Postgraduate Course: Film Art Development (DESI11210)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course guides students through the formation of a major film art project, emphasising the initial conceptual development, logistical preparation and creative research processes. The course gives students opportunities to focus ideas through collective discussion, trial artistic research methods that will underpin their work and present plans for their project to tutors and peers during a formal pitch. |
| Course description |
This Film Art Development course supports students in researching, conceptualising, refining and planning their final creative project. This process starts from the students' understanding of concepts and techniques derived during previous experiences on the programme that are consolidated and built upon in the formation of a project that can give rise to new insights, knowledge and questions through artistic engagement in film. Students are encouraged to seek conceptual innovation through creative and logistical economy to ensure their project is practical and achievable within the scope of the programme. The course challenges students to select appropriate artistic research methods, develop ideas that will stretch their film art practice, interrogate creative concepts and identify resources that are needed to carry out their intended project. They will also plan key milestones to reach in the subsequent creation and resolution of their projects. In conjunction with this intensive project development, the course will equip students with contextual framing and communication skills to support the presentation of their practice in a formal pitch and written proposal.
The course is primarily taught through small group tutorials and seminars which take place on alternate weeks. A series of 5 2-hour seminars in weeks 1, 3, 5, 8 and 10 explore artistic research methods and equip students with tools to communicate their work in written and verbal modes of presentation. These alternate with 1-hour small group tutorials across weeks 2, 4, 6, 9 and 11 that provide tutor and peer feedback on the students' project development and preparation. A pitching process and critique in weeks 6-7 evaluates the work in progress and provides a further opportunity for engagement across the cohort. Similarly, a summative critique in week 12 allows students to share progress on their projects. These critique sessions will be 5 hours each, and the cohort may be divided into several sections depending on student numbers.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | This programme requires additional costs to be met by the student.
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the general costs for materials and production logistics during their coursework. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping these costs to a minimum, but students will be expected to fund optional costs as necessary for their own project work.
To fully participate in this programme students are recommended to budget a minimum of £500 over the two years.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Formulate creative and original ideas or arguments that are expressed in the context of film art practice.
- Identify and prepare the intellectual, artistic, technical and logistical elements needed to accomplish their independent project work.
- Effectively communicate a detailed rationale for their intended practical methodologies, processes and professional direction.
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Reading List
Borgdorff, Henk. (2012) The Conflict of the Faculties: Perspectives on Artistic Research and Academia. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
Candy, Linda. (2020) The Creative Reflective Practitioner: Research Through Making and Practice. Abingdon: Routledge.
Curtis, David. (2021) World of Art: Artists' Film. London: Thames & Hudson.
Kholeif, Omar. (2015) Documents of Contemporary Art: Moving Image. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
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Piotrowska, Agnieszka. (2022) Creative Practice Research in the Age of Neoliberal Hopelessness. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research and Enquiry: Developing a strong conceptual and logistical outline for your final film project involves rigorous processes of investigation where you will discover, analyse, select and articulate appropriate artistic research methods to employ in your work toward a specific creative problem or aesthetic ambition.
Communication: Communicating ideas effectively is an essential skill for any filmmaker, whether pitching for commercial briefs, preparing professional treatments for arts grants or attracting collaborators to support creative processes. Throughout the course, you will prepare written and verbal presentations of your work, attaining skills and aptitude to frame your practice in a variety of contexts for industry and non-specialist audiences alike.
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| Keywords | Filmmaking,artistic research,project development,industry pitch. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr M Anusas
Tel: (0131 6)51 5728
Email: Mike.Anusas@ed.ac.uk |
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