Making Movies 2

This subject is not offered in 2014.

95 hours

Making Movies 2 is not available to students in their first year of study. This subject is open to Level 2 and Level 3 students upon successful completion of Making Movies 1.

Not available for BFA (FTV), BFA (Animation) or BFA (Screenwriting) students.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Making Movies 2 provides students, who have been introduced to film production fundamentals in Making Movies 1, further insight into the practipalities of professional film production. The subject will advance the study of Making Movies 1, in the areas such as screenwriting, film directing, cinematography, animation and documentary.

Upon completion, students will have:

-An enhanced understanding of the practicalities of filmmaking;

-An overview of the different qualities of various delivery platforms;

-Further capacity to understand and apply complex techniques to express schreen-based ideas, and

-Further ability to critically analyse the application of filmmaking techniques and creative aesthetics to screen-based narratives.

-Practical assignment - Week 4 (20%);

-12 x brief on-line tests - Assessed forthnightly (20%);

-Critical and creative practical task - End of Semester (60%).

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

On completion of this subject students should have developed the ability to:

-Prepared a concept suitable for screenplay development;

-Prepare narratives using visual storytelling techniques;

-Critically analyse the use of filmmaking tehchniques;

-Be able to apply knowledge of basic filmmaking fundamentals;

-Communicate story in both written and visual form.