Working with Image and Sound - MEFT1201

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Equivalent: FILM1105
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Explores the creative and communicative possibilities of film, video and other audio-visual technologies. Presents a wide range of examples, from classics of experimental film to the latest music videos and television advertisements: preparing outlines and storyboards, capturing and generating images and sounds, experimenting with existing images and sounds - the editing process. Explores the creative potential of audio-visual media and deals with the practical problems.

Learning Outcomes


By the end of this unit, students may be better skilled in:
  • 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


  • A 16 shot stills & sound exercise - 20%
  • Creative Folio comprising of 3 Selected Projects - 40%
  • Individual Pitch & Group Participation including Group Proposal, Presentation Poster & Critical Commentary - 40%