ACF700 - Writing with the Camera
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1-hour lecture per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week. Students must attend and participate in project-based activities at the Burwood campus on the scheduled days during the trimester, commencing in week 1. |
Content
This unit is an introduction to the foundations of screen practice and aims to equip students with the necessary technical skills to undertake further production units. It explores the technology of high definition video cameras, non-linear digital editing software and virtual production. It is a practical unit that requires attendance to participate in the assessment activities; a series of camera, audio, editing exercises and critical evaluations that will contribute to the development of industry standard production skills.
Topics include:
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digital video camera operation and handling
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industry standard framing, composition and visual language
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basic lens theory
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foundational lighting techniques
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recording and working with audio in digital video
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non-linear editing and data management
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constructing sequences: overlay and continuity
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