Creative Practice: Ideas and Exploration (P4038)

30 credits, Level 4

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll explore a range of practices from across the disciplines that are taught on the Media Production BA.

Centred around a series of lectures from staff practitioners, this module will introduce the different approaches employed by:

• digital artists
• designers
• filmmakers
• art-activists
• practice-research academics.

Insights will be given into:

• multifaceted processes
• how to find inspiration
• exploring themes and turning interests into a final work
• how to take action.

Lectures and seminars will widen the scope of enquiry to look at specific examples of contemporary media practice and to identify modes and methods. You’ll investigate ways in which the techniques of others can be applied to your own practice and how to carry out your own experiments.

Over the course of the module, you’ll undertake weekly exercises, practical tasks and formal research, which will help you understand these various modes. These will be recorded and reflected on weekly in a log and a short report. 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 55 hours of contact time and about 245 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Media Production BA