Content Creator Lab
Overview
The Content Creator Lab aims to introduce students to audio, photographic and video content production theories and techniques in a dynamic and collaborative setting. Students will explore key historic developments in visual and audio storytelling techniques and the theoretical principles evolving from these emergent narrative forms. Making use of contemporary mobile-driven technologies and platforms, students will apply their developing understanding of narrative and aesthetic practice to a series of 'sprint' productions optimised for social platforms and the fast-paced production environments of today's content creator.
Requisites
01-June-2025
02-November-2025
08-February-2026
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Distinguish fundamental concepts of aesthetics and medium-specific narrative design across media formats
- Identify and use mobile-first storytelling principles and best practice ethical and inclusive production techniques
- Employ technical skills in audio, photographic and video content creation to produce portfolio work at in sprint production environments
- Identify emerging technologies and trends and innovate their use in professional production and practice
- Communicate constructively, provide peer feedback and collaborate in fast-paced team and individual environments to contribute to a community of practice
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Class |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various |
3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Unspecified Activities Various |
6.50 | 12 weeks | 78 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning |
12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Project | Group | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Applied Project | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Assignment | Individual | 20% | 1,4,5 |
Content
- Narrative theories relevant to a range of media in contemporary content production
- Mobile-first storytelling principles and practices, and their professional applications
- The technologies and platforms used by today’s professional content creators
- Emergent technologies, trends and practices shaping global media industries
- Aesthetics, composition and production for sound, stills and moving images
- Teamwork in sprint production environments and peer feedback techniques
- Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute -Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
- Graduate Attribute - Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
- Graduate Attribute - Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
- Graduate Attribute - Digital literacies: Information literacy
- Graduate Attribute - Digital Literacies: Technical literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.