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FIL-30015 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 10 May 2024

FIL-30015 - ISP in Film Studies and Creative Writing
Coordinator: Neil Archer Tel: +44 1782 7 33202
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Level: Level 6
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 300
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
This ISP enables students to undertake a significant creative project in either Film writing or creative writing as a final-year project. It brings together the theoretical ideas explored across the Film Studies courses with the practical work undertaken across Creative Writing and Film modules. Students will have the opportunity to develop either an extended piece of feature-length screenplay work, a fully-realised short film script, the treatment for an adaptation of an existing text, or a portfolio of poetry or prose writing. Alongside this, students will prepare a commentary essay outlining the theoretical contexts supporting their creative work and reflecting on their own practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Execute an extended piece of creative writing in feature-film screenwriting, short-film writing, adaptation, poetry or prose: 1,2
Undertake detailed research into the theoretical frameworks informing creative writing or adaptation, and produce a commentary on their own creative practice: 1,2
Identify historical and contemporary trends in film and /or literature and situate their own work in relation to these: 1,2
Identify key aspects of best and innovative practice in the composition of creative literary or cinematic work: 1,2

Study hours

Workshops 6x2 = 12 hours
Supervision 4x1 = 4 hours
Research 220 hours
Writing 64 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Practical Assessment weighted 80%
Creative Project
Students can choose from four options, the final choice to be coordinated between the student and the supervisor: 1) A treatment for a proposed original feature-length screenplay, including a detailed structural breakdown and selected scenes or: 2) A treatment for a proposed film adaptation of an existing text (eg, novel, short story, non-fiction book, comic, videogame). This should comprise of a detailed structural breakdown and selected scenes or: 3) A full length outline and script for a short film, approximately 30 minutes in length These treatments should be approximately 6000 words in total length. or: 4) A Portfolio of orginal writing in a single literary medium (poetry or prose) and with a unified structure or theme (e.g. a single piece of writing; a sequence; a set of pieces exploring a particular device etc.) The portfolio will be 6000 prose words, or 12-15 poems.

2: Commentary weighted 20%
Commentary
Students will prepare a commentary (2000 words) reflecting on their area of creative practice. The commentary will a) identify theoretical frameworks for their creative work, in terms of good and innovative practice relating to the relevant field; b) outline the approaches taken in the creative work and reasons for specific creative decisions; c) situate their own work within the terms of historical and contemporary creative practices, making a case for the significance of their own creative contribution in their chosen field.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 10 May 2024