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

Equivalent units
JOU10007 Media Content Creation
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
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
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
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
Teaching Period 3
Location
Online
Start and end dates
03-November-2025
08-February-2026
Last self-enrolment date
16-November-2025
Census date
28-November-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-January-2026
Results released date

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 ProjectGroup 40% 1,2,3,4,5 
Applied ProjectIndividual 40% 1,2,3,4,5 
AssignmentIndividual 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.