CMNS3440
Media Production: Screen Drama
10 Units
Available in 2014
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 1 |
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Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
Provides students with the skills, knowledge and ability to create a short screen based drama shot on Video. Students will be required to propose a script for a short drama. In consultation with academic staff, the most attractive of these proposals will be crewed. Students will then be required to budget, script, schedule, shoot, and post produce the chosen proposal. The emphasis in this course will be on creative engaging and original treatment of the story which is sound in its production techniques and thorough in its implementation. This large group project will emphasise communication, collaboration and creativity processes for location filming practices.
In order to participate in this course, students must complete a compulsory Workplace Health and Safety requirement. Students will receive full information on this Compulsory Course Component in the course outline provided by the school.
| Objectives | This course will: 1. develop skills, knowledge and understanding of screen-based drama production practice by allowing students to build on existing skills through production roles and collaborative group work; 2. encourage development and critical analysis of original ideas for both editorial content and aesthetic techniques for screen based drama productions; 3. provide students with the practical opportunity to further develop their individual and social creative processes for screen-based drama productions through collaborative work; 4. provide an awareness and understanding of the industry expectations in regard to OH&S issues, risk assessments, budgeting, ethical and moral issues, and safe working practices. |
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| Content | Topics to be covered are: Professional production practices and creative processes for screen-based practitioners working in collaborative groups. Industry expectation for screen-based production budgets, planning and scheduling, risk assessments, legal and copyright issues. Editorial, technical and aesthetic content development for screen based drama productions. Planning and realising a screen-based drama production on time and within a limited resource base. |
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| Replacing Course(s) | CMNS3110- Advanced Video Post Production | ||||||||
| Transition | Credit cannot be obtained for both CMNS3110 and CMNS3440. | ||||||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | CMNS2030 or CMNS2040 | ||||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning Internal Mode |
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| Teaching Methods | Problem Based Learning
Lecture Integrated Learning Self Directed Learning Student Projects Studio Workshop |
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| Contact Hours | Workshop: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Workshop: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 1 weeks Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Studio: for 7 hour(s) per Week for 2 weeks |
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| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for CMNS3440 |