- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Edward Braman
- Credit value: 30 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
- See module specification for other years: 2022-23
This module will equip you with the core skills to work inside a broadcast TV studio: gallery directing, vision-mixing, camera operation and production assisting, among others. It will also acquaint you with some of the key forms of studio television from a combined storytelling, aesthetic and technical point-of-view. In this you will encounter panel shows, games shows, and magazine programmes alongside multi-camera studio drama production and live music presentation. The module's aim is to give you insight into - and experience of - what remains one of the dominant forms of television production, not least because of its capacity to capture and mediate exciting and important live events. At the same time, the discipline of working alongside fellow students in the team environment of the TV studio will equip you for group-working elsewhere, both on this degree, and in the film and TV professions more widely.
N.B. ALL PRACTICAL SESSIONS IN THE STUDIO are considered part of the overall assessment, as failure to attend will damage your ability to crew for your fellow students during the assessments. Therefore we penalise failure to attend practicals at 3 marks off the second summative mark, per session missed. If you miss a session through illness you should self-certify your absence on eVision.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22 |
During this module, students will:
But the end of this module, students can expect to
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Practical Group Practical: Game Show |
N/A | 30 |
Practical Studio Production Exercise |
N/A | 70 |
None
Formative exercises are embedded into each week's practical teaching session.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework 2500 Word Essay |
N/A | 30 |
Practical Reassessment Individual practical studio test & exercise |
N/A | 70 |
Written feedback within 20 working days.
MODULE READING LIST
Millerson, G. (1999). Television Production. London: Focal Press
Utterback, A. (2007). Studio Television Production and Directing. London: Focal Press
Fairweather, R. (1998). Basic Studio Direction. London: Focal Press
Thompson, R. and Bowen, C. (2009) Grammar of the Shot. London: Focal Press
Ward, P, Bermingham, A. and Wherry, C. (2000) Multiskilling for Television Production. London: Focal Press
Ward, P. (2001) Studio and Outside Broadcast Camerawork. London: Focal Press
Nisbett, A. (2003) The Sound Studio. Amsterdam: Elsevier
Singleton-Turner, Roger (2011), Cue & Cut, Manchester University Press