Media Content Creation
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
1. Apply key audio and video concepts essential to media content creation;
2. Demonstrate the role of sound and vision in telling non-fiction stories through various media and communications platforms;
3. Utilise both mobile device and industry standard software and equipment to create non-fiction media content
4. Implement audio, video and photographic output for publication
5. Create an online portfolio and professional social media identity to highlight and promote creative output.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-Campus Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
On-Campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Online Learning activities | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Learning activities | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 3 | 12 | 36 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Portfolio with photo essay | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3,5 |
Portfolio Audio Piece (2 minutes) | Individual | 30% | 3,4,5 |
Portfolio Video Package (1 min 30 second) | Group | 40% | 3,4,5 |
Content
- Creation of digital portfolio and importance of a professional online presence
- Capturing sound using recording devices and microphones
- Basic audio editing techniques using Adobe Audition
- Non-fiction story telling through audio capture, editing and online publication
- Photography framing and composition
- Non-fiction story telling through photographic capture, editing and online publication
- Introduction to video equipment and recording techniques including B-Roll
- Basic video editing techniques using Adobe Premiere
- Non-fiction story telling through video capture, editing and online publication
- Online promotion of media content
Study resources
- Reading materials.