Creative Media Production BA (Hons) BA (Hons) BA (Hons)

Television Production

Television continues to attract and challenge different audiences through a range of different platforms and viewing practices. You will explore the key concepts of television production, allowing you to make television content to demonstrate your understanding of its visual and sound-based properties, as well as understanding the different production roles that contribute to an effective output. This includes learning about the practical techniques of production in a multicamera studio. You will also undertake technical training to effectively use the production equipment safely and creatively, alongside post-production techniques to produce broadcast content.¿

Module code: FTVR40604

Audio Production

Module code: FILM40239

Creative Media Landscapes

Creative Media Landscapes covers an exploration around how popular creative media have been developed and how they have impacted on audiences. How did drama series and soap operas emerge and why do we continue to watch and listen to them? How have comedy shows challenged and entertained audiences? When did documentaries allow us to understand the world around us? Investigates the creative, institutional, economic, and industrial practices which have shaped creative media's development.

Module code: FILM40240

Introduction To Media Law

This module will develop your understanding of legal and ethical constraints on reporting and on the media in general. It is specifically designed for people who will work in the media, whether this be print, broadcast or online. You will learn to understand the legal obligations and codes of practice under which journalists work. A focus on the vital areas of contempt of court, defamation and privacy are at the centre of the module. You will also learn how to use this knowledge to critique others’ writing and content and evaluate any potential legal or ethical risks.

Module code: JOUR41044

Multimedia Writing And Presenting

This module is designed to introduce all Digital Content Creation students to the basics of reporting/writing in the current digital industry. Students will learn how to evaluate the story/content ideas, and how to employ both traditional and modern skills and techniques to gather information necessary to disseminate to a wider audience.

Module code: JOUR41033

Film And Media Professional Development

Film and Media Professional Development is an introduction to developing the key skills needed to successfully study film and media at undergraduate level. It is an opportunity for you to develop academically, personally, and professionally within the discipline. The module has been created to help you to improve and reflect upon your personal and academic skills and to introduce you to the skills and demands of studying the subject at Higher Education level. The emphasis is for you to take control and responsibility for your own progress, learning and research. You will also be developing your research skills and learning by interviewing a media professional in a chosen area of film, media or broadcasting.

Module code: FILM40233

Production Cultures

Production Cultures explores the exciting ways in which different media products and stories are told across different media communication platforms, from blogs to social networks, and from movies to apps. How is transmedia branding and marketing creating content? How are storytelling practices evolving in the current landscape? What are the main franchises to engage global audiences?

Module code: FILM50361

Digital Storytelling

Module code: JOUR55017

Interactive Filmmaking

Engaging with interactive filmmaking, you will work with specialist software and games engines to create your own immersive storytelling project. You will acquire comprehensive knowledge of the key theories, methods and tools currently applied in this exciting field of filmmaking. Expanding on your existing knowledge of traditional filmmaking techniques, you will also consider non-linear storytelling, choice-based storytelling, and concurrent narratives.

Module code: FILM50359

Content Marketing

Module code: JOUR55010

Media Production: Drama And Documentary

Media Production: Drama and Documentary provides an understanding of the production process involved in making drama and documentary output. It gives an overview of the pre-production, production, and post-production elements, with reference to the importance of ideas and subject research, visual composition, and audio production. It aims to provide an understanding and overview of the full production process from concept to postproduction and the importance of collaboration and teamwork. It develops the basic production skills required in camera, sound and editing and the interdisciplinary skills of communication, organisation, and planning, which are vital to successful drama and documentary production.

Module code: FILM50640

Creative Media Performance

How important is performance and drama within media production? How entertaining are media performances? This module looks at how acting and presentation performances are negotiated by audiences and the viewing pleasures associated with this interaction. This focus enables you to explore and critically examine modes of entertainment performance within different media and how the styles of performance have evolved within these media. This will include how different genres of films and programming have influenced certain styles of performances and how, importantly, audiences have interacted with these.

Module code: FILM50639

Media Employment Project

Media Employment Project is centred on your personal stages of development in relation to real world roles within the media and creative industries, self-employment opportunities such as setting up your own media production company or further study at postgraduate level. It will enable you to build a career planning portfolio with a range of supporting promotional materials which can be used to apply for positions and/or further work experience to connect you to the next stages of your career development.

Module code: FILM60624

Newsday

This module is designed to offer a platform for students' multi-media skills and display them online and in internal broadcasts. Students will be expected to originate sports stories and deliver to a target audience preparing video, audio and online submissions.

Module code: JOUR60668

Creative Media Project

Creative Media Project provides an opportunity to produce relevant research, planning, scheduling, and pre-production work for production in different media, whether television, audio, radio, film or other media outlets. It will formulate a personal development plan in the form of a Learning Contract in relation to a chosen medium with a supervisor. It will consolidate the knowledge, skills and experience gained during previous levels, refining working methods, and adopting a professional approach. It will devise a personal programme of study that demonstrates and exploits the knowledge and experience you have acquired and developed.

Module code: CCIF60437

Creative Media Research And Development

Creative Media Research and Development provides an understanding of the research skills involved in producing content for media audiences. It will be building on your understanding of the pre-production, production, and post-production elements from the previous levels, with reference to the importance of research and the evaluation of source materials. The learning experience will involve extensively in researching the creative media industries in preparation for the Major Project.

Module code: CCIF60438

Dta-Mp Placement

Module code: PLAC00004

Production Skills

This module will serve as the foundation of the skills required for this creative degree and will be the starting point of your journey as creative practitioners. You will begin by looking closely at professional works in a variety of creative areas. Through analysis, you will learn to identify the techniques and practices used to engage and move audiences. Building on this foundational knowledge, you will then begin to use your own creative voice through the development of technical skills within a range of mediums. You will explore the techniques used in film, TV, Radio/podcasting and the written form through a series of experimentation and refinement. During this module you will participate in a range of technical workshops, seminars and lectures that will develop your understanding of different media practices, technical skills and the meaning making process. On your journey throughout this module, you will develop your confidence in industry standard equipment, software and practices. At each step of your development, you will reflect on your creative and technical decision making to understand your own creative voice.

Module code: CCIF30165

Final Outcome

This module is the culmination of your foundation year course and serves to demonstrate the skills, creativity and technical execution that you have developed throughout the year. Here you will work closely with your tutor and other group members to negotiate a project which you will develop and execute for your final assessment. You will demonstrate project management skills through the development of your ideas, planning and the management of resources and timelines. Throughout this module you will be working towards the completion of a fully realised media artefact that reflects industry conventions and appeals to a specific audience. Here you will use the technical, practical and creative skills developed throughout the entire course. Upon completion of your final outcome, you will incorporate feedback from peers, your teacher and audiences to fully reflect on your finished product as well as the processes and skills demonstrated through its completion.

Module code: CCIF30167

Adaptation

In this module, you will plan and produce your own adaptation of a chosen media text. You will develop knowledge of the conventions and expectations of different genres and formats. You will engage in lectures, group discussions and seminars, developing the ability to analyse a range of media texts and their adaptations. You will learn about how and why other creative practitioners do the things they do and will understand how your own work can benefit from this knowledge. You will study how adaptations allow conventions to be subverted to fit the needs of new and increasingly diverse audiences and media outlets. Throughout the module you will show clear knowledge of the expectations of audiences when engaging with different genres and formats, which is a necessary requirement when developing your own successful adaptation. Your finished outcome will display a creative reimagining that is justified in your planning and production log. You will communicate the choices you have made and how they are relevant to creating a successful product.

Module code: CCIF30168

People, Place & Society

Have you ever wondered where a degree can take you? This module will help you to focus on the skills you need to be successful in your future career. It may even open your eyes to careers that you never knew existed. You will conduct research on an area of the media, focusing on the skills and experiences needed to be successful in that environment. Throughout your time on this module, identifying any skills that you could develop or improve will be a vital part of your employability focus. You will also be expected to attend a range of immersive events, such as visiting art galleries and attending theatre or film performances. These events will give you a greater insight into how roles in the media come together to create exciting and engaging live events. You will then reflect on these experiences and develop a case study on a role in the media sector.

Module code: CCIF30164

Theory & Practice

Have you ever wondered how the media is influenced by existing practitioners and pieces of work? In this module, you will learn about how and why other creative practitioners do the things they do and will understand how your own work can benefit from this knowledge. You will attend a series of lectures exploring relevant concepts and theories in which you will take careful notes and apply these theories to your own choice of texts. You will carry out independent research to find out more about key aspects that have interested or influenced you. You will apply your theoretical knowledge to texts and productions from your area of expertise. This module explores the different theoretical perspectives that we view texts through based on our own experiences and the experiences of others. You will study how conventions are being challenged to fit the needs of new and increasingly diverse audiences. You will produce an artefact in which you apply critical readings to a media text. Throughout the module, you will have developed the research and academic study skills to enable you to articulate how the concepts you have studied influence an audience’s engagement with a media text or production. This may take the form of a written essay, video essay or podcast.

Module code: CCIF30166