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Authorship and creativity draws on skills and methods used in previous courses, in particular Documentary and Factual Entertainment, Cinematic Language, Story and Style and FTR3000 Project A. The notion of media author, modelled on literary and art history, underlines the production, marketing and reception of films. Despite important theoretical challenges, authorship has endured as a significant and powerful notion both in the film industry and in film studies. This course charts the historical development of the notion of authorship in documentary storytelling, through exploration of cinematic style within different theoretical and creative practices and cultural contexts.

This course provides an opportunity to expand on the content and form of media theory and production, form and style. It requires students to build on knowledge and skills acquired in FTR1003 Cinematic Language, FTR2006 Documentary and Factual Entertainment, FTR3002 Story and Style and FTR3000 Media Business. This course has been designed to allow students to explore individual director's story, style, form and interactivity. while preparing for higher degree research. Students will use this course to undertake structured independent learning under the guidance of a supervisor.

On completion of this course students should be able to:

1. demonstrate skills relating to creative practice cycles including research proposal, defining a topic, developing a research design, and justifying form and style;
2. undertake independent research, under supervision, on a proposed topic;
3. review and apply feedback according to the creative practice cycle incorporating relevant skills and knowledge to produce and realise works, artefacts and forms of creative expression;
4. interpret, communicate and present ideas, problems and argument in modes suited to this discipline;
5. apply and justify methodology appropriate to creative practice;
6. recognise and reflect on social, cultural and ethical issues, and apply local and international perspectives to practice in the creative arts discipline.