- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Nathan Townsend
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
This optional module is designed to introduce you to the importance of creative relationships in film, television and the theatre where creative work often emerges from particular partnerships. The teaching will cover a number of notable partnership case-studies and the impact of that relationship on content and production methodology, for example: Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers of Shondaland and Sonia Friedman of Sonia Friedman Productions. The module aims to guide you towards defining and pursuing creative relative relationships on which they might subsequently build creative careers.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
This module aims to:
At the end of this module students will be able to:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay : Case Study Analysis |
N/A | 70 |
Essay/coursework Presentation : Case Study Presentation |
N/A | 30 |
None
There are no formative assessments on this module.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay : Case Study Analysis |
N/A | 70 |
Essay/coursework Essay : Presentation Script: Case Study Outline |
N/A | 30 |
You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.
Barbara Townley Managing Creativity: Exploring the Paradox (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Andrew Spicer, Anthony McKenna and Christopher Meir, Beyond the Bottom Line: The Producer in Film and Television Studies (London: Bloomsbury, 2016)
Ted Hope and Anthony Kaufman Hope for Film: A Producer's Journey Across the Revolutions of Indie Film and Global Streaming (Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2020)
Nathan Townsend Working Title Films: A Creative and Commercial History (Edinburgh: Edinburgh: University Press, 2021)
Nicholas Hytner, Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre (London: Vintage, 2018)