In this course students explore animation and video in relation to landscape and environment. The course introduces skills and technologies in sound recording, lighting and scripting to enable students to independently develop, in response to set projects, integrated works in animation or video. Independent contextual research will critically engage with contextual and theoretical knowledge and incorporate this into their individual projects. Workplace health and safety instruction is an integral part of this course. This topic-based course alternates over two years (odd and even years). In odd years, the course focuses on drama. Even years will focus on documentary.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Competently utilise and integrate a range of higher level skills relevant to animation or video production, in response to set tasks
- Independently explore the potential of technologies and equipment of video production
- Independently or collaboratively experiment with the application of concepts and processes in response to a professional brief in relation to animation or video
- Critically engage with historical and theoretical contexts relating to video production
Other Information
Students may enrol in this course more than once. This course may be taken up to two times for a maximum of 12 units credit. This course can only be counted once towards a major or minor.Indicative Assessment
Portfolio of studio work (80%) Learning Outcomes 1-4Journal/Documentation/Studio Theory presentation, equivalent to approx. 2000 words (20%) Learning Outcomes 2-4
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and
b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Majors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 12
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $3180 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $4890 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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