Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 4 (Film & TV) (DESI10049)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course is only available to students in the School of Design. 
 
Indicative course content 
This course enables students to develop a personal, integrated, critical and reflective design approach appropriate to their chosen discipline. Students work on self-selected and generated projects within a studio environment.  
 
Aims of course 
 1 develop and consolidate personal creative methods, techniques and approaches 
 2 explore how practitioners generate and justify personal project briefs 
 3 develop and consolidate personal approaches to materials and processes 
 
 Mode of delivery 
 Studio-Based Project Work, Group Crits, Individual and Group Mentoring, Project Review | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    As Summary
    
    
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  0 | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
18/09/2017 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 50,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
320 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Formative: A Portfolio containing the different video assignments made throughout the course: 
-	Vimeo links to 5 films in 5 Days 
-	Directorial vision for short film with visual references 
-	Written Reflection on the development of a directorial voice  
        and approach. 
 
Summative: Students should submit their Electronic Studio Portfolio, consisting of: 
 
1.	A series of video explorations for the development of their  
        short film.  
2.	A statement and visual treatment, expressing their vision  
        and approach for their short film, supported by visual  
        references. 
 
 
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| Feedback | 
Formative feedback/feedforward is provided at designated points during the course, and may take a variety of forms (e.g., written verbal) and be delivered through a variety of contexts (e.g., one-to-one meeting, small group crit, VLE posting). | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - 1.INITIATE: demonstrate the initiation and evaluation of original creative concepts in response to research findings through critical assessment
 - 2.EVALUATE: demonstrate the evaluation of the development of projects through a structured, transparent and personal methodology and considered judgment
 - 3.RESOLVE: demonstrate appropriate material development through a transparent iterative process, leading to resolved outcomes at an appropriate professional standard, demonstrating an integrated relationship between practice, theory and industry
 
     
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Reading List 
DESI10049 Design Studio 4- Film/TV 
-	Herzog, W. & Cronin, P. Herzog on Herzog. Faber & Faber  
        (2002) 
-	Stok, D. Kieslowski on Kieslowski. Faber & Faber (1994) 
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Not Entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Emma Davie 
Tel:  
Email: e.davie@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713 
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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