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Unit aim
Introduces students to the theory and practice of video production: research, scripting, budgeting, directing, producing, camera operating, sound design, editing and presenting. Students will design and shoot a short video in a given genre.
Unit content
- Composition
- Lighting
- Sound
- Camera-work
- Production management
- Editing
- Sound-editing
- Titles, colour grading and effects
- Output
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | Understand and apply pre-production processes in planning, scripting and storyboarding digital video projects | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 2 | Understand key crewing functions in a screen industry production context | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | Demonstrate proficiency in operating portable cameras, microphones, and lighting equipment in digital video production contexts | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 4 | Actively participate as a team member in the development and production of digital video projects | | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Understand and apply pre-production processes in planning, scripting and storyboarding digital video projects
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- Understand key crewing functions in a screen industry production context
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Demonstrate proficiency in operating portable cameras, microphones, and lighting equipment in digital video production contexts
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- Actively participate as a team member in the development and production of digital video projects
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- Mollison, M, 2010, Producing Videos: A Complete Guide, 3rd edn, Allen and Unwin, Sydney. ISBN: 9781742370569.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.