Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Karen Pearlman
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above including (MAS 212 or MMCC2012)
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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 introduces students to fundamentals of fiction film-making. It offers students the opportunity to develop capacities to: produce, direct, design, shoot, edit, or sound design fictional narratives. As part of a film crew students begin to develop a sense of their own creative affinities. The unit aims to activate their aesthetic judgment and contribute to the cohesive collaborative production of screen stories and ideas. |
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Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quizzes | 15% | No | Mondays 11:55pm Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 11 |
Creative work 1 | 35% | No | 11:55pm final day of intensive (date depends on ernrolment) |
Creative work 2 | 50% | No | 08/11/2024-11:55pm (Friday of week 14) |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 16 hours
Due: Mondays 11:55pm Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 11
Weighting: 15%
Multiple choice quizzes designed to consolidate learning from readings, lectures and equipment demonstrations (live, on video or through handouts). These quizzes support student knowledge acquisition and skills development in media practice and production.
Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 35 hours
Due: 11:55pm final day of intensive (date depends on ernrolment)
Weighting: 35%
Working in small groups, students respond creatively to a given script, and collaboratively produce a fiction scene or short film during the intensive period. Each student fulfils the responsibilities of one or more professional crew roles in this process. Through this task, students develop and demonstrate understanding of the continuity style of coverage, mise-en-scene, editing, and sound as creative tools for conveying stories and ideas.
Assessment Type 1: Creative work
Indicative Time on Task 2: 65 hours
Due: 08/11/2024-11:55pm (Friday of week 14)
Weighting: 50%
Working in a designated role in production crews (or individually if participating remotely), students script, produce, direct, design, shoot, edit, and sound design a short (approximately 5 minute) fiction film to create a work suitable for their portfolios. Through this task students develop and demonstrate capacities for coherent and compelling onscreen storytelling. Students develop their projects through successive stages of pre-production, production, and post-production, and also demonstrate ability to critically assess their own and others work. Final submission includes a 250 word reflection.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
The unit includes practical classes, a three day intensive workshop, and weekly readings/quizzes for building of skills in creative development, pre-production, production, and post production of short fiction films.
Students are expected to gain some faimiliarity with all roles on the crew, develop their knowledge of story design, continuity coverage and editing, and take responsibility for a particular area of film produciton.
Avid editing software licenses will be provided to all enroled students at the start of the unit. Access to camera, lighting and sound gear will be contingent on active and responsible particpation in the intensive workshop, and correct use of the booking system and required forms.
MMCC2013 Schedule
Weeks 1- 3
Weeks 4 – 8
Week 1 mid semester break – on Campus
Week 2 mid-sem break and weeks 9 & 10
Weeks 11, 12, 13 live on campus
Week 14
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Date | Description |
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19/08/2024 | Production period is 2nd week of mid-semester break, week 9 and week 10 Editing and Sound post-production is in weeks 11, 12, and 13. Practical classes will be held in those weeks to review editing progress and give feedback. Final Productions are due on Friday in week 14. |
Unit information based on version 2024.04 of the Handbook