Film Distribution. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Pett, E. (2020) Experiencing Cinema: Participatory Film Cultures, Immersive Media and the Experience Economy. New York: Bloomsbury 

Wong, C. H.-Y. (2011) Film Festivals: Culture, People, and Power on the Global Screen. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.