Underwater Filming & Media Module Handbook

Hand-In 23rd March 2016

This handbook will act as a guide and reference point for this unit.

For the first time we are offering an exciting and challenging opportunity for students to learn from some of the best instructors in the industry.

Underwater film and photography is fast becoming a key skill in the entertainment industry and . ..

Contents:

1. Learning Outcomes2. Booklet from Triton Scuba3. Blog details - how to use and start one4. Examples of work5. Marking Scheme6. Key information7. Research starting points - equipment - film-makers, photographers, techniques

Unit blog - http://portsmouthunderwater.tumblr.com/

Hand-In 23rd March 2016 by 3pm CT Admin Office

Underwater Filming & Media

CT5 DIVEA

ABSTRACTThis Unit is designed for students with no previous diving qualifications. It provides an introductory, basic diving unit to attain a PADI Open Water diving certificate. Building on these skills the unit then teaches film and photography students the theory and practice of underwater film production and photography, a growth area and one that offers career opportunities. The programme will provide them with an appreciation of the differences and complexities of working within the underwater environment and the opportunity to put new found skills and ideas into practice.

AIMS

1. To teach students the foundational knowledge and skills they need to dive using open circuit self contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), with a buddy and independent of supervision.

2. To ensure students are capable of organising, planning and conducting no-decompression diving activities within their level of experience.

3. To introduce film and photography students to the theory and practice of working underwater.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the operation and use of SCUBA diving equipment.

2. Display proficiency in basic diving safety and rescue procedures.

3. Apply the physical and physiological principles of diving.

4. Plan, organise and conduct safe diving activities appropriate to the circumstances

5. Use decompression tables and procedures for no decompression diving correctly.

6. Describe and explain the main features of HSE legislation, Risk Assessment, Project Reports and the conduct of a diving project, within the Media Approved Codes of Practice.

7. Use and explain a range of techniques used in underwater film production and photography:

8. Plan and undertake a series of dives and produce a short underwater film or photography portfolio based on specific subject areas

SYLLABUS

1. Diving Theory and Physiology2. Diving equipment3. Practical Diving skills4. HSE legislation and Approved Codes of Practice (Media)5. Underwater cameras and housings including care and maintenance6. Planning, organization, production of assessed project work and management7. Diver supervision and Underwater communication8. Principles of underwater lighting9. Principles of filming underwater, including composition, sequence and shots, camera moves10.Principles of underwater stills photography

ASSESSMENT PATTERN

The assessment will be by the PADI Open Water Course as a PASS\FAIL artefact to assess LO1-3, two PASS/FAIL knowledge development verification tests that will assess LO4-7, and the production of a short film production or photography portfolio for LO8.

INDICATIVE READING

1. PADI Open Water Diver Manual2. HSE Diving at Work Regulations 19973. Approved code of practice for Media Diving Operations

LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY

This unit comprises a series of lectures, practical diving skills in both confined and open water environments, and assessed diving exercises. Formative feedback will be provided throughout the lecture and practical classes.

PRESENTATION OF WORK

1. An online journal (blog)

2. A presentation of final images either printed, exhibition or online.

Students are expected to produce a portfolio of filming / photographic work and associated journal of process experiments, image plans, drawings, films, written and visual material, demonstrating both thematic and technical research and experimentation in technique, format and media.

This needs to be shown in the form of an online journal (blog). Please email your blog url/address to claire.sambrook@port.ac.uk

Completed films or photographic portfolios should be executed with high regard to presentation and film/photographic convention and wherever appropriate work should be fully edited and presented in a professional manner.

Unit Coordinators

David Jones - Triton Scuba

Claire Sambrook / Ben Thompson - University of Portsmouth

HO

W T

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If yo

u w

ant to

register fo

r Scu

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iving a

s an

optio

n,

please

contact

your

faculty

or

dep

artmen

t adm

inistratio

n o

ffice initially an

d

let them

know

. Once

you h

ave done th

at you

need

to p

op alo

ng an

d see u

s at the T

riton

Scu

ba D

ive C

entre. B

e sure to

book early as

not

surp

risingly,

these

courses

are very

popular.

Don’t

forg

et to

brin

g alo

ng yo

ur

certification card

and lo

g b

ook w

hen

you b

ook

if you h

ave previo

us train

ing.

A

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EN

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Once yo

u h

ave com

pleted

a course w

ith u

s yo

u

beco

me

eligib

le fo

r a

whole

range

of

disco

unts; everyth

ing fro

m eq

uip

men

t in th

e sh

op, to

cut p

rice deals on

kit hire an

d b

oat

trips.

H

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TO

FIN

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We

are co

nven

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located

in

H

ighlan

d

Road

, South

sea, about 1

1/2

miles fro

m th

e U

niversity

and ad

jacent

to Alb

ert Road

. If

you are

com

ing fro

m tow

n get

onto

Alb

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an

d keep

goin

g until

you get

to th

e Festin

g Pu

b (at th

e end o

f Festing R

oad

). Go

about 4

00 m

etres furth

er, past th

e cemetery

and w

e are on th

e left B

US

ES

If you are u

sing p

ublic tran

sport yo

u can

hop

onto

bus ro

utes: 1

C, 6

, 18 an

d 1

6.

Durin

g

the

second

weeken

d

you

get

the

opportu

nity to

put th

eory in

to p

ractice and g

o

divin

g. D

urin

g th

is com

ponen

t of th

e course

you w

ill have

the opportu

nity

to pro

duce

a

piece o

f assessed w

ork Fo

r those w

ho are

undertakin

g p

hoto

grap

hy th

is will co

nsist o

f th

e pro

ductio

n o

f an u

nderw

ater portfo

lio o

n

a subject to

be d

etermin

ed. T

his m

ay invo

lve

wid

e an

gle

or

macro

im

ages

and

subject

matter in

terpretatio

n w

ill be u

p to

you. Fo

r th

ose co

ncen

trating o

n film

you w

ill pro

duce a

sto

ry board

and sh

ort p

roductio

n o

n su

bject

matter

that

will

be

allocated

.

Again

, in

terpretatio

n o

f the su

bject m

atter will b

e up

to. O

n su

ccessful co

mpletio

n o

f all elemen

ts of

the

prog

ramm

e yo

u w

ill be

award

ed th

e uniq

ue P

AD

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ctive Speciality ratin

g as a

U

nderw

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iver.

EN

TR

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EQ

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EM

EN

TS

The

min

imum

en

try req

uirem

ent

for

this

course

is PA

DI

Open

W

ater,

although it

is reco

mm

ended

that stu

den

ts are qualified

to PA

DI

Adva

nced

O

pen

W

ater or

equivalen

t fro

m an

oth

er certifying a

gen

cy. We are n

ot

teachin

g yo

u h

ow

to d

ive durin

g th

is course

and yo

u are

expected

to

be

confid

ent

and

curren

t underw

ater. Therefo

re you w

ill need

to

have

pro

of

that

you

have

been

divin

g

with

in at least 2

month

s prio

r to th

e start of

the co

urse.

CO

STS

The

total

cost

of

this

course,

inclu

din

g

all eq

uip

men

t hire,

dive

site en

trance

fees, tran

sport, m

aterials and certificatio

n is £

349.

A dep

osit

of

£100 is

required

to

book

and

secure yo

ur p

lace.

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by T

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University

of

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stu

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desig

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to g

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ts an in

sight in

to th

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of film

ing an

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nderw

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will

cover

the

theo

ry an

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practices

of

underw

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and p

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examin

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mplexities o

f w

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in

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understan

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men

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opportu

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put n

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urse is ru

n o

ver two w

eekends; th

e

first w

eekend

you

will

cover

the

theo

ry beh

ind film

ing an

d p

hotog

raphy u

nderw

ater. W

e will also

put yo

u in

the p

ool to

practice

usin

g cam

eras in

a

contro

lled en

vironm

ent.

It will also

cover im

portan

ce of u

nderstan

din

g

the

limitatio

ns

and

restrictions

of

the

enviro

nm

ent T

he co

urse is b

roken

dow

n in

to

a num

ber o

f modules co

vering a w

ide ran

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of to

pics:

D

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ork R

egulatio

ns

Risk A

ssessmen

t

Cam

eras and h

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Plan

nin

g an

d m

anag

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t

Lightin

g, co

mpositio

n, seq

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ce.

Stills p

hoto

grap

hy an

d vid

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DIV

ING

AS

AN

OP

TIO

N A

T P

OR

TS

MO

UTH

U

NIV

ER

SIT

Y

Yes,

you

can

learn

to

Scu

ba

Dive

as an

O

ptio

n d

urin

g yo

ur tim

e here at Po

rtsmouth

… and yo

u co

uld g

ain cre

dits in

the p

rocess!

Trito

n

Scu

ba

is yo

ur

local

PAD

I Train

ing

Cen

tre and is ap

pro

ved b

y the H

SE an

d th

e

University

to

conduct

PAD

I divin

g

trainin

g.

You m

ay qualify fo

r credits b

ut ca

n o

nly d

o so

by takin

g yo

ur train

ing th

rough an

appro

ved

centre.

C

heck

with

yo

ur

faculty

office

for

details.

TH

E P

AD

I OP

EN

WA

TER

DIV

ER

The

PAD

I O

pen

W

ater D

iver qualificatio

n is

the m

ost reco

gnised

divin

g certificatio

n in

the

World

. As a q

ualified

diver yo

u can

dive w

ith

a diver

of

similar,

or

hig

her

qualificatio

n,

when

ever you w

ant to

. It is your ticket to

a lifetim

e of

adven

ture

underw

ater an

d

the

starting b

lock to

a huge an

d d

iverse range o

f fu

rther d

iving q

ualificatio

ns an

d exp

eriences.

C

OU

RS

E O

VER

VIE

W

At T

riton S

cuba o

ur PA

DI O

pen

Water co

urses

are conducted

over 2

weeken

ds an

d a n

ew

course starts alm

ost every w

eekend so

you

can ch

oose a d

ate to su

it you. Learn

ing to

dive th

rough a

club syste

m can

take m

onth

s, but at T

riton S

cuba w

e are flexible o

n d

ates, so

if you m

iss a day th

rough n

o fa

ult o

f your

ow

n,

you

can

always

join

an

oth

er co

urse.

The co

urse is b

roken

dow

n in

to a n

um

ber o

f m

odules

that

make

learnin

g easy

and fu

n.

Befo

re you co

me o

n th

e course yo

u n

eed to

do a b

it of h

om

e study, b

ut w

e p

rovid

e you

with

man

uals, yo

ur o

wn D

VD’s an

d co

mputer

based

learn

ing

packs

that

contain

all

the

info

rmatio

n yo

u n

eed to

understan

d th

e

theo

ry of d

iving. Y

ou stu

dy w

hen

it suits yo

u

mean

ing yo

u w

on’t h

ave to

sit through a se-­

ries of d

reary lectures. Y

our train

ing w

ill be

conducted

at our aw

ard w

innin

g, PA

DI 5

Star

Cen

tre in S

outh

sea. Durin

g th

e first weeken

d

we w

ill cover th

e th

eory sid

e of life a

nd all th

e

pool w

ork; essen

tial befo

re we take yo

u in

to

open

water. W

e will co

nfirm

what yo

u h

ave

learnt an

d fill in

any g

aps in

your kn

ow

ledge

in th

e classroom th

en it’s tim

e to get w

et. O

ver th

e first

two days

you w

ill sp

end six

hours

in th

e pool

gettin

g to

grip

s w

ith th

e eq

uip

men

t and tech

niq

ues u

sed in

divin

g.

Once th

e pool w

ork h

as been

com

pleted

and

you h

ave p

assed an

easy multip

le choice ex-

am, yo

u are

fully p

repared

for th

e last 2

days

of th

e course, w

here, in

full d

iving eq

uip

men

t th

at is now

familiar to

you, yo

u w

ill com

plete

your co

urse

by u

ndertakin

g fo

ur o

pen

water

dives. T

hese w

ill be eith

er from

our b

oat, o

r at an

inlan

d lake d

epen

din

g o

n th

e weath

er co

nditio

ns.

That’s

all there

is to it;;

you’re

ready to

go d

iving an

d th

e start of an

adve

n-

ture o

f a lifetime.

C

OS

TS

The co

urse p

rice is £349 sa

vin

g yo

u £

50 o

n

norm

al prices. W

hat d

o yo

u g

et for th

is? Well

all your train

ing o

f course, b

ut also

: Fre

e

course

materials

inclu

din

g

your

ow

n

DVD

s and m

anuals to

keep, F

ree certificatio

n,

Fre

e PA

DI

Waterp

roof

Log Book,

Fre

e pool

entry, F

ree eq

uip

men

t use, F

ree en

try to dive

sites, . A d

eposit o

f £100 is req

uired

at the

time

of

boo

king;

you

can

pay

the

balan

ce w

hen

the co

urse starts.

Unit blog - http://portsmouthunderwater.tumblr.com/

This will be updated regularly with unit information, resources and behind the scenes photos and films from students on the unit.

A blog simply lets you post stories, research, key information about your journey on this unit. At the end of the unit you have to present a film or photographic portfolio. You are required to use the blog to document this. Your ideas, processes and work in progress.

A blog allows you to upload photos, sound, videos and some of the options below also work via mobile. You can also create pages to separate your work into e.g. Research | Development | Dives | Final Film or Photographs

Would welcome any contributions from students.

To start your own blog for the unit you can use:Tumblr - www.tumblr.comWordpress - http://wordpress.com/Blogger - www.blogger.com

To get help and advice on keeping your blog for this unit please contact:claire.sambrook@port.ac.uk

UNDERWATER MEDIA MODULE - STUDENT WORK 2014/15

Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD8zRZZyP98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Hmyl0lcKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upNqLiSs-A4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctd08dFhCcM

Blogs

http://belowthecrystalline.blogspot.co.uk/

http://amyunderwater.tumblr.com/

http://underwaterromans.tumblr.com/

http://sebdiving.tumblr.com/

http://myunderwaterexperience.tumblr.com/

https://dannysdivingblog.wordpress.com/

https://iwanttomakeunderwaterfilms.wordpress.com/

http://jemmalaurendavis.blogspot.co.uk/

UNDERWATER FILMING & MEDIA ASSESSMENT 2015/16

NAME -

PORTFOLIO OF WORK - FILM/PHOTOGRAPHY (30%)Have these all been completed to a professional standard in terms of Quality / Narrative / Theme / Editing / Composition / Flow

PRESENTATION (10%) - Is the final presentation of the film or portfolio of photographs in a professional standard? Relevance / Advertising - online & offline / Display options and professional presentation of work / think about your audience. Opening/Closing credits etc

BLOG (20%) - Is the Production / Ideas Process clear? / Screengrabs (video and/or still) / Idea Process / Credits for inspiration / Research / Production & Processes / Behind the scenes / Planning /Editing / Subject Analysis / Software Use. Use of blog to present the above effectively.

Understanding Application of Filming Techniques in the Underwater Environment (30%)Knowledge Review / Application of Knowledge (group score).

OVERALL MARK

Claire Sambrook / Ben Thompson / David Jones 2015