The Screen Industry: Business, Creativity and Content

Course aim

To introduce students to the film and television industry as both a business and creative enterprise in a nationally and internationally competitive market.

Course content

Through a survey of the screen industry and its various sectors such as financing, production and distribution, students will become familiar with the commercially-driven nature of film and television content production. Industry-based lectures, workshops and exercises ranging from the role of the creative producer; idea generation; pitching and financing through to sales and distribution; budgeting; pre-production, production, post-production and marketing will introduce students to the key concepts, skills and practices required to operate professionally and creatively in the production of high quality screen content for local and global screen industries.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop	95 hours x over 12 weeks

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

Assessment

Critical analysis, Learning log/Journal, Presentation

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.