Creative Media Production

Audio Production

Module code: FILM40239

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

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

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

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

Content Marketing

Module code: JOUR55010

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

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

Broadcast And Production Journalism

Television and radio are constantly evolving media, and the roles of producers and presenters have changed in recent years. Production Journalism and Design skills are also still in demand and coveted by the industry, both print and online. This module gives you an understanding of the various components that contribute to the production of visual and sound-based content, exploring a range of skills including producing report packages and magazine-based content, giving you a solid grounding in professional broadcasting and news content creation. You will devise your own radio/TV and online packages to connect with different audiences and develop you presentation and writing skills. You will also learn how to design for print and web, including many of the sub-editing skills still considered essential in the media industry. A journalist with production skills is more employable than one without!

Module code: JOUR55018

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 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 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

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

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

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