Overview

This unit introduces students to digital video and audio production strategies and practices. This unit is designed to progressively build knowledge and practical skills related to the planning, capturing, editing and publishing of digital audio and video content

Requisites

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 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:

  • Understand and implement basic planning and narrative strategies
  • Analyse and interpret picture and sound relationships, audio and visual cues
  • Demonstrate a basic knowledge of audio and video production theory, tools and techniques
  • Demonstrate competence in the editing of video and audio in a digital software environment
  • Create and publish media content for online platforms
  • Develop an understanding of the synergies between media theory and practice

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various
5.00 12 weeks 60
Unspecified Activities
Various
3.00 12 weeks 36
TOTAL144

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentGroup 35% 1,2,4,6 
AssignmentIndividual 25% 1,2,3,4,5,6 
AssignmentGroup 40% 1,2,3,4,5,6 

Content

  • Use industry-based software to produce a series of short media projects
  • Introduction to editing principles and digital media production/post-production techniques
  • Planning strategies and techniques relevant to media content production
  • Audio and video capture, editing and publishing for online platforms
  • Analyse and discuss relevant media theory and texts

Study resources

Reading materials

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