Overview

This unit aims to examine how audio techniques are used to create both short and extended radio/audio features. It teaches students to be professional creative storytellers through the use of advanced audio narrative techniques with an understanding of audience and platform requirements.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Evaluate and demonstrate understanding of the professional demands placed on radio (and podcast) content producers.
  • Critically analyse long form radio features to evaluate how production and narrative techniques form a cohesive package for audiences.
  • Apply critical research analysis of the ways audio storytelling constructs and conveys meaning to short and long form story telling techniques.
  • Develop and demonstrate research skills which can be used in combination with advanced audio production techniques to produce researched soundscapes, complex interviews and audio features.
  • Research, develop and facilitate narrative, story and plot ideas for short and extended radio and podcast features.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Lecture (asynchronous)		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Specified Activities
Various		 6.00  12 weeks  72
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 3.50  12 weeks  42
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Applied ProjectIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4,5 
AssignmentIndividual 15% 1,3,4,5 
Presentation and ReportIndividual 35% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Research, Planning, Developing and testing a short and long form audio feature.
  • Pitching an audio proposal to key stakeholders
  • Researching and conducting in depth interviewing
  • Developing narrative structure and plot advancement in long and short form storytelling
  • Analysing audio actuality features and documentaries
  • Advanced Adobe Audition and Studio editing skills
  • Researching and evaluating audio delivery platforms
  • Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • 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.