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Last updated: 4 March 2022
ACM116/ACM134 Screen Practices
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ACM116
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Online independent and collaborative learning activities including: 1 x 1-hour class (recordings provided) and 1 x 2-hour seminar activities per week equivalent.
Cloud students are expected to participate in weekly discussions and interactions with the tutor.
This unit examines the language, techniques and practices of screen production (live action and animation). It enables understanding of the ways in which screen stories are told through narrative and audiovisual forms and styles, drawing from historical traditions through to contemporary practices. Topics addressed in the unit include: screen histories (key movements, genres and technologies), screen story structures and plots, character development and arcs, editing, cinematography, mise-en-scène, and sound.
Deconstruct films and television programs to identify and explain the use of film and television production techniques, form and style
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
Deconstruct films and television programs to identify and explain the use of film and television post-production techniques, form and style
Effectively communicate the use of technique, form and style in film and television programs in oral, written and digital forms
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO5: Problem solving
Undertake and complete a systematic analysis and evaluation of film and television production using the key concepts and principles of the field
GLO6: Self-management
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ACF106 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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