Session 2 Learning and Teaching Update
The decision has been made to conduct study online for the remainder of Session 2 for all units WITHOUT mandatory on-campus learning activities. Exams for Session 2 will also be online where possible to do so.
This is due to the extension of the lockdown orders and to provide certainty around arrangements for the remainder of Session 2. We hope to return to campus beyond Session 2 as soon as it is safe and appropriate to do so.
Some classes/teaching activities cannot be moved online and must be taught on campus. You should already know if you are in one of these classes/teaching activities and your unit convenor will provide you with more information via iLearn. If you want to confirm, see the list of units with mandatory on-campus classes/teaching activities.
Visit the MQ COVID-19 information page for more detail.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Iqbal Barkat
Contact via Email
10HA 191B
Tuesday afternoons preferred. Please make appointment for consultation by email.
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above including MAS213 or MMCC2013
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit offers students an opportunity to develop their creative, conceptual, and technical abilities through the collaborative production of fiction, non-fiction, hybrid, or experimental screen projects of their choice across different media. They are encouraged to step up to new creative challenges in roles they have an affinity for, such as directing, producing, cinematography, production design, editing or sound design. The creative opportunities of this unit can produce work suitable for professional portfolios and entry into film festivals. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Please note that the University and the Faculty of Arts have launched a new assessment policy effective as of 1 July 2021. This new policy particularly affects LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS.
The Faculty policy in relation to late assessment submissions is as follows:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests, etc.
To be very clear:
These are serious penalties that will substantially alter your final grade and even determine whether you pass or fail this unit. Please make every effort to submit your assignment by the due date.
If you find you cannot submit your assignment on time, please apply for Special Consideration through AskMQ. Make sure you read Macquarie University's policy regarding Special Consideration requests before you apply:
https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/special-consideration
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Screen Production | 60% | No | 23:59 05/11/21 |
Portfolio: Video Essay and Study Plan | 40% | No | 23:59 20/8/21 |
Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 71 hours
Due: 23:59 05/11/21
Weighting: 60%
OPTION A COLLABORATIVE ASSESSMENT
This assignment has 2 components: Final Film (30%) Critical Evaluation of Role (30%)
1. Final Film
Each student will perform a crew role on a collaborative digital video screen production of up to 7 minutes. Each member of the creative production team is expected to undertake adequate preparation to carry out their role.
2. Critical Evaluation of Role.
Crew role performance is assessed on the basis of the final film and a report critically analysing and evaluating the production and the student’s contribution. Refer to iLearn for further information.
OPTION B INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT
This assignment has 2 components: Final Film (30%) Critical Evaluation of Role (30%)
1. Final Film Each student will individually make a digital video screen production of up to 7 minutes. The student is expected to undertake adequate preparation to carry out their role.
2. Critical Evaluation of Role
Crew role performance is assessed on the basis of the final film and a report critically analysing and evaluating the production and the student’s contribution. Refer to iLearn for further information.
Assessment Type 1: Portfolio
Indicative Time on Task 2: 22 hours
Due: 23:59 20/8/21
Weighting: 40%
Portfolio: Video Essay and Study Plan.
Each student will research and present a portfolio of items which include the following:
1. Video Essay analyzing screen and other excerpts of their choice OR exploring themes related to their production.
2. Study Plan must include a plan for the research that they are conducting in preparation of their role (e.g. an engagement with the ideas of montage editing [for directors and editors] or screen performance [for directors] or realism in design [for production designers]) and for the screen production they are working on. Refer to iLearn for further information.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Timetable
For details of the unit timetable please go to: www.timetables.mq.edu.au
Technology & Software
This is a screen production unit. Students may be required to work with a range of the department's digital and mechanical technologies and editing software including still and moving image recorders (eg. Sony HD FS5 & FX6 cameras), sound recorders, digital editing software, image stabilising equipment, tripods, dollies, various portable lighting equipment, etc. Students undertaking independent productions may use their own equipment.
Health and Safety
Students must adhere to health and safety guidelines during workshops and production activities. A safety report is required for all productions. Detailed guidelines will be provided on iLearn.
Attendance
It is a compulsory requirement to attend all production workshops and lectures.
Any absence from a workshop or lecture must be supported by documentation and discussed with the convenor.
Unit Readings
Students are expected to undertake independent research into the creative and technical aspects of screen production. A list of the weekly readings is available from the unit schedule and links to Library eReserve will be provided on ILearn. The readings are intended only as a supplement to the core screen production work, as well as enhancing your understanding of theoretical and production concepts discussed during the unit. Although readings will not be assessed from week to week, it is strongly advised that you broaden your understanding of concepts and practices relating to screen production by completing relevant readings, as well as independently researching your specific crew role areas of interest.
The list below includes recommended texts that will be available from the MQ Library.
Directing/Producing
Cohen Hart, Juan Salazar & Iqbal Barkat, Screen Media Arts, Victoria: OUP 2009.
Mercado, G., The filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition, Boston: Focal Press c20011
Profieres, Nicholas T., Film Directing Fundamentals, Boston: Focal Press, 2001.
Rabiger, Michael, Directing: film techniques and aesthetics, Boston: Focal Press, 2003.
Rea, Peter and D. Irving, Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Boston: Focal Press, 2nd ed., 2000
Katz, Steven, Film Directing Shot By Shot: visualising from concept to screen, Studio City CA: Michael Wiese Production in conjunction with Focal Press, 1991
Art Direction
Affron, C & M., Sets in Motion: art direction and film narrative, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995.
Gibbs, John, Mise-en-scene: film style and interpretation, London: Wallflower 2002
Editing
Dancyger, Ken, Technique of Film and Video Editing, Boston: Focal Press, 2007. **
Murch, Walter, In the Blink of an Eye, Sydney: AFTRS, 1992.
Sound
Chion, Michel, Audio-vision: sound on screen, New York: Columbia Press, 1994.
Larsen, Peter, Film Music, London: Reaktion, 2007.
Sider, Larry et al (eds.), Soundscape: the school of sound lectures 1998-2001, London: Wallflower, 2003.
Cinematography
Mercado, G., The filmmaker's eye : learning (and breaking) the rules of cinematic composition, Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2011.
Schaefer, Dennis and Larry Salvato, Masters of Light - Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers, Berekeley and LA: University of California Press, 1984.
Tarkovsky, Andrei, Sculpting in Time - Reflections on the Cinema, London: Faber, 1989.
Continuity
Miller, Pat, Script Supervising and Film Continuity, Boston: Focal Press, 1999.
Rowlands, Avril, Continuity Supervisor, Boston: Focal Press, 2000.
Additional weekly readings will be provided on iLearn.
Week 1
Intensive Week (Online)
28th, 29th & 30th July 3 pm to 8 pm. Online via Zoom
This intensive week will combine lectures and workshops to deal with the following topics/concerns:
Please come prepared to the Intensive with projects that you’d like to pitch.
Week 2
No lectures or workshops. Student to meet as a group to work on at least one aspect of their production together which will be demonstrated in class or online in Week 3. These aspects could include or not restricted to:
The screen studio and technical support is available (during workshop hours)
Week 3
Workshops in Screen Studio or online via Zoom.
Students will demonstrate what they have worked on as a group the previous week. They will present their findings to class. We will collectively refine these ideas in class and further their explorations.
Students will report on how they are progressing with their study plans.
Week 4
No lectures or workshops. Student to meet as a group to work on at least one aspect of their production together which will be demonstrated in class in Week 5.
The screen studio and technical support is available (during workshop hours)
Study plans due.
Week 5
Workshops in Screen Studio or online via Zoom. Students will demonstrate what they have worked on as a group the previous week. They will present their findings to class. We will collectively refine these ideas in class.
Students will report on what they have implemented of their study plans.
Week 6
No lectures or workshops. Shoot and edit online drafts of productions (or sample scenes).
Week 7
Workshops in Screen Studio or online via Zoom. Students to present their onscreen drafts or sample scenes (edited)
Semester Break Week 1
Final preproduction or shoot.
Semester Break Week 2
Final preproduction or shoot
Week 8
No workshops. Last week of shooting. Post production commences.
Week 9
No workshops. Consult with convenor on edits.
Week 10
Workshops in Screen Studio or online via Zoom. Show draft assemblies in class.
Week 11
No workshops. Edit locked off. Sound design. Consult with convenor on edits
Week 12
Workshops in Screen Studio or online via Zoom. Show fine cuts in class.
Week 13
No workshops. Meetings with production groups to finalise edits.
Week 14
Export.
Focus Screening - TBA
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Unit information based on version 2021.02 of the Handbook