Overview

The unit brings together the theory and practice of creating content using video by learning different story telling techniques and basic production skills for video news, information and documentary content.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically analyse and discuss an issue specific to the investigation and production of image and video for news and information media industries
  • Design and implement a video journalism project in a systematic, rigorous and ethical way, with subsequent evaluation and critical reflection of the work process
  • Identify and apply digital and online media production processes to create video products with a high level of personal and professional accountability
  • Apply an advanced understanding of theoretical concepts around news audiences, production and narrative to create and communicate a large scale video project

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Specified Activities
Various
10.00 10 weeks 100
Unspecified Activities
Assessment Preparation
1.17 12 weeks 14
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Final Pitch and PresentationIndividual 30% 1,2,3,4 
Production AssignmentIndividual 40% 1,2,3,4 
Production AssignmentIndividual 30% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • The role of video content in the contemporary media environment
  • Cultural and political issues that affect the production of video news in the Australian and global media environment
  • Legal, professional and ethical considerations in the production of video content
  • Production skills specific to research and writing for video news, information and documentary styles
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.