EA231-5-FY-SO:
Producing and Managing 2
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
30
08 January 2025
Requisites for this module
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BA W900 Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film),
BA W900MV Creative Producing (Theatre and Short Film)
Building on the units in Year One (Producing Skills and Sound & Lights), the students will look at more specific details around producing both live events and filmed projects.
Students will develop their knowledge and experience of location management, fundraising, and building relationships as relevant to the practice of the creative producer, They explore some of the legal issues surrounding touring a theatre production, employment contracts,copyright law, and Human Resources Management. Their practical skills will be furthered by sessions on how to make pitches and write proposals.
While the module will focus on specific topics per term, the students will be constantly encouraged to evaluate how the subjects inter-relate and how the research methodology can be shared and refined for the individual components.
The aims of this module are:
- To introduce students to the process of site management for filming on location and site-specific theatre
- To introduction to the different fundraising opportunities available in the Arts and the ability to creatively design new methods of work
- To further enhance interpersonal and employability skills
- To introduce students to a range of arts funding organizations
- To introduce skills for the effective pitching of projects
- To refine writing skills, for applications and proposals
- To introduce the students to the legal issues around employment contracts and copyright
- To develop planning skills and critical thought around touring theatre
- To build management skills and strategies
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Develop and employ strategies for fundraising
- Understand of the process of planning a theatre tour or festival
- Produce and deliver a brief and sales pitch for a specific project
- Manage a small team
- Understand and evaluate contracts (employment, theatre hires, permission to perform, etc.)
- Source and plan for location filming
No additional information available.
The lessons will be lecture, seminar and project based. The contact time for the module will be 4 hours a week with the expectation of additional hours spent on research and practical projects.
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 |
Project outline for site specific production |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Funding Pitch |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Preparation of funding application and Location Pack |
25/11/2024 |
30% |
| Coursework |
Theatre Tour |
27/03/2025 |
20% |
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
No
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No
Travel costs for UK - based unpaid, approved work placements and live projects which are an integral part of a module may be covered by your department. (NB this will usually exclude field trips and site visits). Please check with your module supervisor to ensure that the activity is eligible.
Ms Rosalind Maddison
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Head of Production
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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