FV3S30 - Career and Exhibition 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 0
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | FV3S30 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Career and Exhibition | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Film and TV | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Film and TV | ||
| Module Leader: | Emyr Jenkins | ||
| Module Team: | Emyr Jenkins, Joseph Sudlow, Gwyneth Moore | ||
| 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: | 100441 - film production | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 0 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2024 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2026 |
Module Aims
Support students in recognising their own skills and aptitude and developing their personal ambitions to facilitate them achieving their immediate career goals.
Create marketing materials that will promote every student in the best light possible to achieve the above aims.
Encourage a collective approach to promotion, distribution and exhibition of their films to a wider audience through film festival and other release methods.
Content Summary
Having just completed their final films in Advanced Filmmaking, this module will springboard off those films and gear them up to release and promote their films in their final exhibition showcase and wider into festivals. Alongside this, the module prepares the student for the world of work by exploring the market they will be entering, by mapping individual professional ambitions to the marketplace and by helping students create a set of marketing tools, which they can use to promote themselves. These include:
Analysis of the needs of the contemporary Film & TV industry and their prospective role within it
Planning for Future Career Development.
Interview, CV and cover letter training, mock job interviews and constructive and personalised feedback from USW Careers team.
Creation of personal marketing materials that are considered current (including but not limited to professional headshots, showreels, and a professional social media presence
);).
The research of potential employment (locally or in the student’s home area) and opportunities to apply for business start-up funding and support and how to maximise them.
Understanding basic legislation for a freelancer/self-employment.
An overview of self-employment within the freelance work environment.
This module is a condensed 6-week module.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 12 |
| Seminar | 12 |
| Tutorials | 1 |
| Independent Study | 100 |
| Directed Study (including online independent learning) | 75 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Critically analyse the state of the current film and television and wider media industries, recognising entry level roles within them, with a view to the student orientating themselves for the world of work. |
| LO2 | Create a variety of self-promotion and film-promotion materials that are informed, appropriate and professionally acceptable. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Professional Discussions 1 | Students will take part in an interview where they will present a portfolio of personal promotion work, | 15 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Professional Discussions 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |