School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Specialist Workshop 1
  • Unit Code

    SCR2108
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Catherine Joanne HENKEL

Description

The unit is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and creative considerations involved in their particular specialisation in screen production. It develops an understanding of the requirements of a particular area of specialisation within a screen production team across a variety of types of screen products. It develops an awareness of the standards of specific skills, knowledge of technology, personal attributes, and creative contribution within the professional screen industry.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCR2107, SCR2109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the contribution of their personal specialisation to a screen project.
  2. Demonstrate mastery of skills required for a specific area of specialisation in a screen production process.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to use the specific equipment, technology, software, etc., used in their area of specialisation.
  4. Discuss the creative decisions made in an example of specialist work.
  5. Produce examples of their specialist work.
  6. Produce the documentation required for their specialization in the various phases of production.

Unit Content

  1. Current industry practice.
  2. Discussion of screen projects from the point of view of a particular specialisation.
  3. Exercises in various aspects of a specialisation.
  4. Problem-solving and trouble-shooting.
  5. Safety and security issues.
  6. The preparation, documentation, record-keeping and reporting requirements for an area of specialisation.
  7. The production hierarchy and teamwork issues.
  8. The role of the specialisation in the production matrix in various types of screen products.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops. Seminars.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseDemonstration of proficiency in a specialist area30%
ExerciseA talk on an aspect or practitioner in an area of specialisation30%
ProjectAn in-depth investigation and/or demonstration of an area of specialisation40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Specialist Workshop 1
  • Unit Code

    SCR2108
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Catherine Joanne HENKEL

Description

The unit is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and creative considerations involved in their particular specialisation in screen production. It develops an understanding of the requirements of a particular area of specialisation within a screen production team across a variety of types of screen products. It develops an awareness of the standards of specific skills, knowledge of technology, personal attributes, and creative contribution within the professional screen industry.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCR2107, SCR2109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the contribution of their personal specialisation to a screen project.
  2. Demonstrate mastery of skills required for a specific area of specialisation in a screen production process.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to use the specific equipment, technology, software, etc., used in their area of specialisation.
  4. Discuss the creative decisions made in an example of specialist work.
  5. Produce examples of their specialist work.
  6. Produce the documentation required for their specialization in the various phases of production.

Unit Content

  1. Current industry practice.
  2. Discussion of screen projects from the point of view of a particular specialisation.
  3. Exercises in various aspects of a specialisation.
  4. Problem-solving and trouble-shooting.
  5. Safety and security issues.
  6. The preparation, documentation, record-keeping and reporting requirements for an area of specialisation.
  7. The production hierarchy and teamwork issues.
  8. The role of the specialisation in the production matrix in various types of screen products.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops. Seminars.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseDemonstration of proficiency in a specialist area30%
ExerciseA talk on an aspect or practitioner in an area of specialisation30%
ProjectAn in-depth investigation and/or demonstration of an area of specialisation40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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