Course

Critiques of Narrative in Moving Image - SOMA3412

Faculty: Faculty of Art & Design

School: School of Art & Design

Course Outline: Downloadcourse outline (PDF format)

Campus: Paddington

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Must have completed at least 1 L2 course in VSI

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

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Description

In Critiques of Narrative in Moving Image you will creatively critique the rules and limitations put forward by screen industry practice, considering whether breaking the rules has more efficacy when the paradigm is in place. In particular you will challenge prevailing expectations of screened media, examining ideas about the rearrangement of time, juxtaposition of sound and image, montage, multiple and split screens or the interactive control of video to demonstrate what can be done to expand on traditional film practice and ask why these tactics are necessary.

Assessment involves the active remaking or reform of an existing film or video work into a new, personalised short. Using processes such as editing, sound replacement, treatment and erasure you will make good use of the storytelling by moving image. By condensing it, media that was intended for a wide audience is reshaped into your personal vision with strong significance and personality, but not necessarily following a traditional arc. You will also create a new video work that conscientiously experiments with the expectations of cinema by questioning any or all of the elements including the time line, the story arc, screen format, engagement with the audience or characterisation - first declaring and then following clearly documented goals and methodology.


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