Filmmaking & Media Arts MSc
Practical Workshop 2: Pilot project FTV5047
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 40
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
Working from the treatment development in the first core course, students will realise a short moving image project, developed for a film/TV programme/art project. Students will attend workshops and write a short critical essay reflecting on elements of practice.
Timetable
1 x 3 hour seminar per week
1 x 5 hour practical workshop sessions per week
3 tutorial meetings with assigned academic mentor
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
Practical Workshop 1: Writing the Pitch
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ 1500 word critical essay - 20%
■ 5 min. film or equivalent incorporating supporting documentation - 80%
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There is no alternative to the critical essay, but a flexible deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
■ There is no alternative to the film, but a flexible deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ To develop students technical skills relevant to their proposed final project
■ Based on input from seminars and workshops and structured learning activities, provide students with skills to take project from pitch to realisation of 'teaser'
■ Provide students opportunity to critically reflect on and assess their own practice
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Confidently apply technical skills needed to create/realise a small scale/initial iteration of their proposed final project
■ Apply the knowledge gained from seminars and workshops in transferring their project from page to screen
■ Work successfully with an academic advisor to reflect critically on their own media practice
■ Locate their filmmaking/media arts within theoretical debates in the field and articulate this in a critical essay