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Making Movies 1 (FLTV10010)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Online
About this subject
Contact information
Semester 1
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries: Contact Stop 1
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Kate Whitbread: kwhitbread@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries: Contact Stop 1
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Kate Whitbread: kwhitbread@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
|---|---|
| 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: 10 January 2025