Every piece of graded work in the course, what it is worth, and when it is due.
Weights should sum to 100.
Slop Teardown
The one assessment in the course that asks you to explain a slop artefact instead of making one — a rigorous teardown of its tells, its economics, and who it is built to fool or flatter
Due 29 March 2027 · Weight: 25%
Slop Pipeline
Design the automation that could produce one slop archetype at scale, and make the economic case for why anyone would bother running it
Due 19 April 2027 · Weight: 25%
Direct a Slop Feature
The capstone — a sustained slop narrative, or a trailer plus its promotional cuts, committed to one story, one visual language and one genre for its full runtime, plus the director's statement that explains the commitment
Due 10 May 2027 · Weight: 50%