30 credits
Level 5
First Term
This team-taught course will introduce students to key research methods in the field of film and visual culture as utilised in the research and practice of faculty members in the department. Each week students will engage with a range of written and visual materials relating to a specific approach to the study and/or production of visual culture. These may include: approaches to working with living artists and documents of ephemeral art; theories of the animal gaze; approaches to practice-as-research; documentary; memory and memorialisation; the relationship between film, art and history; close reading; bricolage; walking; intermediality; and projects in art and science among others. Throughout the course students will explore important theoretical concepts and artistic paradigms in these areas, applying them in weekly exercises and seminar preparations, and ultimately using one (or more) of them in their assessed work.
30 credits
Level 5
First Term
In discussion with a designated supervisor students will be able to identify and design a programme of research and study, which may include the completion of an undergraduate course, with assessments appropriate to masters-level work, or which may consist of a short programme of research conducted over one semester. The course will run at the discretion of the course coordinator. Students interested in taking this course should email the coordinator to discuss their intentions.
30 credits
Level 5
First Term
This course offers students the opportunity to gain workplace experience in a field relevant to their degree. Students wishing to take FS5532 will require approval from the Course Coordinator and will be responsible for securing a suitable placement in advance of the start of Term with support from the Course Coordinator or other staff member. Work-placements will run for the equivalent of 2-weeks full-time and will involve tasks agreed by the student and project partner in consultation with the course coordinator.
30 credits
Level 5
Second Term
In discussion with a designated supervisor students will be able to identify and design a programme of research and study, which may include the completion of an undergraduate course, with assessments appropriate to masters-level work, or which may consist of a short programme of research conducted over one semester. The course will run at the discretion of the course coordinator. Students interested in taking this course should email the coordinator to discuss their intentions.
30 credits
Level 5
Second Term
This course offers students the opportunity to gain workplace experience in a field relevant to their degree. Students wishing to take FS5532 will require approval from the Course Coordinator and will be responsible for securing a suitable placement in advance of the start of Term with support from the Course Coordinator or other staff member. Work-placements will run for the equivalent of 2-weeks full-time and will involve tasks agreed by the student and project partner in consultation with the course coordinator.
30 credits
Level 5
Second Term
The module offers a comprehensive look at how documentary has interrogated, and in some rare cases even influenced, politics, social values, and even popular culture. Students will be expected to look at how documentary filmmakers have built upon the famous Griersonian quote – ‘the creative treatment of actuality’ – to evolve the form’s style and scope as well as to challenge the very notion of filmic truth and reality. Attendees to the module will also learn how to identify the key documentary modes and be expected to analyse and understand how the movement’s use of transgressive visual images, no matter how apparently ‘genuine’, is frequently presented through a cinematic perspective that is not always objective. Furthermore, the module will require students to produce a short documentary or individual video essay (in documentary form) and, in doing so, explore the challenges of objective presentations.
30 credits
Level 5
Second Term
This course simulates the development of an arts project, from initial proposal to a formal funding pitch, covering essential components for project success. Through case studies, readings and site visits, students will explore the ways artists and arts managers develop projects and events and build content to connect with audiences. This learning and experience will enable students to apply theoretical insights and practical strategies to their own creative concepts.
60 credits
Level 5
Third Term
The Dissertation project is a key part of the MLitt Film, Visual Culture and Arts Management programme. Students will work independently on a topic of their choosing within the broad field of film, visual culture and arts management, with support from an assigned supervisor. Projects can take one of the following formats: a long research essay of 15,000 words (+/-10%); a practice-based project involving a practical output plus a dissertation of 10,000 words (+/-10%); or a work-based project involving 3-weeks full-time work in an appropriate work-place environment along with a written dissertation of 10,000 words (+/-10%).
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