52657 Media Arts Project
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): (((54034 Media Arts Specialist Modules OR 52655 Media Arts Specialist Modules)) OR 52656 Creative Project Development )
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Anti-requisite(s): 54035 Media Arts Project AND 58311 Media Arts Project
Description
This subject is the capstone project for the Media Arts & Production major. Drawing on the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the major, students participate in the planning, execution, and delivery of a short media arts project. Students refine their skills in media production based on either industry-based production models or more experimental approaches. Working individually or as part of a crew in specified Head of Department roles, students complete one or more screen projects (drama, documentary, animation or experimental), sound works, interactive media, or media art installations. All projects are made with reference to an appropriate mode of distribution, such as online, festivals, broadcast or other hybrid models. Students also develop promotional material and strategies for securing employment in the media arts industries.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| a. | Consolidate professional practice in media arts and production |
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| b. | Plan, execute and deliver to completion a short media arts project |
| c. | Evaluate the media arts work of others |
| d. | Articulate practical ways of achieving creative outcomes in their media arts work in preparation for working professionally in industry |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
- Act in a professional manner appropriate to communication industries (1.1)
- Apply theoretically informed understandings of communication industries to independent and collaborative projects across a range of media (1.2)
- Employ appropriate research and inquiry skills to independently gather, organise and analyse information across diverse platforms (2.1)
- Act as reflexive critical thinkers and innovative creative practitioners who evaluate their own and others' work (2.2)
- Exemplify effective and appropriate communication in different communication industry contexts (6.1)
- Utilise digital literacy and production skills across a range of media (6.2)
Content (topics)
This subject provides students with opportunities to develop and refine their skills in professional practice in media arts and production. Students consolidate the concepts and techniques acquired throughout the major by contributing to the production of one or more short media arts projects.
Key topics in this subject include revision of methodologies of collaboration, industry-standard technical workflows, advanced production management, distribution strategies, and workshops in professional digital cinema cameras and colour grading techniques. Additional topics covered include critiquing works-in-progress, development of promotional material and strategies for securing employment in media arts industries.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Media Arts Project Proposal
| Objective(s): | a, b and d | ||||||||||||
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| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||
| Length: | Project proposal: 500 words (plus images) | ||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Work-in-Progress Feedback
| Objective(s): | a and c | ||||||||||||
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| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||
| Length: | 500 words for the written feedback (250 words for rough cut, 250 words for fine cut) | ||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Completed Media Arts Project/s and Press Kit OR portfolio website
| Objective(s): | a, b and d | ||||||||||||||||
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| Weight: | 60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Length: | Drama, documentary and sound projects: 8 mins; experimental: 5 mins; animation: 3 mins. For interactive media or media art installations the scope is to be approved by the tutor at project proposal stage. Note: scripts deemed to be over 10 mins in length require written approval from the subject coordinator. Press kits and portfolio websites: 500 words (plus images) | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Minimum requirements
Students are required to complete the following as a minimum requirement of this subject:
Students developing a moving image project must have passed the FASS MediaLab Lighting Proficiency Test. All students should have passed this test in previous subjects. Any student who has not passed Lighting Proficiency must contact MediaLab staff and attend a Lighting Safety Workshop before project approval is granted.
· Students are required to submit documentation to an online approvals system for Media Arts & Production student projects in which they confirm they have acquired the appropriate approvals (locations, crew and cast) necessary to undertake the work that they propose. In addition, students must also identify any and all safety risks that the production of their student project reasonably presents and provide evidence of how they will mitigate those risks while adhering to industry-standard safe work practices. These tasks address the various legal, safety and ethical requirements of screen production. Failure to provide tutors with the required documentation before published deadlines will result in the student crew not being authorised to collect the equipment required to complete their projects from FASS MediaLab.
Attendance at classes is essential in this subject. Classes are based on a collaborative approach that involves essential workshopping and interchange of ideas with other students and the tutor to build capacities towards meeting the subject learning objectives. A roll will be taken at each class (whether on campus or online). Students who have more than two absences from class will be refused marking of their final assessment (see Rule 3.8).