LT122-4-FY-CO:
Introduction to Film Production
2023/24
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
30
09 May 2023
Requisites for this module
(none)
LT121
(none)
(none)
LT226, LT227, LT322, LT833
BA P303 Film Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA W620 Film Studies,
BA W623 Film Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA W628 Film Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA P565 Film and Journalism,
BA P566 Film and Journalism (Including Foundation Year),
BA P567 Film and Journalism (including Placement Year),
BA P568 Film and Journalism(including Year Abroad)
The course provides an introduction to the basic skills required for fiction filmmaking: from pre-production to post-production. Students are introduced to the ways in which framing, mise en scène, sound, editing, and other technical processes are instrumental in fiction filmmaking.
Classes cover such topics such as: how shots are framed, how lighting affects the mood of a scene or how different editing techniques manipulate film narrative. Students on this course are encouraged to translate key concepts they learn on LT121 ‘Introduction to Film Studies’ into film practice. Students will work individually as well as in small groups under the guidance of their lecturer.
The aims of the module are:
1. to enable students to develop the basic skills required for fiction filmmaking.
2. to provide students with hands-on experience of the film process: from pre-production to post-production.
3. to help students develop a critical and practical understanding of the ways in which framing, camera movement, lighting, sound, editing, and other technical processes are instrumental in developing film form.
On successful completion of the course, students should have:
• gained an understanding of the pre-production and production process, as well as post- production techniques
• acquired an understanding of film form and visual style
• developed individual skills of communication, presentation, and analysis
• developed skills in working effectively individually and as a team
• acquired basic skills in handling technical equipment for film production
General Reading:
Practical
C. Counsell & L. Wolf, Performance Analysis: An Introductory Coursebook (London: Routledge, 2001)
Des Lyver & Graham Swainson, Basics of Video Lighting (Oxford: Focal Press, 1999) 2nd edition
Michael Rabiger, Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics (Oxford: Focal Press, 2008) 4th edition
Theoretical
David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson, Film Art: an Introduction (New York: McGraw Hill, 2012) 10th edition
Useful Websites
The British Film Institute, www.bfi.org.uk
Film London, www.filmlondon.org.uk
Anticipated teaching delivery: Weekly 3-hour class and final week screening
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Individual Learning Portfolio (3,000 words) |
10/05/2024 |
25% |
| Practical |
Participation |
|
5% |
| Practical |
Individual Practical (2-3 minute film) |
26/01/2024 |
30% |
| Practical |
Group Practical (8-10 minute Fiction Film), Group Production Log, and Individual Film Production Diary (500-800 words) |
03/05/2024 |
40% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Tasos Giapoutzis, email: tasos.giapoutzis@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Eirini Konstantinidou, email: ekonstb@essex.ac.uk.
Various
LiFTS General Office - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
No
No
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Dr Andrew Birtwistle
Canterbury Christ Church University
Reader in Film and Sound
Available via Moodle
Of 120 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
120 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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