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Course Data
Awarding Institution/Body
Teaching Institution
Accrediting Body
QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
Southampton Solent University
Southampton Solent University
n/a
Communications, media, film and
cultural studies
QAA
Framework
for
Higher 6
Education Qualifications Level
Final Award
BA (Hons) Film
UCAS Code
W610
JACS Code
P303
Course Code(s)
BFILM
Language of Instruction
English
Language of Assessment
English
Mode of Study
Full-time/ Flexible
Academic School
Media Arts and Technology
Programme
Film and Television
Foundation Year/s
No
Placement Year
No
Aims of the Programme
The Film and Television programme aims to:
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Enable a realistic and challenging study of film and television via an integrated
approach to theory and practice.
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Provide an education experience and learning environment that promotes enthusiasm
for learning, stimulates intellectual curiosity and enables students to develop their
potential by giving appropriate support, guidance, fair and constructive evaluation and
feedback.
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Deliver a curriculum that enables all students to acquire a range of cognitive,
practical, technical, creative, scholarly and industry relevant skills.
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Through the provision of options, final major projects, and flexibility in the core, allow
a measure of student choice and specialisation, including opportunities to undertake
work- or community-based learning or language study.
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Develop progressively a range of transferable and employable skills, including study
skills, professional skills, critical and creative autonomy, collaboration and team
working, through provision of a balanced programme of individual and group learning
and assessment throughout the course.
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Offer learning opportunities that inform and assist students to achieve their learning
aspirations and maximise their employability.
In addition, the specific aims of the BA (Hons) Film course are to:
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Provide a stimulating study that integrates theoretical and critical analysis of historical
and contemporary films in its approach to the art and craft of film as a distinct
medium.
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Ensure that students have practical and creative experience of the techniques and
methods of critically informed filmmaking.
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Intended Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1) Systematically and critically review historical and contemporary critical and
theoretical concepts and debates related to film, film practice, and the role that film
plays within culture
K2) Independently access information, ideas and evidence about film, the film industry,
and film practice from a wide range of secondary and primary sources
Teaching and Learning Methods:
K1) is supported by lectures, screenings, seminars, tutorials, supervisions, directed and
independent learning, workshops, and by our VLE
K2) is supported by lectures, guest speakers, screenings, seminars, tutorials, supervisions,
directed and independent learning, workshops, and by our VLE
Assessment Methods:
K1 is assessed through essays, research essays, critical analysis, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, and film production
K2 is assessed through essays, research essays, critical analysis, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios,
screenplays, and film production
Cognitive Skills
C1) Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise information, data and ideas related to film
and its historical, social, cultural, practical and industrial contexts
C2) Independently design, plan and execute responses to solve complex problems, which
may be theoretical, conceptual or practical, in a range of variable contexts, including
work contexts
C3) Exercise critical and creative judgement, which is informed by and contextualised
within the relationship between film theory and practice, in addressing unfamiliar
situations and making decisions
Teaching and Learning Methods:
C1 is supported by lectures, screenings, seminars, tutorials, directed and independent
learning, workshops, and by our VLE
C2 is supported by lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, supervisions, and our VLE
C3 is supported by lectures, screenings, seminars, tutorials, directed and independent
learning, workshops, and by our VLE
Assessment Methods:
C1 is assessed through essays, research essays, critical analysis, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios,
and film production
C2 is assessed through essays, research essays, individual and group presentations,
literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios, screenplays, and
film production
C3 is assessed through essays, critical analysis, research essays, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios,
screenplays, and film production
Practical and Professional Skills
P1) Autonomously use a range of highly specialised practical, technical, creative,
cognitive, scholarly or work-related skills across the area of the study of film and/or the
practice of filmmaking
P2) Deploy management and leadership skills in range of contexts, including group work,
across both theory and practice
P3) Conduct research in relation to the study of film, film practice, and working in the
film industry
Teaching and Learning Methods:
P1 is supported through tutorials, workshops, seminars, supervisions
P2 is supported through tutorials, workshops, seminars, supervisions
P3 is supported through lectures, visiting speakers, screenings, seminars, tutorials,
directed and independent learning, workshops, and by our VLE
Assessment Methods:
P1 is assessed through essays, critical analysis, research essays, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios,
screenplays, and film production
P2 is assessed through essays, critical analysis, research essays, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios,
screenplays, and film production
P3 is assessed through essays, critical analysis, research essays, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios
Transferable and Key Skills
T1) Communicate effectively using media, styles and protocols appropriate to the context,
audience and purpose of the communication
T2) Demonstrate autonomy and accountability in determining and achieving personal and
group objectives (such as skills of time management, self-management, co-operation and
leadership)
T3) Reflect critically and constructively on own performance and that of others and devise
strategies for improvement, including improvement in terms of career aspirations and
employability
Teaching and Learning Methods:
T1 is supported through seminars, tutorials, supervisions, workshops, and by our VLE
T2 is supported through seminars, tutorials, supervisions, workshops, film production, and
by our VLE
T3 is supported through seminars, tutorials, supervisions, workshops
Assessment Methods:
T1 is assessed through essays, critical analysis, research essays, individual and group
presentations, literature review and draft structure, dissertation, reflective portfolios,
film productions
T2 is assessed through written assessments, presentations, and film productions
T3 is assessed through reflective writing, portfolios, summative assessment submitted
after formative feedback (therefore all written assessments, but in particular
dissertations, research essays, and film productions)
19. Map of Units to Intended Course Learning Outcomes
Unit Title
FHEQ Level 4
Framing Film
Film as Industry
Digital Film Production
Exploring Film History
Screenwriing: From
Pitch to Page
Cinematography: Design
Mise-en-Scene
FHEQ Level 5
Film Theory and
Criticism
Brief Encounters: Short
Film Theory and
Practice
Documentary
Filmmaking
Spectacular Cinema:
Vision-Power
Signature Filmmaking
Directing for Film
Guerrilla Filmmaking
Post Production: Image
and Sound
Screenwriting
Crime and Noir
The Cinematographer
Reviewing Film and TV
Screen Adaptations
Cult Film and TV
The Body on Screen
FHEQ Level 6
Final Major Project:
Production
Final Major Project:
Screenwriting
Final Major Project:
Dissertation
Cinefantastic: Dreams
and Nightmares
Contemporary Film
Culture
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Note: The following units have been designed to broaden students skills outside of the
core curriculum area and to enhance employability and enterprise and are therefore
aligned to the practical, professional and transferable learning outcomes: Curriculum
Plus, Freelancing at Solent Creatives, Model Your Business and Creative Entrepreneurial
Freelance Practice.
20. Course Structure and Assessment Summary
Code
Unit Name
FHEQ Level 4
MFT419 Framing Film
MFT420 Film as Industry
MFT421 Digital Film Production
MFT423 Exploring Film History
MFT413 Screenwriting: From Pitch to Page
MFT422 Cinematography: Design Mise-enScene
FHEQ Level 5
MFT522 Film Theory and Criticism
MFT517 Brief Encounters: Short Film Theory
and Practice
MFT523 Documentary Filmmaking
MFT524 Spectacular Cinema
MFT525 Signature Filmmaking
MFT531 Guerrilla Filmmaking
MFT538 Post Production: Image and Sound
MFT539 Directing Actors for the Screen
MFT532 Screenwriting
MFT534 Crime and Noir
MFT530 The Cinematographer
MFT533 The Review: Popular Film & TV
Criticism
MFT536 Screen Adaptations
MFT535 Cult Film and TV
MFT537 The Body on Screen
CCA530 Model Your Business MYB2
CCA534 Freelancing at Solent Creatives
(Media) 2
Various
Curriculum Plus
FHEQ Level 6
MFT614 Final Major Project: Production
MFT616 Final Major Project: Screenwriting
MFT615 Final Major Project: Dissertation
MFT619 Cinefantastic: Dreams and Nightmares
MFT620 Contemporary Film Culture
MFT613 Professional Practice Portfolio
MFT622 Cine-Extreme: The Cultural Politics of
Transgression
MFT624 Acting and Performance
MFT628 Sex on Screen
MFT626 The Time Machine
MFT627 Contemporary British Film
Credit
Type
Mode
Assessment Element
Weighting %
AE1 AE2 AE3 AE4
20
20
20
20
20
20
C
C
C
C
C
C
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
40
40
60
40
40
60
60
60
40
60
60
40
20
20
C
C
CD
CD
40
40
60
60
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
C
C
C
O
O
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O
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CD
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CD
CD
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CD
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60
40
60
40
40
40
40
40
60
40
40
60
40
60
60
60
60
60
40
60
20
20
20
20
20
O
O
O
O
O
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
40
40
40
50
60
60
60
60
50
40
20
O
CD
100
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
O
O
O
C
C
C
O
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
CD
20
20
30
30
40
100
40
50
50
70
70
60
20
20
20
20
O
O
O
O
CD
CD
CD
CD
40
40
40
40
60
60
60
60
60
30
30
MFT623
MFT625
MFT632
CJO678
CCA632
Various
The Musical
The Director
After 9/11: Film, Television and
Culture
Creative Entrepreneurial Freelance
Practice CFP1
Freelancing at Solent Creatives
(Media) 1
Curriculum Plus
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20
20
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O
O
CD
CD
CD
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40
40
60
60
60
20
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50
20
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CD
60
40
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100
Note: the revalidated BA (Hons) Film course will be introduced on a phased-in basis from
academic session 2014-2015. Students who joined the course prior to this will continue as
outlined:
Code
Unit Name
FHEQ Level 6
MFT317
Contemporary Cinema
MFT055
British Film Culture
MFT315
Major Dissertation
MFT328
Major Screenwriting
MFT316
Major Production
MFT324
Stars and Performance
MFT001
Visualising War
MFT329
The Director
MFT043
Hollywood Musical
MFT045
Feminism and Film
MFT046
Film and the Holocaust
MFT047
The Time Machine
MFT048
Cinefantastic
MFT325
Sex on Screen
MFT050
Queer Cinema
MFT326
Tortured Cinema
MFT632
After 9/11: Film, Television and
Culture
CCA303
Solent Live Level 3
CCA632
Freelancing at Solent Creatives
(Media) 1
CJO678
Creative Entrepreneurial Freelance
Practice (CEPF1)
Various
Curriculum Plus
MFT327
The Researcher
Credit
Type
Mode
Assessment Weighting
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Unit type: C = Core/Compulsory O = Option
Unit mode (Delivery mode): Campus Delivery (CD)
BK = Block Delivery
DL = Distance Learning and Self-Directed Learning EX = Experiential
PL = Work Placement
SP = Study Placement
WBL = Work Based Learning
BL = Blended Learning
(For definitions, see Section 2B of the Academic Handbook)
Flexible Mode of Delivery: In addition to the full time mode of course delivery, students
may, at the discretion of the University, study the above course on a flexible part time
basis. In such cases, students must agree with the course leader which units they will
study each academic year (min. 40 credits/ max. 100 credits (UG)) and all units must have
been completed within the maximum registration period, calculated pro-rata based on the
students attendance modes and will not exceed the part-time maximum registration
period specified in Section 20 (Annex 1). It is expected that students will normally
complete a level of study before progressing to the next level. Students will be expected
to attend the sessions timetabled for delivery of the unit to the full time students.
21. Admissions
For full details of the standard admission requirements for this course please see the
University’s website:http://www.solent.ac.uk/courses/all/undergraduate_list_full.aspx
Advanced standing
Candidates with appropriate prior learning (or where they can demonstrate that they have
achieved all the learning outcomes of an earlier stage/level) may be considered for
advanced standing and admitted directly onto an appropriate stage or level of the course.
Non Standard Entry
Students without one of the qualifications indicated on the entry profile may be
considered on the basis of previously achieved certificated learning, experiential learning
and/or work-related experience.
22.
Regulation of Assessment
Assessment is carried out in accordance with Southampton Solent University’s Assessment
Regulations and Assessment Policy, as set out in the current edition of the Academic
Handbook (Section 2O).
Recognition of Prior Learning
Where a student wishes to apply for the recognition of prior learning, they should follow
the normal University RPL procedure.
Progression
Entry to Level 5:
Entry to Level 6:
120 FHEQ Level 4 credits
120 FHEQ Level 4 credits + 120 FHEQ Level 5 credits
Awards
120 credits, with a minimum
FHEQ Level 4 or higher:
240 credits, with a minimum
FHEQ Level 5 or higher:
300 credits, with a minimum of
Level 6:
360 credits, with a minimum
FHEQ Level 6:
of 120 at Certificate of Higher Education
of 120 at Diploma of Higher Education
60 at FHEQ Ordinary Degree*
of 120 at Honours Degree**
* Students may be awarded an Ordinary degree having been assessed in 360 credits and
successfully achieved at least 300 credits.
**Students may be awarded an Honours degree having been assessed and awarded in 360
credits.
Classification
The degree classification for BA (Hons) Film is determined from the Level 5 and Level 6
results using the following method: credit weighted average from the best 100 credits at
Level 6 (weighted at 70%) plus the credit weighted average from the best 100 credits at
Level 5 and the remaining Level 6 credits (weighted at 30%).
23.
Notes
Exemption(s) from Southampton Solent University Assessment Policy/Regulations: None
Exemption(s) from the Southampton Solent University Academic Framework: None
Special Provisions relating to requirements of Professional/Statutory Bodies: None
Annex 1
Map to Communications, media, film and cultural studies Subject Benchmark
Threshold*
An understanding of particular media forms and genres and the
way in which they organise understandings, meanings and
affects
An understanding of the interconnectedness of texts and
contexts, and of the shifting configurations of communicative,
cultural and aesthetic practices and systems
An understanding of the historical evolution of particular
genres, aesthetic traditions and forms, and of their current
characteristics and possible future developments
An awareness of the ways in which critical and cultural theories
and concepts have developed within particular contexts
An awareness of how media products might be understood
within broader concepts of culture
An understanding of the student's own creative processes and
practice through engagement in one or more production
practices
An understanding of the narrative processes, generic forms and
modes of representation at work in media and cultural texts
An understanding of the ways in which specific media and their
attendant technologies make possible different kinds of
aesthetic effects and forms
Engage critically with major thinkers, debates and intellectual
paradigms within the field and put them to productive use
Analyse closely, interpret, and show the exercise of critical
judgement in the understanding and, as appropriate, evaluation
of these forms
Consider and evaluate their own work in a reflexive manner,
with reference to academic and/or professional issues, debates
and conventions.
Carry out various forms of research for essays, projects,
creative productions or dissertations involving sustained
independent enquiry
Produce work which demonstrates an understanding of media
forms and structures, audiences and specific communication
registers
Work in flexible, creative and independent ways, showing selfdiscipline, self-direction and reflexivity
Learning Outcome
K1, C3
K2, C2, T1
K1, P3
C1, C3, P1
K1, P3
C1, P1
P1, K1, K2
C2, K2
K1, C3
P1, C1
C1, T3,
C3, P3
P1, C2
T3, P2
* This is intended to mean that all students (taken over all years) graduating with an
honours degree in this discipline will have achieved this.
Annex 2
Learning Outcomes for exit awards
1.
Learning Outcomes for Award of Cert HE:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1) Explain historical and contemporary critical and theoretical concepts and debates
related to film, film practice, and the role that film plays within culture
K2) Locate and organise information and evidence about film, the film industry, and film
practice from a wide range of secondary and primary sources
Cognitive Skills
C1) Evaluate information, data and ideas related to film and its historical, social, cultural,
practical and industrial contexts
C2) Analyse and solve defined problems, which may be theoretical, conceptual or
practical, in variable contexts
C3) Exercise judgement, which is informed by and contextualised within the relationship
between film theory and practice, in addressing unfamiliar situations and making decisions
Practical and Professional Skills
P1) Deploy a range of specialised practical, technical, creative, cognitive, scholarly or
work-related skills at a basic level with some guidance, in the area of the study of film
and/or the practice of filmmaking
Transferable and Key Skills
T1) Communicate effectively using media, styles and protocols appropriate to the context,
audience and purpose of the communication
T2) Plan and carry out work independently with some support/guidance and exercise some
responsibility for the achievement of group tasks
T3) Plan and carry out work independently with some support/guidance and exercise some
responsibility for the achievement of group tasks
2.
Learning Outcomes for Award of Dip HE:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1) Discuss a wide range of historical and contemporary critical and theoretical concepts
and debates related to film, film practice, and the role that film plays within culture
K2) Locate information, ideas and evidence about film, the film industry, and film practice
from a wide range of secondary and primary sources
Cognitive Skills
C1) Use judgement to analyse, evaluate and reformat a wide range of information
Information related to film and its historical, social, cultural, practical and industrial
contexts
C2) Apply prior knowledge and skills in new, unfamiliar contexts
C3) Formulate appropriate responses to investigate and resolve well-defined, complex and
abstract problems
Practical and Professional Skills
P1) Command a wide range of specialised practical, technical, conceptual, creative,
scholarly or work-related skills
Transferable and Key Skills
T1) Communicate information, ideas and data effectively in a range of media and contexts
T2) Determine and achieve personal objectives with minimal guidance and accept
responsibility for outcomes
T3) Reflect constructively on own/team performance, exercising judgement and
identifying means for improvement