undergraduate

Trains students to think critically, to work collaboratively, to use
new technologies and to develop a portfolio of their own work.
Required Units
Credit Points
Eight units selected from the following list:
FAV1101 Introduction to Digital Video 15
FAV2101 Introduction to Video Production 15
FAV2201 Video Production: Drama and Documentary 15
FAV3301 Advanced Video Production 1 15
FAV3401 Advanced Video Production 2 15
FAV1111 Film and Cinema Studies 15
SCR2116 Australian Screen Studies 15
CMM2107 Documentary, Film and Television 15
FAV3116 Animation and Filmosophy 15
FAV3205 Screen Evolution* 15
FAV2102 Scriptwriting: Short Films 15
FAV2203 Scriptwriting: Television Drama 15
FAV3202 Scriptwriting: Feature Films, Documentary
and Radio 15
FAV3204 Scriptwriting: Adaptation, Editing and
Commissioned Content 15
Students may also undertake an intensive 16 unit program of
study in Film and Video by completing 10 units selected from
the list above, 4 units from the Specialist Elective Areas below
and SCR3150 Screen Academy Advanced Production Project
(30 credit points). Students who select this option will substitute
it for their supplementary program of study.
Performance and Direction
PER1106 Performance Skills 15
PAM2103 Theory of Directing 15
PAM3104 Stage Combat 15
Factual Programming, Current Affairs and Documentary
CMM1104 Writing for the Media 15
BRO1020 Broadcasting and the New Media Landscape 15
BRO2025 Broadcasting Skills 15
Cinematography and Lighting
PHO1105 Photo Work 15
IMM1121 Digital Photomedia 15
PHO2103 Studio Work 15
Film Business and Producing
MAN1100 Management I 15
CMM2103 Media Law and Ethics 15
PAD3102 Event Management 15
Animation, Motion Graphics and Special Effects
PHO2221 Advanced Digital Photomedia 15
GDT2102 3D Visualisation 15
IMM3205 3D Animation 15
FAV3231 Digital Video 2 15
Sound Design
MTQ1110 Desktop Music Production 15
MTQ1118 Digital Audio and Sampling Techniques 15
MTQ2112 Sound Mixing 15
Production Design and Art Direction
PAM1002 Technical Theatre 1 15
DEF1101 Design Foundations: Design Principles 15
DES2204 Design Practices: Filmic Design 15
Film Theory
MST3151 Media and Identity 15
IAS3106 Indigenous Histories in Film 15
CMM3119 Case Studies in Communications 15
Game Design and Culture
Prepares students for the emerging growth industries of
information and entertainment afforded by ubiquitous digital
technologies.
Explores creative gaming technologies through a critical and
cultural perspective, and with a focus on the creative visual
design of digital media experiences for end users.
Students will study the social and cultural impact of games,
the psychological and social principles of game design, and the
development of digital and analogue visual media for games.
Required Units
Credit Points
GDT2103 Visual and Conceptual Game Design 15
GDT2102 3D Visualisation 15
GDT3101 Game Culture 15
GDT3103 Serious Gaming 15
GDT3106 Game Level Design 15
Three units selected from the following list:
VIS1303 Introduction to Drawing 15
GDT2105 Writing for Games 15
IMM2123 Interactive Multimedia Authoring 1 15
IMM3205 3D Animation 15
GDT3104 Game Studies 15
GDT3204 Games Project 15
Recommended Electives
FAV1101 Introduction to Digital Video 15
IMM1121 Digital Photomedia 15
communications & arts
Photo by: ECU student Heather Jenkins
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