FT2SSCB-Screen Storytelling and Criticism B

Module Provider: Film, Theatre and TV
Number of credits: 10 [5 ECTS credits]
Level:5
Terms in which taught: Spring term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites: FT2SSC Screen Storytelling and Criticism
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Dr Adam O'Brien
Email: adam.obrien@reading.ac.uk

Module Co-convenor: Dr Adam O'Brien
Email: adam.obrien@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This module is a follow-on module to FT2SSC Screen Storytelling and Criticism giving you the opportunity to further  your expertise in video essay making and deepen your understanding of a particular screen text and its contexts through independent research and practice. You will develop a sophisticated awareness of mainstream narrative patterns and conventions, and further improve your ability to analyse and interpret such narratives effectively using videographic methods.  

Aims:

• To further students’ developing expertise in videographic criticism, and in surrounding critical and theoretical debates. 


• To encourage students to return to a case study with renewed analytical frameworks and ambitions.  


• To extend skills of self-reflection and peer support. 


• To extend skills of close reading and contextual analysis.  


• To interrogate the canon, its contents and its implications. 

Assessable learning outcomes:

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

• Produce a sophisticated audiovisual response to a mainstream narrative text. 


• Demonstrate an advanced critical understanding of their object(s) of study, orally, audiovisually or on the page. 


• Identify and interrogate connections between a single text and appropriate points of comparison. 


• Deploy and extend skills of clos e reading and contextual analysis. 


• Reflect critically on the work they have produced, including its strategies and rhetorical effects. 


• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of particular critical concepts and ideas, particularly those relating to narrative conventions. 

Additional outcomes:

The module allows students to sharpen their expertise in a scholarly method (videographic criticism) which they can take into Part 3, and helps to prepare them for independent research later in their degree. It is expected that the level of skills and competencies achieved in the following will be appropriate to the level of study: oral communication and argument in group situations; deployment of research using printed and electronic resources; critical analysis and coherent argument; undertaking self-directed, independent work; presentation of written and audiovisual work using IT; identifying and addressing problems in the analysis of film and television forms; developing or extending skills in non-linear editing and sound design. 

Outline content:

Having completed FT2SSC Screen Storytelling and Criticism, in which students selected a single screen work to study and revisit through videographic methods, students in Part B will begin with their previous case study and explore new contexts or connections, extending their range of reference and identifying new opportunities for analysis. 

Global context:

The module explores film and media in an international context. It refers to forms of practice and examples of work from across the world.  

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Practicals classes and workshops		7
Guided independent study:
Wider reading (independent)		20
Wider reading (directed)		10
Peer assisted learning		10
Carry-out research project		50
Reflection		3
Total hours by term	0	100	0
Total hours for module	100

Summative Assessment Methods:

Method	Percentage
Project output other than dissertation	100

Summative assessment- Examinations:

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

Audiovisual essay, with optional reflective report; at the end of the term (students have the option of writing an accompanying statement of up to 1500 words, but this only makes sense for some projects).

Formative assessment methods:

Structured feedback in class on draft audiovisual essay. 

Penalties for late submission:

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of five working days;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than five working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/qualitysupport/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Assessment requirements for a pass:

A mark of 40% overall. 

Reassessment arrangements:

Submission of additional coursework.

Additional Costs (specified where applicable):

1. Required text books: None


2. Specialist equipment or materials: None


3. Specialist clothing, footwear or headgear: None


4. Printing and binding: None


5. Computers and devices with a particular specification: None


6. Travel, accommodation and subsistence: None

Last updated: 12 October 2021