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Making Movies 1 (FLTV10010)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only.
Making Movies 1 introduces students with little or no background in movie making to the fundamentals of filmmaking from the professional filmmaker’s perspective.
This online subject analyses the role of the key ‘behind the scenes’ creatives: film director, writer, producer, actor, production designer, editor and sound designer, to provide an insight into professional film making practice.
The subject also analyses key creative and practical skills such as application of genre, screenwriting, directing, cinematography, film editing & audio post-production, actor direction, production aesthetics, and film crew organisation.
Delivery is through online lectures that include a wide range of film material, presented by professional film practitioners and some applied exercises. Assessments apply the knowledge gained in the lectures, including the application of the grammar of screen language to the analysis of a film project, through image-based story-telling, and a Director's vision of an original filmic idea.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- identify the key creative roles in film production;
- identify the creative skills and processes that are required within these roles to make a film;
- apply the grammar of screen language when analysing a film project;
- apply filmic techniques to the expression of screen-based ideas;
- critically analyse the application of filmmaking techniques and creative aesthetics to screen-based narratives.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- prepare narratives using visual storytelling techniques;
- critically analyse the use of filmmaking techniques;
- apply knowledge of basic filmmaking fundamentals;
- communicate story in both written and visual forms.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Weekly Quiz: 12 brief multiple choice quizzes, relating to the weekly lecture
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Visual Sequence: A sequence of original images (illustrations or photos or a combination of both) that tell a story (maximum of 10 images)
| Mid teaching period | 40% |
Director's Statement: Students are required to apply their Director's vision to an original film idea, articulating creative decision making across a range of areas. These include casting, genre, cinematography and audio design.
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Kate Whitbread Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour online lecture per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 - Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Kate Whitbread Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour online lecture per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Breadth Track Making Movies - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024