ACF308 - Major Screen Project B - Production
Unit details
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
|---|---|
| Year: | 2023 unit information |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Enrolment modes: | |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Martin Potter Trimester 2: Martin Potter |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course A351 |
| Prerequisite: | ACF307 From 2025: Completion of four (4) level 2 ACF or ACA coded units |
| Prerequisite: | Students must complete four level 2 ACF or ACA units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class, 1 x 1-hour screening, 1 x 3-hour seminar (weeks 1 - 6) 1 x 3-hour seminar (weeks 7 - 11) Students must attend and participate in project-based activities at the Burwood campus on the scheduled days during the trimester, commencing in week 1 |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3-hour seminar per week Students must attend and participate in project-based activities at the Burwood campus on the scheduled days during the trimester, commencing in week 1 |
Note:2024 is the final offering of ACF308 as 2 credit points. From 2025, ACF308 will be revised from Major Screen Project B - Production 2 credit points to Screen Production Project 1 credit point. | |
Content
This is the second of two capstone specialist production units for Film, Television and Animation. It is an opportunity for students to specialise in one of the production roles that most interest them such as producing/production management, directing, production design/art direction, animation, cinematography, sound design and editing/post-production, or television studio, independent video, experimental or documentary production.
Students are encouraged to practice those developed skills they aim to practice in the industry on completion of their Degree. Projects made in this unit will usually be limited to productions developed and selected during the last trimester in which the unit Major Screen Project A was offered. These projects are tightly scheduled through pre-production, production and post-production to completion. Pre-production will be completed in the first weeks of this unit.
Content
This unit provides an opportunity for students to work in teams to produce a short screen project in narrative film, web series, documentary, experimental, or television production. Students will identify and undertake a specialist production role that most interests them such as producer, director, production designer, cinematographer, sound recordist/designer or editor. Narrative film and web series made in this unit will usually be limited to productions written and developed in ACF307 Screenwriting Project . These projects are tightly scheduled through pre-production, production and post-production to completion. Pre-production will be completed in the first weeks of this unit. Other forms of production projects are by negotiation with the unit chair. The number of team members, production roles covered and individual project requirements will impact the type of production equipment approved.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Take a lead creative role in designing and managing screen production process that results in a short media output in accordance with industry practices | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Create an individual portfolio of production materials and documentation of creative and technical work in pre-production, production, post-production and delivery | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Act as a reflective practitioner to work productively in creative team and negotiate with individuals and agencies to manage resources and stakeholders in the production of the project. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Engage ethically and productively in the professional context, recognising and reflecting on social, cultural and diversity issues as they arise in the production process and screen representation | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Create a screen production that communicates with an audience in alignment with the chosen form and genre conventions | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify, develop and apply appropriate creative and technical production skill and knowledge by devising, organising, executing, evaluating and revising key components of a major screen project in a leading creative role | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO2 | Initiate and organise components of a major screen production in accordance with appropriate industry practices. Create an individual portfolio of production materials and documentation of creative and technical work in pre-production, production, post-production and delivery. Negotiate with individuals and agencies including professionals outside the university | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
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| ULO3 | This work involves providing and responding to feedback productively judging how best to taking initiative to make collaborations work, acting on that judgement, give reason for it and seek to have it validated or corrected | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self Management GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Engaging ethically and productively in the professional context, recognising and reflecting on social, cultural and ethical issues as they arise in creative work and finding ways to creatively integrate cultural and gender diversity in the production of and representation in, film, television or animation | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Create a short film, television or animation production that realizes a script or animatic to communicate with an audience in accordance with that plan. Effectively integrate, as a team and as an individual team member all of the aspects of planning, organization and creative production determined by a chosen narrative structure and formal design and/or genre | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Production Role Folio (Parts 1 & 2) | 2400 words or equivalent | 60% | Week 5 and prior to Week 12 |
| Assessment 2 (Group) - Production Role: Completed Project | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 3 - Team Performance Evaluation (Parts 1 & 2) | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 2 and prior to Week 11 |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production Role Folio (Parts 1 & 2) | 2400 words or equivalent | 60% | Information not yet available |
| Production Role: Completed Project | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
| Completed Project: Team Performance Evaluation (Parts 1 & 2) | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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