CREDIT POINTS: 20
/ UNIT CODE: CMW300FHEQ Level: 6 / SCHOOL: Business, Law and Communications
Unit Designation: Traditional / Programme group: English and Publishing
Unit delivery model:PC Max & Min Student No: N/A
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
Students are required to attend and participate in all the formal timetabled sessions for the unit. Students are also expected to manage their directed learning and independent study in support of the unit.
PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES: None
UNIT DESCRIPTION
This unit will allow students to develop skills and strategies specific to comic strips/graphic novels and animated films. It will also introduce students to the theoretical issues surrounding these mediums and place them in their social and historical context.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of the unit, students will be able to:
Knowledge and Understanding
K1Recognise the strategies, styles and conventions utilised by writers in these media
K2Understand the different presentation requirements of major comic/animation companies
Cognitive Skills
C1Demonstrate ability to effectively employ strategies and methods in the construction of scripts for these media.
C2Demonstrate ability to engage critically with texts and analyse specific examples of genre fiction informed by theoretical work
Practical and Professional Skills
P1 Identify suitable markets and evaluate potential sales
P2 Develop creative work and editorial skills
Transferable and Key Skills
T1 Manage a self-directed project to a client’s requirements
AREAS OF STUDY
Selected texts
Historical development
Pragmatics of story construction
Industrial protocols
Approaching the market
Principles of graphic and sequential story-telling
LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY
Weekly two-hour sessions will be spent in a variety of ways: lectures, seminars, workshops and occasional screenings. In these sessions students will be:
- Actively constructing their own work in a workshop environment
- Introduced to critical debates in lectures
- Evaluating and analysing the debates, and the relationship between theory and practice, in a seminar environment
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
ASSESSMENT
AE1weighting:30%
assessment type: Proposal
length / duration:800 words
AE2weighting:70%
assessment type: Script, either for 8 pages of comic strip or for
length / duration:30 minutes of animated film
AGGREGATION OF MARKS
The marks for each element of assessment will be aggregated to give an overall mark for the unit.
RE-ASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENTS
The marks will be aggregated to produce an overall mark for the unit.
Re/deferral of the script will require students to rework and resubmit it in light of the written feedback received. Re/deferral for either element of assessment will take the same format as the original assessment tasks.
Unit Author: Rick Hudson
Unit history:
Unit Approved/Year Implemented/Code / 2007 / 2007/8 / CMW300