FT3ATMP: Advanced Theatre Making Project

Module code: FT3ATMP

Module provider: Film, Theatre and TV; School of Arts and Comm Design

Credits: 40

Level: Level 3 (Honours)

When you'll be taught: Summer / Semester 1 / Semester 2

Module convenor: Dr Matt McFrederick, email: m.mcfrederick@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s): BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE FT2CCPP OR TAKE FT2CCP (Compulsory)

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded: IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE FT3DISS OR TAKE FT3ADV OR TAKE FT3CRP (Compulsory)

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 27 June 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

The module aims to test students’ ability to apply accumulated skills and knowledge to a major research-based practical project with accompanying documentation, which is initiated and developed under supervision.

Module learning outcomes

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

1. Demonstrate the ability to plan on paper a coherent practical project in theatre which draws convincingly on critical and theoretical debates and practices encountered elsewhere on the course;
2. Articulate a clear set of aims, expressed both in terms of creative and critical objectives;
3. Realise a practical project that is internally coherent, systematic and imaginative in its decision making and that is informed by an appropriate critical and conceptual agenda;
4. Evaluate their project self-critically, analysing both local and systemic levels of decision making, in the light both of independent reading and research and selected examples of theatre and performance practice.
5. Establish how their project is guided by professional and industry contexts through the realisation of their project and its overall delivery as an event (in terms of organisation skills related to programming, marketing, technical co-ordination and box-office) within a student-led festival. 

Assessment is based on the outcomes of a Practical Project and Development Blogs. The processes of the Practical Project and Developments Blogs will encourage a range of other outcomes. 

Module content

Each student must combine a creative and critical decision-making role with research. Written documentation in the form of development blogs will always be completed individually.

During the Semester 1 students will meet regularly with their supervisors, identify the nature of their intended project and under supervision will develop detailed plans for a project which is appropriate in scale, can be achieved within available resources and is informed by a clear and explicit critical agenda. Satisfactory completion of this phase of work will lead to approval of a production schedule. Students will give a short presentation on their research-in-progress during Autumn term. Auditions will be held during the Sem 1 or 2  for performers and production crews and personnel will be allocated through co-operative discussion under the supervision of the production co-ordinator for each area. During the Sem 2  students will develop their productions on a schedule agreed by the co-ordinator and completed productions will be presented/submitted by specified dates towards the end of term. Supervisors will attend rehearsals/view creative project plans during this period.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching is by tutorial with group meetings held to co-ordinate schedules and allocate practical resources. 

Study hours

At least 69 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

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

Assessments with numerical marks

• 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 three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/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.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Selected entries of the Developmental Blog will receive formative feedback from your project supervisor.

Reassessment

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