This ten-week module focuses on fiction filmmaking and is core for all Film Studies and Film & Creative Writing students.
This module is intended to prepare students for independent high definition digital film production. The module engages students with all aspects of fiction filmmaking ranging from research, script writing, adaptation, location shooting and editing. Apart from production techniques, students learn about planning, management and working with actors. During the module students develop a short film script from an existing text, this is then taken into production and is shot and edited over the course of the module. The aim is to produce an imaginative and creative short film. Students work in small groups allowing everyone to undertake key roles on the production.
This module is intended to prepare students for independent high definition digital film production. The module engages students with all aspects of fiction filmmaking ranging from research, script writing, adaptation, location shooting and editing. Apart from production techniques, students learn about planning, management and working with actors. During the module students develop a short film script from an existing text, this is then taken into production and is shot and edited over the course of the module. The aim is to produce an imaginative and creative short film. Students work in small groups allowing everyone to undertake key roles on the production.