Production Collaboration

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

360 Hours

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Students are introduced to the culture and practice of collaborating in a film and television environment. Each student is required to form a creative partnership or team and to follow at least one screen project through its entire process. Students will take the role of producer of that student production and will be expected to oversee its distribution and marketing strategies.
Students are expected to follow the project from pre-production through production to post production. Students may need to work on location off-campus when producing or crewing on student films.

This subject will enable students to:
• extend their creative abilities and business skills;
• developed a sound understanding of the structure of the Australian Film, Television and allied industries;
• demonstrate the capacity to produce a substantial, professional short creative project;
• demonstrate an ability to produce a high standard product with demanding constraints;
• demonstrate leadership qualities when working within the creative arts.

Producing work on one major production
All industry standard pre-production, production and postproduction paperwork to be handed in at a professional standard to the supervising producer on due dates (80%).

Crewing on other (2nd) production
Students are required to crew on fellow student’s major productions in meaningful roles and in an industry professional manner. Assessment is based on attendance, and industry standard paperwork, specific to that crewing role, submitted on time (20%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completing this subject students will:
• confidently communicate in oral and written form;
• exhibit an ability for intellectual curiosity, an understanding of the creative process and the skills to develop a creative project;
• exhibit the skills to interpret, analyse, problem solve and negotiate;
• demonstrate a developed leadership capacity and the ability to act as a mentor to the development of others;
• understand issues related to intellectual property management and exploitation and the legal aspects of Producing;
• demonstrate an entrepreneurial approach and ability to research and develop a distribution and marketing plan.