Study Period Abroad
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As the Study Abroad Semester is intended to introduce you to living and studying in a new environment, it is preferable if you do not opt for an institution in the same country as your nationality (e.g., US citizens are discouraged from applying for a US institution). You must be in good academic standing and have progressed to Year 2 (Level 5). You should ensure that you have sufficient funds to cover your time abroad and that your financial arrangements are in place prior to departure. You must fulfil the application, insurance and visa requirements required by your host institution. You must clear any financial obligations to Regent’s University and/or host institution prior to beginning your Year 3 (Level 6) study, as failure to do so may jeopardise progression to your final year of study.
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Internship
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Placement learning is extremely valuable in relation to employability. We encourage all students to embark on internships and placements throughout their study at Regent’s but on this credit bearing module we ask you to reflect on your work placement(s) and to produce an academic piece of writing to support this reflection. The aim of a quality internship in the film and television industries is to develop your employability skills and increase graduate career prospects.c
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Cinematography
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Truly great films are rarely realised. The perfect balance of the collective efforts of all the teams, departments and individuals (cinematographers, screenwriters, directors, producers, actors, sound designers and art directors etc.) that make up the cast and crew of a film is almost impossible to achieve. Feature length films are one of the costliest of art forms and thus, most of the time crews are working under time and financial pressure. There can be no one blueprint to making great cinema. Each endeavour is ‘a shot in the dark’, a gamble that the right balance of all the collective inputs of those involved can be achieved in realising a singular vision.
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Campaign Production
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The ability to develop and maintain a professional relationship when engaging with clients is an essential skillset for 21st century media producers. All clients – from the commercial to the subversive - now demand dialogue, sharing and feedback as equal partners in the creative process. Many organisations now engage at an online level and require high quality moving imagery to promote their agendas. Campaign film production is a module which harnesses the modern democratisation of digital film production and distribution methods, whilst encouraging you to engage in current social, political, economic, environmental and/or cultural issues in order to produce, shoot and edit a short campaign film which champions a cause, charity or organisation of your choice.
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Developing TV Formats for International Markets
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The trade and circulation of television formats has grown incredibly over the past two decades. While the global industry of turnover from formats varies from nine to fifteen billion dollars a year, formatted shows form the backbone of TV broadcasting around the world. In the last decade the TV market, which was traditionally dominated by the UK, US and Netherlands, has opened up to new players. This change has triggered a revolution in the creation and marketing of formats, and has enabled creative individuals, who practiced only in their local markets, to have the opportunity to trade and flourish in an expanding global environment.
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Directing for the Screen
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This is a practical introduction to Directing for the Screen. You will work with actors to understand the process of developing a character and bringing that performance to the screen. Directing for the Screen will cover all of the key aspects of what is involved in being a director for film and television. You will cover a range of skills including breaking down scripts, casting, working closely with actors, understanding text, choreography and blocking scenes, improvisation, re-writing, storyboarding, camerawork, creating shot lists and editing.
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Experimental Film
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Through a series of lectures, seminars, as well as creation of a short experimental film and the Artist Manifesto, this module aims to demonstrate the value of experimentation in filmmaking. Drawing upon the various traditions of avant-garde film and contemporary trends in experimental moving image practices, you will be taught how to develop creative approaches to filmmaking that are informed by contextual and critical knowledge. Upon a successful completion of this module you will feel confident in engaging with different forms and styles of filmmaking, including personally, politically and socially engaged pieces.
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Script Analysis
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Script analysis also supports your own creative writing work. Structure, character, dialogue, genre, tone, setting and budget all come under the spotlight when analysing a screenplay and, by focusing on these practical issues in other writers’ work, the aspiring screenwriter will be able to transfer these skills to their own work and improve their own writing accordingly.
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Studio and Outside Broadcast
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With the development and expansion in digital television channels in recent years the volume of outside broadcast production has experienced a huge increase, and sports and music/concert coverage dominates the Outside Broadcast output of the digital channels. You need to develop an understanding of how to accomplish an outside broadcast, from conception to delivery, whilst developing the team skills needed to work within a large production unit. Locations around the campus will be set-up in order to both train ‘in house’ before moving to outside locations as well as to serve the wider University community for events taking place on campus.
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Using Emerging Technologies
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This module builds on the world of the evolving convergent digital technologies, which affect all elements of the media industry on a daily basis. It allows you to develop your digital skills, adapting to and exploiting the evolving digital landscape around you and expanding your understanding of how traditional entertainment and storytelling can cross platforms and traverse converging technologies. This module theorises alternative and traditional routes to market, brand extensions, commercial entertainment and distribution techniques. It will include presenting your theories and techniques, which, when put into practice, allow you the opportunity to extend entertainment ideas created with skills learned in Level Four modules, together with building an original cross-platform entertainment experience incorporating new media technologies.
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Writing for Children
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In this module we will look at writing audio-visual material for a wide age range of children from very young pre-schoolers up to those approaching their teens. You will identify your target audience and clearly pitch your material at the target age range. On completion of the module you will have a clear understanding of the challenges and possibilities afforded by developing material for a younger marketplace.
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English for Academic Excellence
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Promoting effective language learning and development is a central part of the University’s international focus, and our English Language Centre provides a wide range of courses at a variety of levels throughout the year.
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Business English
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A course for students who want to enhance their Business English language skills to boost employability. It will also support students in their performance in other modules. The course will introduce a variety of business-related topics and language and a student led component will encourage engagement and interaction with peers. In addition, learners will explore a language learning puzzle throughout the module.
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Advanced Business English
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A course for students who want to enhance their Business English language skills to boost employability. It will also support students in their performance in other modules. The course will introduce a variety of business-related topics and language and a student led component will encourage engagement and interaction with peers. In addition, learners will explore a language learning puzzle throughout the module.
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Contemporary Intercultural Issues
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The module is designed as a comprehensive platform for discussion of cross-cultural issues in a globalised world that demands an increasing need for effective intercultural contacts. The module looks at the necessity to raise intercultural competence among our culturally diverse students and to develop sensitivity to and a critical understanding of issues arising out of cultural difference, which will equip them with strategies to deal with cultural conflict. One of the distinctive features of the Regent’s learning experience is the multicultural environment and the international outlook of its programmes.
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Latin American Culture and Society
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This course will enable students, with or without prior knowledge of the subject, to develop an understanding of relevant themes of contemporary Latin America. By exploring and analysing a series of cultural aspects from a multidisciplinary perspective, students will gain an insight into the underlying issues and phenomena affecting the region.
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Chinese Culture and Society
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China is one of the world’s great civilizations with a rich cultural heritage providing the backdrop for a dynamic contemporary society. This module is designed to give students a contextualised introduction to the main areas and themes which have defined history, culture and society in China. By exploring and analysing a series of cultural aspects, the students will develop a critical perspective and gain an insight into the underlying multidisciplinary issues and phenomena affecting modern China. The aims of the module are to help students to understand contemporary Chinese society, culture, state, political structure and economic development; develop a knowledge of the role of traditional Chinese philosophical and religious beliefs in Chinese life; develop an appreciation of Chinese cultural and social values; be able to identify critical issues and analyse how elements of traditional culture, socialist ideology and economic reform construct the present culture in China.
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Language
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Promoting effective language learning and development is a central part of the University’s international focus, and our Foreign Language classes provide education in a wide range of languages at a variety of levels throughout the year.
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Adapting for Screen
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Adapting novels, plays, short stories, true stories, autobiographical stories, any narrative from its original form into a screenplay is a staple of the film and television industry. Compressing narratives, changing points of view, creating external dramatic storylines from interior monologues, simplifying stories, reducing characters, the list of potential pitfalls is as long and varied as the types of material available for adaptation.
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