Experimental Studio

Course aim

To consolidate student knowledge of the history of experimental and artist-based media making across the areas of Film, Television and CGI and Digital Media.

Course content

The course allows students to study in-depth the historic and critical contexts that inform artist-based film and experimental media making. Students will expand their creative, technical and conceptual practice through the production of experimental media artefacts. Through specialised research and conceptualisation, students develop advanced understandings into art-based experimentation that will be used to inform their final project and future production work.



Course topics will include: intermediality and the relationship between film and the other arts; the European and the American avant-gardes; underground aesthetics; surrealism; experimental animation; found footage; sound, music and experimental practice; lyrical and trance filmmaking traditions; the audio-visual essay format; contemporary artist film in the gallery space; digital remix and remix cultures.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Completion of all required second year courses from the Bachelor of Media Arts or the Bachelor of Film and Television; Bachelor of Arts (Screen Studies); Bachelor of Creative Industries (Animation and Visual Effects, Film and Television, Screen Studies) or by approval from the Program Director.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Creative work, Essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.