This compulsory module will be taught through a series of weekly lectures across terms 1 and 2. This will be supported by 7.5 weekly hours of self-directed research and individually managed study and/or group project work. Students will be expected to spend a total of 150 hours on this module.

 

Assessment & Deadlines

The module is assessed 100% by coursework:

Research Proposal: 3,000 words (100%).

Deadline - Wednesday Week 12.

 

 

Assessment Guidelines

 

 

The module is assessed 100% by coursework:

• Written assignment of 3000 words or equivalent

 

The aim of the assessment is to write a 'virtual' application for funding for a specific theatre project. This is based on the 'Oxford Samuel Becket Theatre' Award  (see http://www.osbttrust.com/) but also the AHRC (see www.ahrc.ac.uk). Guidelines on how to submit applications to these bodies are available on their websites and may be useful.

The structure of the application should include:

1.    Title

2.    Aims and Objectives

3.    Research Context

4.    Describe the visual aesthetic of the intended work

5.    Write an imagined, ideal review of the work.

 

The application should deploy full Harvard referencing and should include a bibliography of related reading/research/productions etc to help contextualise your proposed project. The bibliography and references should NOT be included in the word count. It is up to you to decide the appropriate word length for each section. Sample academic applications will be made available for you to refer to for guidance to assist you with the application.

 

 

Title

This should not be an afterthought but should reflect precisely your research question/focus.

 

Aims and Objectives

Here you must spell out what your project/production will do, for whom, what your process will be and how you will achieve the aims.

 

Research Context

This should place your proposed project in a broader context.  Is it following a particular line of work, challenging a particular tradition? What writings are useful for your project? Which practitioners will you make reference to and are you following and developing from?

 

The visual aesthetic of the intended work

This should outline the artistic approach you will take in your process and in the production/project. Here you can be more descriptive/imaginative but it also needs to be connected to a sense of an imagined budget/production realities.

 

Review

Here you can imagine being a spectator/critical viewer of the production. Evaluate its potential weaknesses and dangers, but also what its strengths and achievements could be. This needs to be analytical but also reflective. It also gives you scope to imagine how the project might develop given future ambitions, further funding, a larger team etc. dream, but dream realistically.

Please liaise with Robert Shaughnessy about this module.