Overview

This unit allows students to develop advanced research, screenwriting and production skills to produce video content for a number of different contexts, including online and social media production, short form documentary and live broadcasting

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:

  • Design, research and implement a long form feature or documentary video project using advanced production and editing skills
  • Identify and apply knowledge of new forms of video storytelling, narrative structures and shooting to media research and production processes
  • Collaborate in a team broadcasting environment to produce video content that reflects industry standard production processes with a high level of personal ethical accountability
  • Research, apply and communicate an advanced understanding of issues specific to the investigation and production of video, new conceptions of video audiences and transmedia dissemination practices

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Lab		 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
Design Tasks and ResearchIndividual 30% 2,3 
Final Pitch and PresentationIndividual 30% 2,4 
ProjectIndividual 40% 1,2 

Content

  • The integration of video content and storytelling into multiplatform and online environments
  • Research about new forms of video storytelling, narrative structures and shooting, including mobile phone film making, citizen journalism and short form documentary
  • Researching, conceptualising and producing video news for transmedia audiences – from broadcast to social media
  • Advanced production and editing skills specific to research and writing for long form video features, information and documentary styles
  • 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.