Virtual Reality Storytelling

Course aim

The course will introduce students to the new environment of virtual reality journalism. Students will engage with emerging technologies in journalism production and use this knowledge to produce virtual reality videos up to industry standard. The course will consolidate students' knowledge of virtual reality and 360° journalism and allow them to produce content to enhance their job readiness in a changing journalism environment.

Course content

Students will examine in depth the emerging field of 360° and virtual reality journalism and will expand their creative, technical and conceptual practice through the production of a virtual reality/ 360° video. Through specialised study and topic engagement, students develop an understanding of storytelling which combines new technology with the fundamentals of journalism production.

Course topics will include: virtual reality and history; 360° journalism; editing practices; equipment and specifics; shooting and planning in 360°; ethics and technology; troubleshooting with VR; looking forward in a changing industry.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMM 2077	Radio Journalism and Podcasts
COMM 2079	Content Creation for Media
INFT 1015	Hollywood Film and Television
COMM 2092	UO Content Creation for Media

Any one of the listed pre-requisite courses.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Seminar	2 hours x 10 weeks
Online (activities)	2 hours x 2 weeks
Directed Study	1 hour x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	2 x 2 hour sessions per day x 2 weeks

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

Assessment

Assessment plan, Creative work, Skills demonstration

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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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.