ACF700 - Writing with the Camera

Year:

2027 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
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 teaching period 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 online lecture per week

1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week

Content

This unit develops the foundational skills for "writing with the camera"; the translation of script into moving image. Designed for emerging screen practitioners, it equips students with the technical and creative skills required for professional screen production: digital video camera operation, visual language, lighting, sound recording, and an introduction to virtual production. It is a practical unit that requires attendance to participate in the assessment activities; a series of camera, audio, and sequencing exercises and critical evaluations that develop industry standard skills students can extend into their own film and television projects.
Topics include:
• digital video camera operation and handling
• industry standard framing, composition and visual language
• basic lens theory
• foundational lighting techniques
• recording and working with audio in digital video
• non-linear editing and data management
• constructing sequences: overlay and continuity

Unit fee information

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