Our courses information
Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.
- You can email a course fact sheet to yourself by using the form below. Multiple email addresses by separating them with a comma ',' (3 maximum).
-
Area of Specialisation Availability:
- Location:
Mt Lawley - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
- Location:
Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus - Duration:
1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Communications and Arts - Code:
G77 - CRICOS:
039440K
Course Main Navigation
Master of Professional Communications
Area of Specialisation In Film and Video
Prepares students for employment in a wide range of opportunities in the rapidly expanding field of communications via the moving image.
The specialisation provides a challenging and rewarding mix of practical and critical studies including the research, writing and production of a project.
Students will graduate with strong hands-on experience as well as critical and analytical skills ready to take up employment in a variety of areas.
Related careers
Filmmaker, Producer, Scriptwriter, Script Editor, Director, Cinematographer, Videographer, Gaffer, Editor, Vision Mixer, Production Designer, Sound Recordist, Production Manager, Floor Manager, Production Assistant, Film Critic, Media Teacher, Media Support Officer, Video Artist, VJ, New Media Producer
Area of Specialisation structure
This unitset structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The Master of Professional Communications (Film and Video) prepares graduates for employment in a wide range of opportunities in the rapidly expanding field of communications via the moving image. The specialisation provides a challenging and rewarding mix of practical and critical studies including the research, writing and production of a project. Students will graduate with strong hands-on experience, critical and analytical skills ready to take up employment in a variety of areas.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMM4122 | Introduction to Research | 15 | |
| CMM4137 | Project Preparation | 15 | |
| CMM5220 | Communications Project 1 | 20 | |
| CMM5221 | Communications Project 2 | 20 | |
| * CMM4137 is to be completed only if continuing on to Masters level | |||
| Plus 90 credit points (6 units) from the following: | |||
| CMM4106 | Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Cinema | * | 15 |
| CMM4107 | Documentary, Film and Television | * | 15 |
| FAV4101 | Introduction to Video Production | 15 | |
| FAV4102 | Scriptwriting: Short Films | 15 | |
| FAV4104 | Introduction to Digital Video | 15 | |
| FAV4111 | Film and Cinema Studies | * | 15 |
| FAV4201 | Video Production: Drama and Documentary | 15 | |
| FAV4203 | Scriptwriting: Television Drama | 15 | |
| FAV4205 | Screen Evolution | * | 15 |
| FAV4206 | Scriptwriting: Feature Films | 15 | |
| FAV4214 | Scriptwriting: Adaptation, Editing and Commissioned Content | 15 | |
| FAV4301 | Advanced Video Production 1 | 15 | |
| FAV4401 | Advanced Video Production 2 | 15 | |
| SCR5116 | Australian Screen Studies | * | 15 |
| Plus 20 credit points (1 unit) from the following: | |||
| CMM5110 | Globalisation, Cultural Diversity and Innovation | 20 | |
| CMM5111 | Convergences | 20 | |
| PRN5110 | Perception Management | 20 | |
| VIS5110 | Visual Communication | 20 | |
At least 30 credit points must be theory units (*).
This major can also be studied in the following courses: