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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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

    Screen Project: Documentary

  • Unit Code

    SCR6120

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit involves the pre-production, production and post-production of a screen project which is a short documentary. Working in teams, students take on the role of producer, writer, director, editor, cinematographer, sound recordist or performer.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge and skills with high level of personal autonomy and accountability within a sustained and resolved body of work, appropriate to the documentary production role undertaken.
  2. Collaborate, lead, negotiate and interact with others as a member of adocumentary production team to complete a quality screen project.
  3. Critically analyse the documentary production process and identify areas for improvement.
  4. Demonstrate the discipline, commitment and interpersonal skills necessary to work as a member of a documentary production team.
  5. Generate and maintain the documentation required for the documentary production.
  6. Generate, research and explore ideas, concepts and processes in the field through integrated creative, critical and reflective thinking.
  7. Work effectively to schedules, budgets and documentary production parameters.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of the documentary production process and solutions for improvement.
  2. Documenting the documentary production role.
  3. Journal of activities during the documentary production process.
  4. Pre-production, production and post-production documentary roles.
  5. Reflection on the process and evaluation of contribution to the documentary production.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Screen production workshops.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalJournal15%
ReportReport15%
ProjectProduction project70%

Text References

  • Alexander, S. (Coord. Ed.). (2002). The satchel production budgeting and film management. Sydney, Australia: Australian Film Commission.
  • Bastian, C. (1994). Film production management. Boston, MAS: Focal Press.
  • Middlemiss, J. (1992). Guide to film and television research. Sydney, Australia: AFRS/Allen & Unwin.
  • Honthan, E.L. (2013). The complete film production handbook. (Electronic resource). Hoboken, NJ: Taylor and Francis.
  • Hampe, B. (1997). Making documentary films and reality videos: A practical guide to planning films and editing documentaries of real events. Holt McDougal.

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

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

    Screen Project: Documentary

  • Unit Code

    SCR6120

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit involves the pre-production, production and post-production of a screen project which is a short documentary. Working in teams, students take on the role of producer, writer, director, editor, cinematographer, sound recordist or performer.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge and skills with high level of personal autonomy and accountability within a sustained and resolved body of work, appropriate to the documentary production role undertaken.
  2. Collaborate, lead, negotiate and interact with others as a member of adocumentary production team to complete a quality screen project.
  3. Critically analyse the documentary production process and identify areas for improvement.
  4. Demonstrate the discipline, commitment and interpersonal skills necessary to work as a member of a documentary production team.
  5. Generate and maintain the documentation required for the documentary production.
  6. Generate, research and explore ideas, concepts and processes in the field through integrated creative, critical and reflective thinking.
  7. Work effectively to schedules, budgets and documentary production parameters.

Unit Content

  1. Analysis of the documentary production process and solutions for improvement.
  2. Documenting the documentary production role.
  3. Journal of activities during the documentary production process.
  4. Pre-production, production and post-production documentary roles.
  5. Reflection on the process and evaluation of contribution to the documentary production.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Screen production workshops.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
JournalJournal15%
ReportReport15%
ProjectProduction project70%

Text References

  • Alexander, S. (Coord. Ed.). (2002). The satchel production budgeting and film management. Sydney, Australia: Australian Film Commission.
  • Bastian, C. (1994). Film production management. Boston, MAS: Focal Press.
  • Middlemiss, J. (1992). Guide to film and television research. Sydney, Australia: AFRS/Allen & Unwin.
  • Honthan, E.L. (2013). The complete film production handbook. (Electronic resource). Hoboken, NJ: Taylor and Francis.
  • Hampe, B. (1997). Making documentary films and reality videos: A practical guide to planning films and editing documentaries of real events. Holt McDougal.

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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