Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
5026MEDIA-SEP-MTP
Aims
The students will be introduced to the conventions of short non-fiction.
To understand the creative, logistical, and journalistic processes of non-fiction idea development, production and delivery.
To apply technical skills of production and post-production to a non-fiction context.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Find, develop, and articulate ideas for short non-fiction formats.
2.
Produce a short non-fiction in a team adhering to broadcast standards and conventions.
3.
Reflect on their role in the production team in relation to others and the final output.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Ideally one full day session per week. Most sessions will comprise a theoretical session in the morning and practical workshops on the discussed topic in the afternoon
1. Introduction to non-fiction forms and approaches, reiteration of themes from L4 Storytelling module
2. Idea development, creative research, contributors sourcing, treatment writing
3. Tutorials on project development
4. Presentation pitches, assignment of production groups (4 students each)
5. History of non-fiction formats and important movements and milestones
6. The non-fiction grammar
7. The art of the interview
8. non-fiction post-production
9-10. Production tutorials
Optional technical workshops with technicians will be made available where appropriate.
Module Overview:
You will choose either the Moving Image or Audio output in the first session, then be grouped accordingly. There will be a formative presentation of non-fiction ideas for peer feedback and Tutor "greenlight" approval. Lectures will introduce key thinkers in the field and highlight career pathways to industry. The workshops will be a practical, hands-on application of the topics learned in the lecture (i.e. conduct an interview in a workshop applying the different approaches learned in the theory session).
You will choose either the Moving Image or Audio output in the first session, then be grouped accordingly. There will be a formative presentation of non-fiction ideas for peer feedback and Tutor "greenlight" approval. Lectures will introduce key thinkers in the field and highlight career pathways to industry. The workshops will be a practical, hands-on application of the topics learned in the lecture (i.e. conduct an interview in a workshop applying the different approaches learned in the theory session).
Additional Information:Students will be informed of the non-fiction options in semester two of Level four to assist planning. The options should be capped as 28 is the ideal TV Studio number.
Students will be encouraged to engage with society to find local points of interest to inform their narratives.