Overview

​This Unit provides students with further opportunity to expand their creative and collaborative filmmaking skills through the development of a Major Film Project. Students will be encouraged to further develop and nurture projects within the group dynamic as if professionally employed in the film and television industry.

Requisites

Prerequisites
FTV30014 Major Project: Screen Writing
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Develop a creative and collaborative filmmaking approach to a narrative, documentary or animated film, television pilot or promo, or equivalent production commensurate with the final Major Film Project
  • Visualise and develop directorial production documents for a Major Film Project which reflect the creative and collaborative input from all filmmaking specialisations
  • Apply professional collaborative filmmaking skills using visual, aural and technical approaches to develop the Major Film Project
  • Prepare and deliver a group pitch that shows the development of the Major Film Project through pre-production filmmaking documents – script, mood boards, shot lists, camera and lighting plans, sound recording treatments and post-production plans and ancillary written materials
  • Reflect on professional level of planning for creative and collaborative filmmaking production workflows

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Workshop		3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various		11.00 6 weeks 66
Unspecified Activities
Various		4.00 12 weeks 48
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4 
Pitch PresentationsGroup 25% 1,2,4 
Reflective JournalIndividual 25% 2,3,5 

Content

  • Pitching and developing screen plays and directorial ideas that inform production materials and film specialisations
  • Visualizing a screen play through pre-production planning documentation based on directorial and film specialisations approaches using creative practice research method
  • Exploring the collaborative and creative practices of film and television specialisations, including writing/script editing, producing, directing, acting, production design, cinematography, editing and sound design
  • Developing professional skills through specialisation workshops for Head of Department roles
  • Developing emotional and complex response to screen ideas and thematic approaches to aesthetic, visual and audio choices
  • Reflection on the development of collaborative and creative practices of filmmaking

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.