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Video Exercise - MEFT3200
Media, Film and Theatre

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: http://media.arts.unsw.edu.au//
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 12 units of credit in Level 2 FILM or MEFT courses
 
 
Equivalent: FILM3001
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Introduces the basic concepts that underlie a video production, from script to final cut, plus some practical experience of video-making.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit, students may be better skilled in:
  • Applying a range of technical skills to developing their own work and articulating film theory in practice.
  • Working with technical, conceptual and aesthetic constraints in devising creative work
  • Engaging, applying and communicating film and video craft and screen language
  • Planning conceptual projects and working creatively in groups
  • Conceiving, researching, preparing, editing and presenting audio-visual concepts, storyboards, photo-essays and scripts
  • Reading technical, instructional and creative forms of writing about film and learning to learn how to use software

Assessment

  • 24 Hour Film Project & Solo Post-Production of Group project - 20%
  • First Person Digital Narrative - 30%
  • Project Proposal: Synopsis, Outline, Treatment & Pitch - 10%
  • Short Video Production (7 min) - 40%

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