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Code:
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CE00075-1
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Version:
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3
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Approval Status:
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Valid Current
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Title:
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HISTORY OF FILM TECHNOLOGY
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Section:
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Computing, Engineering & Technology
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Level:
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1
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Pattern of Delivery
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Contact Hours
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Independent Study Hours
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Total Learning Hours
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24.0
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126.0
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150.0
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Description of Pattern of Delivery
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Pattern
1, study 100.0% in period2
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Registration Conditions
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Module Version Condition Text
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None
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Module Details
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Assessment Details
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An EXAM length 2 HOURS weighted at 100%.
Examination (100%) will assess learning outcomes 1 and 2
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Indicative Content
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This module aims to provide an understanding of the development of film production technology over the past 100 years, and how this technological progress has impacted on the entire form and process of mainstream film production. The main areas covered will be:-
1. Camera, lens and emulsion technology.
2. Sound - from the introduction of sound recording to THX
3. Post production, special effects and CGI.
4. Digital cinema and the future.
5. TV and video development.
6. Introduction of early communication systems including AM+FM modulation, the ad frequency signal representation and the relevant mathematical theories of these.
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Learning Strategies
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12 two hour lectures (1:n)2, to include film screenings. Independent study and research structured around each weeks' lecture topic.
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Prospectus Information
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The module will look at how the technologies of film production have developed over the last 100 years, how they have changed the production process, and how they have impacted on the content of the films themselves.
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Resources
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Word processing facilities.
Internet access
Blackboard VLE
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Special Admissions Requirements
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None.
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Texts
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Visual Effects for Film and Television. Mitchel Michaal (2004) ISBN: 0-240-51675-3 / Pub - Focal Press
Sound for Film and Television. Tomlinson Holman (2001) ISBN: 0-240-80453-8 / Pub - Focal Press
Film Into Video - A Guide to Merging the Technologies George D. Cvjetnicanin Richard H. Kallenberger Stuart Blake Jones (2000)
ISBN: 0-240-80411-2 / Pub - Focal Press
Foundation Maths, D Booth, 2003, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 020164192
Improve your Math! A Refresher Course, G Bancroft and R Fletcher, 2001, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0201331306
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Learning Outcome
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1. SHOW KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF FILM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY.
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2. EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ON FILM PRODUCTION AND CONTENT.
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