- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Edward Braman
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25
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 creative professions more widely.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
---|---|
A | Semester 1 2023-24 |
B | Semester 2 2023-24 |
Over the course of this module, you can expect to:
At the end of this module, you will be expected to:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
---|---|---|
Groupwork Group Production |
N/A | 30 |
Practical Individual Production Project |
N/A | 70 |
None
Formative work is embedded in weekly practical feedback.
*Students will lose three marks per practical or workshop missed applied in weeks 1-7 to the first group assessment and then in weeks 8-11 to the individual assessment during the common assessment period.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
---|---|---|
Essay/coursework Essay |
N/A | 30 |
Practical Individual Practical Studio Test and Paperwork Exercise in Studio |
N/A | 70 |
You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.
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