Screen Practice 2B

286 Hours

Screen Practice 2 (not to be taken concurrently)

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Screen Practice 2B further develops skills attained in Screen Practice 2A and other Level Two -Semester One work, including more in-depth pre-production work, more sustained shooting periods and further work on dialogue recording and editing. The subject offers students an opportunity to consolidate skills learned via the production of a short motion picture production that each student will write and produce from concept to completion. Students also crew for other students in areas such as camera, lighting, production management, continuity & assistant directing.

On completing this subject students will be able to:

• Consolidate their understanding of dialogue recording and editing,
• Demonstrate more advanced practical filmmaking skills including direction of actors, cinematography, sound recording and editing, production management, assistant directing and other fundamental principles of filmmaking;
• Confidently apply production techniques to express screen-based ideas over longer time frames;
• Demonstrate enhanced creative and technical production skills;

Demonstrate a greater understanding of the role leadership plays in guiding productions from concept to completion

Hurdle requirement

Students must attend 80% of all scheduled classes and attempt all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject.

Production Exercise 2B: 1 - Screen production (45%);

Crewing on Exercises 2B: 1 - Approximately 80 hrs. on set work plus 500 words written report (25%);

Production Blog for Ex 2B: 1 - Equivalent 1500 words (20%);

Production Paperwork - *Equivalent of 1,500 words (10%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completing this subject students will be able to:

• Advance their ability to communicate in visual form;
• Plan and organise their work and solve problems;
• Show increasing levels of initiative, leadership and collaboration;
• Lead a team and work collaboratively;
• Apply practical and theoretical knowledge to problem solve both practically and creatively;
• Further consolidate a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment.