- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Credit value: 40 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
In this module students will research and deliver a substantial final year project around a topic of their own devising. There is no limitation on the project students can pursue as long as it meets university assessment guidelines. Likely projects might include: a formal dissertation on a subject in the creative industries (12000 words); a business plan or proposal (proposal document together with evaluative and contextual essay / report of c. 6000 words); a promotional campaign featuring moving image and other creative outputs, together with a 6000 word evaluative and contextual essay / report; a production project proposal featuring treatment / design and key logistical workflow and finance documents.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23 |
This module aims to:
Encourage you to develop in-depth knowledge of a specialist area - or set of practices - in the creative industries
Develop your individual research and project-management skills.
Consolidate the range of learning you have encountered across the degree programme.
Enhance your writing, evaluative, critical analysis and presentational skills in line with professional expectations.
At the end of this module students will be able to:·
Work independently on a substantial project involving the use of appropriate research techniques, practical skills and other methodologies
Identify a topic and formulate appropriate research questions - and/or practical procedures - on the way towards its pursuit and execution.
Understand how to address a specific research question through the deployment of appropriate critical, analytical, creative and/or technical activities and techniques
Situate your project - and determine its potential for innovation - by evaluating existing research or other literature, other forms of precedent or relevant industrial contexts and practices.
Deploy appropriate writing, presentation and other techniques to the compelling delivery of your research work to appropriate audiences.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 80 |
Essay/coursework | 20 |
None
This project is designed to align to a year long process which begins with the Research Skills for Creative Industries module. Hence formative preparation is built into the year's narrative
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 80 |
Essay/coursework | 20 |
Written and oral feedback will be provided at the summative literature review stage
On-going feedback will be provided via the 6 supervisory sessions and three seminar / scaffolding sessions
Each individual project will have its own key texts advised by the relevant supervisor