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You are expected to work with a high degree of professionalism in a crew role(s). You will be challenged to further your technical and creative skills throughout the unit. You will continue to work on the projects

Module Handbook

Please see Module Assessment Rubric for specific grade-banding requirements.

Adjustments to your Assessments

If you have a disability, specific learning difference or medical condition that affects your studies, UCA’s Disability & SpLD team is here to help. By sharing your needs early, we can agree an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and arrange any reasonable adjustments (e.g. extra time in workshops, accessible materials, assistive technology).

All discussions are confidential, and adjustments are designed to support your independent learning and success.

For more information or to request support, email [email protected] or visit Student Services.

Mitigating Circumstances

UCA has a system for helping students who need extra time to do their learning on a project due to illness or another circumstance outside their control which occurs suddenly during a Unit’s teaching and couldn’t be predicted or avoided by the student.

To apply for extra time using this system go to the myA-Z on myUCA. Read the instructions about mitigating circumstances.

INDICATIVE TEACHING & LEARNING METHODS

You will be assessed on your work in your major role and will also start engaging in your minor role.

The types of projects that you undertake will be wide and varied and include:

(These will be in small groups of can be an individual project.)

Major Roles/HoD roles - You can choose from are: Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Cinematographer,

OR

Additionally, tutorials and feedback sessions will be scheduled for all HODs to ensure ongoing support and development.

You are expected to attend lectures, seminars, workshops, group tutorials, 1:1 tutorials as a part of your study program.

Studying at Level 6

As this is the final year of your degree, you will be expected to develop your own approach/es to filmmakingand research outside of the scheduled sessions in line with the UK Common Credit Framework  Level 6 assessment criteria expectations.

Group or team marking

For some assessment components, the mark is awarded by a group of staff, who consider each piece of work submitted collectively and agree on the mark. This is commonly used for exhibitions or displays of

Personal circumstances artwork. Where this method of internal marking is used, it will normally be used for the whole cohort taking a unit and provides a sufficient safeguard to mean that no further form of internal verification is required.

This is the recommended method of IV for any cohorts over 15 students. Exceptions would be where double marking would support new members to the staff team or where double marking would form a moderation exercise to address previously identified marking issues or discrepancies.

The External Examiner and the Programme Director should check the mark profiles and satisfy themselves that the profile for each unit is appropriate.

The Progress and Award Board will be asked to confirm that appropriate internal verification has taken place in the units under consideration at the Board.

Form IV1 will be used to confirm and record the outcome of the internal verification exercise, signed by both the internal verifier and the Unit Leader.

Provisional marks will then be released to students

Resit marking and Learning Outcomes

The resit is marked against the same Generic Grading Criteria (Level 6) and Module Assessment Criteria and carries the same weighting.. A pass requires an overall mark of 40%.

The maximum mark available for any unit reassessed by Resit will normally be the minimum pass mark if the unit is credit bearing, or ‘pass’ where it is not. If the Resit mark is lower than the original mark, the higher mark will stand.

*There are no ‘in year’ resits. Resits happen at the end of the academic year - not in time for the 2026 graduation date.

Time Management and Attendance

When you are not in a timetabled session, you are expected to be working independently in the studio or at home; this includes reading, researching, writing, designing, and reflecting on feedback. Altogether, you should plan for 20-25 hours per week across Semester1 (300 hours total for this 30 credit module).

Reporting Absence

You are able to self-certify for a maximum of 5 days per term. If you do not notify the University of your absence (self-certify), you will be marked as absent. After five days’ absence through self-certification, you must request authorised absence from your Programme Director if you are to continue to miss teaching, otherwise you will be marked as absent. For the regulations regarding self-certification relating to mitigating circumstances, please contact the unit leader.

If you cannot attend a scheduled session (e.g., due to illness or emergency), you must email your Module Lead ([email protected]) before the session. Fill in an Authorised Absence form if you are going to be away for more than 3 days. 3. Avoid missing sessions for work. Your manager needs to be briefed that your studies come first.

Recommended:

Corrigan, T. (2011) The Essay Film: from Montaigne, after Marker. New York: Oxford University Press

Daniels, J., McLaughlin, C., Pearce, G. (2013) Truth, Dare or Promise: Art and Documentary Revisited. Cambridge Scholars Publisher

Keathly, C., Mittel, J. Grant, C (2020) The Videographic Essay: Practice and Pedagogy. http:// videographicessay.org/works/videographic-essay/index

MacDonald, S. Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema. Oxford University Press

Module’s Approach to Equality, Inclusivity, Diversity and Accessibility

Reasonable Adjustments and Support

If disability, neurodivergence, chronic illness or caregiving responsibilities affect your study, contact [email protected] as early as possible. An Individual Learning Plan (ILP) can approve extra time, alternative formats, or assistive-tech training. Seminar norms (e.g., hand-raising, captioned Teams sessions) flex to ILP requirements.

Continual Improvement

We invite student feedback and make changes that reflect student experience while maintaining academic standards.

What is Academic Integrity?

At UCA, academic integrity is defined as “demonstrating honest and moral behaviours when researching, developing, producing, submitting or publishing academic work.” This means:

Any action that gives you or someone else an unfair advantage, such as plagiarism, collusion, commissioning work from others, or undisclosed AI-generated content, is treated as academic misconduct and investigated under the university’s Academic Misconduct Regulations.

For further information, please see UCA’s Academic Misconduct Regulations and Procedures here.

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work, ideas, or words as your own, without proper acknowledgement. This includes:

What is collusion?

Collusion is when two or more students work together inappropriately on work that is meant to be done independently, and one or more of them submits it as their own.

Examples include:

What is commissioning work from others?

Commissioning is getting someone else to complete all or part of your work on your behalf, and submitting it as if it were your own. This includes:

What would be classed as undisclosed AI-generated content?

Undisclosed AI-generated content is when you use generative AI tools (like ChatGPT or Midjourney) to produce work or ideas and do not acknowledge this use.

This includes:

At UCA, you must clearly state if and how you’ve used AI, following the guidance provided in your module brief or course handbook.

What is UCA Harvard Referencing?

Harvard Referencing is the method by which you acknowledge using someone else’s writing, work, or ideas in your own academic writing while studying at UCA. Every submission within your portfolio must be compliant with UCA Harvard Referencing.

What is a bibliography?

A bibliography is a list of all the sources that you used or consulted to complete your submission. The bibliography should be arranged in alphabetical order and contains more detail on your sources, including how you accessed them. Your bibliography should correspond to the citations found within the body of your work.

What about my images?

If you use images you will also need to reference them separately using captions and a list of illustrations.

Why is referencing important?

Making sure that you accurately cite and reference the writing, work and/or ideas produced by somebody else is an essential part of academic writing. Here are some reasons why it is so important -

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in my work

The University supports the ethical and responsible use of AI technologies in the learning experience, including tools such as ChatGPT, Dall-E, Midjourney, Sora or Firefly, as well as Microsoft CoPilot, Grammarly and Quillbot. These technologies can enhance your learning, help to explore or visualise new ideas and concepts; support your research; help with translation, assessment planning or proof your written copy.

- Work produced by AI cannot be presented as your own and it must be cited. This is stated in the University for the Creative Arts Academic Misconduct regulation, Section 1.12(h): The students may gain an unfair advantage by using AI applications (e.g. ChatGPT) with the intent of presenting the work created by the app as your own’.

- Any AI produced work included in your submission must be referenced. You will need to use the Harvard Reference Scheme and also state the prompt used to generate the relevant work in the bibliography reference.

- Use of AI must be approached critically. Generative AI has been found to often produce factually inaccurate materials, such as citations to research papers or articles that do not exist. It is therefore essential that you fact-check all work produced by AI. In critically analysing AI produced materials there are a range of further questions that you will need to consider such as data or algorithmic bias, along with issues of intellectual property that includes uncredited use of open source data or ‘web scrapes’.

- There should be an appropriate use of AI in your final submission. It is important to consider how you are using AI in your final submission. AI can be utilised ,appropriately to achieve specific tasks or goals, such as visualising a product for which you have developed the concepts yourself, or as a tool to support with writing styles, grammar and spelling. Including a brief summary that explains how you used AI, along with a reflection on its usefulness and the challenges you encountered, can provide valuable insight into your approach.

If you are unclear about using Generative AI or if you have any further questions, please contact your Module Lead who will be happy to help. There is also more support here.