Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
4026MEDIA-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To introduce students to practice based theories about narrative.
2. To equip students with knowledge to understand how narratives are constructed.
3. To provide students with the critical skills and language to create and discuss narratives.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand and discuss practice-based theories of narrative in media.
2.
Understand the conventions of professional written and spoken communication.
3.
Create and present a short narrative for a media project.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Through a series of lectures and seminars students will gain an understanding of
Storytelling including:
1. Idea creation (ethnography)
2. Research
3. Story, plot, narrative (three act structure)
4. Documentary narrative
5. Fictional Narrative, including characterisation
6. Nonlinear narratives and single image
7. Interactive
8. Reflective writing & the video essay
9. Software (mind mapping, write frames, scriptwriting)
10. Presentations and pitching
Module Overview:
Lectures will provide introductions to narrative theories which will then be applied to group work and discussions in seminars. The workshop series will develop scholarship skills including Microsoft Office Tools, Harvard Referencing, using appendices and layout features. The tone of Essays, Reports and Reflective Essays will also be explored.
Lectures will provide introductions to narrative theories which will then be applied to group work and discussions in seminars. The workshop series will develop scholarship skills including Microsoft Office Tools, Harvard Referencing, using appendices and layout features. The tone of Essays, Reports and Reflective Essays will also be explored.
Additional Information:Weekly 2-hour lectures will introduce themes to the full cohort. In smaller 2-hour seminar groups weekly themes will be discussed, analysed culturally, and applied to their own work. In collaboration with the library team where possible, the workshop strand will introduce Harvard referencing and resources. Library research tools. Word capabilities and scholarship conventions in higher education.