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This applied dissertation brings together students and community groups to make a film or social media campaign. Small groups of students collaborate with community organisations to co-create audio-visual works whose purpose is to generate awareness of a social issue or to build support for a specific cause. Practical application is underpinned by theories and contexts in socially engaged filmmaking with students submitting a combination of visual and written works for their final dissertation.

3 x 3 hour Lectures,

6 x 3 hour Workshop,

8 x 1 hour Tutorial,

2 x 4 hour Group Presentations over 22 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

Successful completion of Junior Honours in MA Film and Television Studies

FTV4006P FTV Dissertation (Long Version)

FTV4005P FTV Dissertation (Short Version)

None

Production Diary (4000 words) - 40%

Group project (variable length) - 40%

Reflective Account (2000 word) - 20%

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims to:

■ Build ideas, skills and experience of collaborating with diverse individuals and communities 

■ Contextualise and articulate social action filmmaking practice in its relationship with history, philosophies, and relevant existing works

■ Increase awareness and understanding of ethics in socially engaged practice, social and environmental contexts

■ Creatively adapting to challenges and opportunities as they arise as part of the collaborative and creative process

■ Evaluate and synthesise practice, reflecting on areas for improvement and opportunities in collaborative filmmaking 

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Apply skills and techniques in collaborative filmmaking to develop and produce a film or social media outcomes based negotiated themes and campaign ideas.

■ Position practice through historical and contextual works in socially engaged practice and activist film.

■ Apply understanding of the ethical issues and requirements of working collaboratively with marginalised groups and individuals.

■ Creatively explore ways of communicating ideas through audio-visual methods, evaluate the problems and issues that encountered and ways that they have been addressed and overcome.

■ Provide evidence of critically reflective practice, synthesising contextual written and practical works.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.