Documentary Projects 2B (FLTV70029)
Graduate coursework level 7Points: 37.5Not available in 2025
About this subject
Overview
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In Documentary Projects 2B, each student will assume responsibility for writing and directing his or her own major production. This documentary project will be completed creatively and technically to a professional level. Students will crew on other student productions depending on their strand of study.
Students may elect to shoot components of their major production on or off campus depending on the locations required. Students are also expected, when crewing on fellow student productions, to work on or off campus.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- writing, directing and editing an innovative short documentary motion picture program at a high professional standard;
- applying production techniques to express screen-based ideas;
- leading and participating in a collaborative team at an advanced level.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate advanced creative and technical skills in the area of documentary for film and television;
- confidently manage competing demands on time including self-directed production work;
- communicate at an advanced level in oral and written form and through screen production, for a wide variety of audience;
- exhibit a developed knowledge of the film, television and allied industries;
- exhibit a developed set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment.
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLTV70028 | Documentary Projects 2A | Not available in 2025 |
12.5 |
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: 8 November 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Crewing: Students are required to crew on fellow student' major productions in meaningful roles and in an industry professional manner
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Production Folio: All industry standard pre-production, production and post production paperwork to be handed in to supervising producer on due dates and of a professional standard
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Major Production: This project shall be of a longer duration than those of Documentary Projects 1A & 1B - the specific details of the production length depend on the specialization and students will refer to their production guidelines handbook. Each student writes, directs and edits his/her own production. 1 internal staff assessor and 2 external industry assessors assess this production
| Throughout the teaching period | 70% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 80% of workshops, classes and lectures in order to be eligible for assessment. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2025
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Last updated: 8 November 2024
Further information
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Last updated: 8 November 2024