Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

Evolution in all fields of Media Production results from creativity. Successful practitioners in Film and Television require the opportunity to develop their creative potential through experimentation. Building on prior knowledge acquired in the units KPB101, KPB115 and KPB105, you will be encouraged to become willfully nonconformist in approach, drawing on a wide range of traditions from within the genre of Experimental or Avant-Garde filmmaking.

Aims

This unit aims to provide you with an opportunity to study the various forms of experimentation in relation to creative works, an opportunity to develop creative potential through Experimental Production and gain experience in the practical techniques of Experimental Production.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Understand industry standards with regard to experimental productions.
2. Experiment in specialist areas within the major fields of production.
3. Apply practical skills in specialist areas within the fields of production.

Content

The unit addresses content such as forms of experimentation in each of the production specialisations, management, direction, camera, sound and editing, as they apply to the creative industries.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit is taught in a team teaching mode through the five production specialisations common to the major fields of media production.
These specialisations are:
- Management. This specialisation includes the generation of ideas and business aspects of film and television production.
- Direction. This specialisation includes image sonic capture and lighting design.
- Camera. This specialisation includes the direction and mediation of performance and events and their translation via technology on location and in constructed settings.
- Sound. This specialisation includes sonic capture and audio design.
- Editing. This specialisation includes audiovisual montage and image mixing.
The unit will consist of lectures and workshop-tutorials. You will be required to undertake work outside set class times on your own and on other student's experimental productions.
You will need to work both individually and in groups. While specific group process skills will be taught, it is the responsibility of individual students to work on development of constructive attitudes to your group and its members. This calls for self-discipline and self-awareness.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
During the tutorial sessions you will receive formative assessment in the form of:
1. Discussion and feedback on concepts and design of your video assignments.
2. Solving any problems experienced during practice and production.
3. Feedback on any exercises during practice and production.
4. Weight: 0%

Assessment name: Crewing
Description: (Formative and summative) Undertake one each of the following three specialisations across three different productions being made by your team members: Production Management, Camera Operating, Lighting
Relates to objectives: 1, 2 & 3
Weight: 30%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End semester

Assessment name: Project Proposal
Description: Plan and document a one minute experimental production. ThisYour proposal will be used to brief crew members assisting you in Assessment 2.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2 & 3
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid semester

Assessment name: Experimental Production
Description: (Formative and summative) Make a one minute experimental production that you have written and directed.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2 & 3
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: External
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Required Texts

Bordwell, D and Thompson, K (2001) Film Art: An Introduction, 6th Edition, New York: McGraw & Hill, Inc.

Mollison, M (2003) Producing Videos: A Complete Guide, 2nd Edition, Sydney: Allen and Unwin.

Risk assessment statement

Every project is different and the risks are unique to that project. Students working on Film & Television productions are required to provide appropriate Risk Assessments of their projects prior to receiving equipment.

The risk assessment should look at the scope of the project and document responses to possible scenarios that might be encountered. The prevention and avoidance of the risks should keep in mind; ELIMINATION of the risk, SUBSTITUTION of the risk, ISOLATION of the risk, ENGINEERING to remove the risk, ADMINISTRATION of the risk and the use of PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

Note that if, in your considered opinion, there is a potential for an accident to occur, the activity should be abandoned and advice sought from specialists, supervisors or lecturers. It should be noted that even if this Risk Assessment has been done and/or advice and consultation has been sought from lecturers or other consultants, the liability for risk management still rests, in the final instance, with the students responsible for the project.

Film and Television Project Risk Assessment Forms and an accompanying Project Risk Assessment Guideline should be accessed and downloaded at the following site:

Blackboard, My Communities, Film and Television Homepage.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 02-Nov-2012