Master of Creative Industries
Realise your full creative potential
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Fees
Master of Creative Industries
International Fees
Indicative Total Course Fees*
$48,640 AUD
* The Indicative Total Course Fee reflects the students are charged fees on a per unit basis and the fee for a unit may increase.
Duration(s)
4 Trimesters (Full time)
Complete the course over four, 40-credit-point trimesters (approximately 15 months).
Master of Creative Industries
Course Durations
4 Trimesters (Full time)
Complete the course over four, 40-credit-point trimesters (approximately 15 months).
Part-time option available
If you want to take a little longer, that’s ok too. We’ll help you work out the best study load to suit your needs.
Note: Part-time is not available for international students.
We understand that things can change, so you'll have the flexibility to change your study load throughout your course if you need to.
Start Date(s)
Master of Creative Industries
Start Dates
Online
September 2023
February 2024
May 2024
Entry Requirements
Master of Creative Industries
Domestic Entry Requirements
Domestic students must meet one of the following criteria:
Completion of a Bachelor degree or higher in media production or related creative industries field (obtained with the last 10 years); OR
Experience-Based Entry – at least five years of documented relevant work experience related to media production or a related creative industries field, with evidence of artistic ability and achievement or practice comparable to that or undergraduate degree holders in relevant disciplines, combined with the successful completion of Year 12 or higher.
Master of Creative Industries
International Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements
Minimum age requirements
International students seeking admission to SAE must be 18 years of age OR must be turning 18 during their first trimester of studies at SAE.
Academic requirements
Successful completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (Year 12) or an equivalent overseas qualification. Minimum overall pass is required.
English language requirements
International English Language Testing System (IELTS): A band score of 6 or higher for an Associate Degree/Bachelor course and 5.5 or higher for a Diploma course (only the Academic Test is accepted), OR
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 73 or higher for an Associate Degree/Bachelor course or 63 (internet-based test) for a Diploma course, OR
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Academic score of 46 (or higher) for an Associate Degree/Bachelor, and an Academic score of 36 (or higher) for a vocational education course, OR
Career Outcomes
How will this course help my career?
This qualification will help your career forward and enhance your employment prospects. It presents the perfect platform to refine and test your big ideas and existing projects with peers at the same level, before launching to industry. You’ll create fresh career options, deepen your industry knowledge, and develop your influence and authority within the creative industries.
Why study a postgraduate qualification at SAE?
This unique course offers an online learning experience whilst fostering collaboration with like-minded creative peers across the SAE network.
You will expand your professional network with the opportunity to attend a range of extracurricular seminars and bespoke workshops.
Our experienced lecturers will help you explore and workshop your capstone project.
World class facilities
You will get unlimited access to SAE’s state-of-the-art facilities and equipment across Australia and the world.
Tailored for you
We will guide you to select units that meet both your individual creative and professional aspirations and provide the appropriate foundation for your capstone project.
Collaborate with the best
You will learn from industry thought-leaders, collaborate with creative peers and extend your network through our global reach.
Achieve your career leadership goals
You will acquire the skills and know-how to attain and succeed in leadership positions within the creative media industry.
THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER BEGINS NOW
Course Structure
The Master of Creative Industries is broken up into three distinct stages, each designed to develop different skills.
Core Units
Stage 1: Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries
The graduate certificate provides a foundation for learning and a pathway to the master's program.
Credit points: 10
In this unit, you extend your ability to apply a quality process to the development of a creative media project in an online environment. Variously described as virtual or distributed teams projects, you will be developing your skills in remote practice. You will create iterative elements that are accountable to an agreed targeted brief. You will demonstrate how all stages of a creative production, from concept to delivery and reflection, can be achieved in an entirely online context.
In this unit, you extend your ability to apply a quality process to the development of a creative media project in an online environment. Variously described as virtual or distributed teams projects, you will be developing your skills in remote practice. You will create iterative elements that are accountable to an agreed targeted brief. You will demonstrate how all stages of a creative production, from concept to delivery and reflection, can be achieved in an entirely online context.
Credit points: 5
Successful creative practitioners exhibit a critical understanding of their processes and approaches in order to take intelligent risks, solve problems and develop new and interesting ideas. This unit gives you the opportunity to explore the kind of creative practitioner you are now, and consider options for approaching your creative practice in new ways for the future. This involves initially analysing how creative professionals think and work as individuals, team members or leaders, and then critically, reflectively and innovatively approach your own creative processes, outcomes and relationships with others.
Successful creative practitioners exhibit a critical understanding of their processes and approaches in order to take intelligent risks, solve problems and develop new and interesting ideas. This unit gives you the opportunity to explore the kind of creative practitioner you are now, and consider options for approaching your creative practice in new ways for the future. This involves initially analysing how creative professionals think and work as individuals, team members or leaders, and then critically, reflectively and innovatively approach your own creative processes, outcomes and relationships with others.
Credit points: 10
Research and communication skills are essential for high-level creative media practitioners. This unit will assist you to establish a reflective and critical writing practice as a basis for successful continuation in graduate programs. The unit encourages and develops critical engagement with discipline, the building of disciplinary expertise and understanding the context of your contribution to your discipline. The development of your writing skills will allow you to build on the disciplinary and professional language you will already have when entering the program to increase your opportunities to present and communicate your work to a wider research and professional community.
Research and communication skills are essential for high-level creative media practitioners. This unit will assist you to establish a reflective and critical writing practice as a basis for successful continuation in graduate programs. The unit encourages and develops critical engagement with discipline, the building of disciplinary expertise and understanding the context of your contribution to your discipline. The development of your writing skills will allow you to build on the disciplinary and professional language you will already have when entering the program to increase your opportunities to present and communicate your work to a wider research and professional community.
Common or Specialised Elective 1
Discipline Elective 1
Discipline Elective 2
Stage 2: Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries
Choose to deepen your knowledge and skills within your existing discipline or complement this experience with cross-discipline electives.
Credit points: 10
The aim of Graduate Studio 2, is to explore personally experimental creation. In order for creative projects to be interesting to audiences and the creatives who make them, they need to have a difference. Differences come from the unique and the individual. This studio is about exploring the edges of your comfort zone as a creative, to discover what new viewpoints, art forms, and processes you can include in your creative practice. Ultimately you’ll be developing habits that enable to keep stretching in your practice.
The aim of Graduate Studio 2, is to explore personally experimental creation. In order for creative projects to be interesting to audiences and the creatives who make them, they need to have a difference. Differences come from the unique and the individual. This studio is about exploring the edges of your comfort zone as a creative, to discover what new viewpoints, art forms, and processes you can include in your creative practice. Ultimately you’ll be developing habits that enable to keep stretching in your practice.
Credit points: 10
Drawing on a range of creative media texts and analytical frameworks, this unit will engage with critical concepts and perspectives that influence the production and consumption of creative media, in a contemporary global context. Through critical inquiry, you will discover how creative media generates meaning and how interpretations of meaning can be articulated from various social and cultural perspectives. You will discover how these perspectives define your personal response to creative work.
You will develop the skills to be able to apply an understanding of contextual parameters to support your own creative media practice. You will gain a professional perspective on a range of digital tools and collaborative media platforms. These tools and platforms will assist you with the critical consumption and dissemination of information and equip you with the skills needed to make a meaningful contribution to participatory culture.
Drawing on a range of creative media texts and analytical frameworks, this unit will engage with critical concepts and perspectives that influence the production and consumption of creative media, in a contemporary global context. Through critical inquiry, you will discover how creative media generates meaning and how interpretations of meaning can be articulated from various social and cultural perspectives. You will discover how these perspectives define your personal response to creative work.
You will develop the skills to be able to apply an understanding of contextual parameters to support your own creative media practice. You will gain a professional perspective on a range of digital tools and collaborative media platforms. These tools and platforms will assist you with the critical consumption and dissemination of information and equip you with the skills needed to make a meaningful contribution to participatory culture.
Discipline Elective 1
Discipline Elective 2
Discipline Elective 3
Discipline Elective 4
Stage 3: Master of Creative Industries
Produce your planned capstone project and showcase your knowledge with applied learning.
Credit points: 20
CIM500 facilitates the ideation, theoretical framing, methodological design and production scheduling of your Graduate Project. The Graduate Project provides a framework for you to develop and refine your creative expertise, practical skills and theoretical knowledge in your chosen field of creative practice through the production of a major creative work and supporting scholarly research document. To this end, the Graduate Project incorporates the delivery of 1 an original creative work that is informed by substantial research in your respective field/s of practice and 2 scholarly research documentation that discusses and critically reflects upon the contexts, theories, methods and processes that have informed your practice.
CIM500 facilitates the ideation, theoretical framing, methodological design and production scheduling of your Graduate Project. The Graduate Project provides a framework for you to develop and refine your creative expertise, practical skills and theoretical knowledge in your chosen field of creative practice through the production of a major creative work and supporting scholarly research document. To this end, the Graduate Project incorporates the delivery of 1 an original creative work that is informed by substantial research in your respective field/s of practice and 2 scholarly research documentation that discusses and critically reflects upon the contexts, theories, methods and processes that have informed your practice.
Credit points: 40
As the culmination of your graduate program, this unit will facilitate the execution, documentation and dissemination of the major creative work and scholarly research approved at the Midpoint Milestone. You will engage a range of professional and scholarly mechanisms as appropriate to your project for the development, testing, reflection, publication and dissemination of the creative work and scholarly research.
As the culmination of your graduate program, this unit will facilitate the execution, documentation and dissemination of the major creative work and scholarly research approved at the Midpoint Milestone. You will engage a range of professional and scholarly mechanisms as appropriate to your project for the development, testing, reflection, publication and dissemination of the creative work and scholarly research.
Credit points: 10
This unit introduces you to a range of research methods and methodologies commonly used by creative researchers and practitioners working in the cultural industries and will prepare you to define and articulate your method for the Graduate Project unit. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed methodological choices relevant to your own creative practice through guided exploration of the various strategies, approaches, tools and protocols used in the design, implementation and evaluation of a range of approaches to creative research inquiry.
This unit introduces you to a range of research methods and methodologies commonly used by creative researchers and practitioners working in the cultural industries and will prepare you to define and articulate your method for the Graduate Project unit. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed methodological choices relevant to your own creative practice through guided exploration of the various strategies, approaches, tools and protocols used in the design, implementation and evaluation of a range of approaches to creative research inquiry.
Credit points: 10
The unit will provide you with a diverse range of ideas that can be used to consider the cultural, economic and historical perspectives that are related to a critical larger context. These include the dynamics of globalisation and its implications for media policy, rising media ecologies and their consumption patterns. It also considers media distribution networks, the convergence of sectors, the flow of investments and consumer value segments - and how these fields relate to the flow of power through media and political structures.
The unit will provide you with a diverse range of ideas that can be used to consider the cultural, economic and historical perspectives that are related to a critical larger context. These include the dynamics of globalisation and its implications for media policy, rising media ecologies and their consumption patterns. It also considers media distribution networks, the convergence of sectors, the flow of investments and consumer value segments - and how these fields relate to the flow of power through media and political structures.
Specialised or Common Electives
Credit points: 5
Creative inquiry is a research process that involves exploring ideas, issues, objects, practices or works through the collection and analysis of evidence including combining or synthesising existing ideas, products, or expertise in original ways to answer an open–ended question and/or communicate findings. It differs from more traditional approaches to inquiry by incorporating some form of artistic or aesthetic expression in one or more aspects of the inquiry process. In this unit, you will harness your practical creative skills to explore questions and/or express understanding in unconventional ways. You will draw from and build upon your strong foundation in the strategies and skills of your creative practice in order to make connections and synthesise knowledge from wider domains.
Creative inquiry is a research process that involves exploring ideas, issues, objects, practices or works through the collection and analysis of evidence including combining or synthesising existing ideas, products, or expertise in original ways to answer an open–ended question and/or communicate findings. It differs from more traditional approaches to inquiry by incorporating some form of artistic or aesthetic expression in one or more aspects of the inquiry process. In this unit, you will harness your practical creative skills to explore questions and/or express understanding in unconventional ways. You will draw from and build upon your strong foundation in the strategies and skills of your creative practice in order to make connections and synthesise knowledge from wider domains.
Credit points: 5
Design thinking is at the forefront of approaches to innovation in industries that have to deal with complex creative, business and social problems. This unit will focus on the design thinking process and will explore these concepts from the viewpoint of your professional practice.
Design thinking is at the forefront of approaches to innovation in industries that have to deal with complex creative, business and social problems. This unit will focus on the design thinking process and will explore these concepts from the viewpoint of your professional practice.
Credit points: 5
This unit introduces the field of intercultural studies, an important foundation study for twenty-first-century media makers. The unit takes a ‘discourse approach’ to interculture, focusing on the ways in which different groups of people create and negotiate meaning. The challenges of working across cultural boundaries are explored, problematised and theorised through examination of literature and case studies, enabling you to develop a creative project that ‘remixes’ existing work in your discipline. Intercultural work requires an approach that is both sensitive and adaptive to enable the creation of projects that productively celebrate cultural differences and synergies.
This unit introduces the field of intercultural studies, an important foundation study for twenty-first-century media makers. The unit takes a ‘discourse approach’ to interculture, focusing on the ways in which different groups of people create and negotiate meaning. The challenges of working across cultural boundaries are explored, problematised and theorised through examination of literature and case studies, enabling you to develop a creative project that ‘remixes’ existing work in your discipline. Intercultural work requires an approach that is both sensitive and adaptive to enable the creation of projects that productively celebrate cultural differences and synergies.
Credit points: 5
The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the fundamental principles and current industry practices underlying social impact media production. Focusing on cultural reform, the unit provides students of all creative disciplines with the knowledge of how to conceptualise, rationalise, design, produce and promote a creative project that has the capacity to affect attitudinal change in society. On completing this course, students will be able to apply this learning to their own creative endeavours in the future.
The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the fundamental principles and current industry practices underlying social impact media production. Focusing on cultural reform, the unit provides students of all creative disciplines with the knowledge of how to conceptualise, rationalise, design, produce and promote a creative project that has the capacity to affect attitudinal change in society. On completing this course, students will be able to apply this learning to their own creative endeavours in the future.
Credit points: 5
In this unit, students will develop a deeper understanding of creative media design processes, with emphasis on creativity, inspiration, rapid-prototyping, and ownership. A major focus for the unit is demystifying the noise surrounding the generalised utopian and dystopian perceptions of artificial intelligence within creative industries.
Experimentation is at the core of the unit, allowing the freedom to explore the opportunities and impacts afforded by Artificial Intelligence. The chaotic essence of play is embedded in ongoing practical activities, providing individuals with the opportunity to embrace the chaos and innovation through a directed hands-on approach.
In this unit, students will develop a deeper understanding of creative media design processes, with emphasis on creativity, inspiration, rapid-prototyping, and ownership. A major focus for the unit is demystifying the noise surrounding the generalised utopian and dystopian perceptions of artificial intelligence within creative industries.
Experimentation is at the core of the unit, allowing the freedom to explore the opportunities and impacts afforded by Artificial Intelligence. The chaotic essence of play is embedded in ongoing practical activities, providing individuals with the opportunity to embrace the chaos and innovation through a directed hands-on approach.
Credit points: 5
In this unit, you will investigate national and international models of success in the screen content production business. Focusing on successful impact in the marketplace, both individualistic and company strategic entrepreneurial approaches will be examined and analysed as case studies.
In this unit, you will investigate national and international models of success in the screen content production business. Focusing on successful impact in the marketplace, both individualistic and company strategic entrepreneurial approaches will be examined and analysed as case studies.
Credit points: 5
CNM400 will explore the role and function of marketing. It will examine how marketing goals are established and how results are measured. You will engage in learning about the key elements of marketing such as: design; planning; public relations; publicity; advertising; promotions and positioning. You will learn about how these elements are distinct from one another yet operate together in an interdependent way. The unit will also encompass a study of brand identity and the business of understanding, creating and fulfilling demand.
CNM400 will explore the role and function of marketing. It will examine how marketing goals are established and how results are measured. You will engage in learning about the key elements of marketing such as: design; planning; public relations; publicity; advertising; promotions and positioning. You will learn about how these elements are distinct from one another yet operate together in an interdependent way. The unit will also encompass a study of brand identity and the business of understanding, creating and fulfilling demand.
Credit points: 5
The aim of this unit is to enable you to develop the expertise required to establish, operate and grow an effective creative media production company through the investigation of the governing principles of entrepreneurial business strategy, financing, legislation and management.
The aim of this unit is to enable you to develop the expertise required to establish, operate and grow an effective creative media production company through the investigation of the governing principles of entrepreneurial business strategy, financing, legislation and management.
Credit points: 5
The aim of CIM415 Contemporary Media Storytelling is to explore a variety of storytelling structures that operate across moving image media and engage audiences emotively. Within this unit, you will participate in analytical and creative activities that develop your ability to develop emotional journeys and build audience investment in your stories.
The aim of CIM415 Contemporary Media Storytelling is to explore a variety of storytelling structures that operate across moving image media and engage audiences emotively. Within this unit, you will participate in analytical and creative activities that develop your ability to develop emotional journeys and build audience investment in your stories.
Discipline Electives
Credit points: 5
The ability to analyse a piece of audio is a key aspect of high-level audio production. AUD450 Critical Listening for Audio Professionals enables you to explore various processes through the investigation of common tools and techniques, and appraise each process in relation to their application within a sound recording. You will develop your perceptual expertise through controlled practice and training via the utilisation of various Technical Ear Training programmes. Psychoacoustic concepts embedded in the process of critical listening are explored throughout the unit.
The ability to analyse a piece of audio is a key aspect of high-level audio production. AUD450 Critical Listening for Audio Professionals enables you to explore various processes through the investigation of common tools and techniques, and appraise each process in relation to their application within a sound recording. You will develop your perceptual expertise through controlled practice and training via the utilisation of various Technical Ear Training programmes. Psychoacoustic concepts embedded in the process of critical listening are explored throughout the unit.
Credit points: 5
This unit will investigate new concepts regarding mixing audio for VR and head-tracking devices and develop your surround mixing skills in immersive audio environments. You will plan and mix spatialised audio for a 360 video, share your ‘work in progress’ mixes with your peers and combine your audio and video using embedded spatialising applications to create an immersive audio experience.
This unit will investigate new concepts regarding mixing audio for VR and head-tracking devices and develop your surround mixing skills in immersive audio environments. You will plan and mix spatialised audio for a 360 video, share your ‘work in progress’ mixes with your peers and combine your audio and video using embedded spatialising applications to create an immersive audio experience.
Credit points: 5
This unit explores audio production styles through the analysis and practical recreation of three selected sonic characteristics synonymous with a chosen music genre. Through your own creative practice, you will explore the recreation of those sounds using appropriate audio technology.
This unit explores audio production styles through the analysis and practical recreation of three selected sonic characteristics synonymous with a chosen music genre. Through your own creative practice, you will explore the recreation of those sounds using appropriate audio technology.
Credit points: 5
The ability to analyse a piece of audio to plan, deliver, and reflect on a mastering task is a key aspect of high-level audio production. This unit enables you to explore various processes through the investigation of advanced tools and techniques, and appraise each process in relation to a practical mastering task. You will be introduced to a variety of concepts, tools and practical techniques relevant to audio mastering. In this unit, you will learn how to recognise mix issues and plan for solutions to improve audio quality.
The ability to analyse a piece of audio to plan, deliver, and reflect on a mastering task is a key aspect of high-level audio production. This unit enables you to explore various processes through the investigation of advanced tools and techniques, and appraise each process in relation to a practical mastering task. You will be introduced to a variety of concepts, tools and practical techniques relevant to audio mastering. In this unit, you will learn how to recognise mix issues and plan for solutions to improve audio quality.
Credit points: 5
This unit explores audio production styles through the analysis and practical recreation of three selected sonic characteristics synonymous with a chosen music producer. Through your own creative practice, you will explore the recreation of those sounds using appropriate audio technology.
This unit explores audio production styles through the analysis and practical recreation of three selected sonic characteristics synonymous with a chosen music producer. Through your own creative practice, you will explore the recreation of those sounds using appropriate audio technology.
Credit points: 5
Interactive audio has various applications, the most notable is video game entertainment software. The design and implementation of interactive audio represent an exciting and challenging field of work in a fast-moving industry. This unit introduces theories, design concepts, and techniques to allow you to develop and implement interactive audio. You will learn how to analyse, create, and then implement interactive audio assets using industry standard tools and workflow.
Interactive audio has various applications, the most notable is video game entertainment software. The design and implementation of interactive audio represent an exciting and challenging field of work in a fast-moving industry. This unit introduces theories, design concepts, and techniques to allow you to develop and implement interactive audio. You will learn how to analyse, create, and then implement interactive audio assets using industry standard tools and workflow.
Credit points: 5
This unit introduces you to the foundations of visual programming in the context of professional audio applications. You will learn the fundamental digital signal processing, interface design, and the visual programming techniques required to develop your own audio-based applications.
This unit introduces you to the foundations of visual programming in the context of professional audio applications. You will learn the fundamental digital signal processing, interface design, and the visual programming techniques required to develop your own audio-based applications.
Credit points: 5
The Screenplay document is the ‘blueprint’ for production and caters to the professional needs of all members of the creative team. As such, your screenplay’s story form and structure should be considered and consistent. While different writers employ different methods of generating and developing screen ideas, this unit provides industry-based tools for the design of your screenplay document. This unit facilitates the generation of the industry’s first major tool for the creation of your screenplay: the one-page synopsis. By evaluating your story’s scenes and sequences, dramatic ‘units and beats’ will be designed and organised in a logical fashion to accommodate rising stakes. You will explore character and narrative on the basis of your protagonist’s ‘need’ and consequently you will design biographies for two major characters using principles instilled by contemporary screenwriting theorists. In this way, characters and narrative will align to form your story structure. This structural input determines the interrelationship of characters and narrative to create an industry-acceptable synopsis document.
The Screenplay document is the ‘blueprint’ for production and caters to the professional needs of all members of the creative team. As such, your screenplay’s story form and structure should be considered and consistent. While different writers employ different methods of generating and developing screen ideas, this unit provides industry-based tools for the design of your screenplay document. This unit facilitates the generation of the industry’s first major tool for the creation of your screenplay: the one-page synopsis. By evaluating your story’s scenes and sequences, dramatic ‘units and beats’ will be designed and organised in a logical fashion to accommodate rising stakes. You will explore character and narrative on the basis of your protagonist’s ‘need’ and consequently you will design biographies for two major characters using principles instilled by contemporary screenwriting theorists. In this way, characters and narrative will align to form your story structure. This structural input determines the interrelationship of characters and narrative to create an industry-acceptable synopsis document.
Credit points: 5
In industry, the screenplay document is formulated from idea to shooting script by patient balance of story, plot and visual design. By consideration of how your story will work rhythmically and as visually rendered artefact, you will create an industry-based treatment on the foundation of your previously constructed synopsis. On the basis of the three-act structure and through careful consideration of your structural wireframe, the crisis-climax of your story is now given dramatic impact through exploration of plot. You will further formulate characters by virtue of their participation in the unfolding plot: their function within the dramatic planning is balanced against the protagonist’s story arc or super-objective. In this way, dramatic beat analysis and implementation shifts and changes according to the effectiveness of the unfolding plot. Having embraced this writer’s journey, the industry-based treatment is formulated.
In industry, the screenplay document is formulated from idea to shooting script by patient balance of story, plot and visual design. By consideration of how your story will work rhythmically and as visually rendered artefact, you will create an industry-based treatment on the foundation of your previously constructed synopsis. On the basis of the three-act structure and through careful consideration of your structural wireframe, the crisis-climax of your story is now given dramatic impact through exploration of plot. You will further formulate characters by virtue of their participation in the unfolding plot: their function within the dramatic planning is balanced against the protagonist’s story arc or super-objective. In this way, dramatic beat analysis and implementation shifts and changes according to the effectiveness of the unfolding plot. Having embraced this writer’s journey, the industry-based treatment is formulated.
Credit points: 5
Producing for Independent Film is designed to give you essential knowledge in relation to how independent films are promoted, exhibited and sold, and how to promote and pitch a film project for sales and producers. Part A of this unit has an emphasis on important fundamentals involved with planning and pitching an independent film including identifying the genre and market, budget considerations and ways of selling an ‘indie’ film. You will consider these elements in relation to both case studies of completed independent works and through your own practice, creating a press release and short trailer for your own screen idea.
Producing for Independent Film is designed to give you essential knowledge in relation to how independent films are promoted, exhibited and sold, and how to promote and pitch a film project for sales and producers. Part A of this unit has an emphasis on important fundamentals involved with planning and pitching an independent film including identifying the genre and market, budget considerations and ways of selling an ‘indie’ film. You will consider these elements in relation to both case studies of completed independent works and through your own practice, creating a press release and short trailer for your own screen idea.
Credit points: 5
Producing for Independent Film is designed to give you essential knowledge in relation to how independent films are promoted, exhibited and sold, and how to promote and pitch a film project for sales and producers. The unit has an emphasis on distribution, sales agents, marketplaces and festivals. You will identify and analyse promotional tools, and create an electronic press kit for an indie film to demonstrate your knowledge of film markets and festivals
Producing for Independent Film is designed to give you essential knowledge in relation to how independent films are promoted, exhibited and sold, and how to promote and pitch a film project for sales and producers. The unit has an emphasis on distribution, sales agents, marketplaces and festivals. You will identify and analyse promotional tools, and create an electronic press kit for an indie film to demonstrate your knowledge of film markets and festivals
Credit points: 5
In FLM454 Directing Actors A you will be introduced to a practical framework of script analysis for directors and the theory behind it. Many first time directors are so scared of actors they don’t direct them at all, while the braver ones use ‘result direction’ hoping that the actor will be able to play out the scene as they’d imagined it when reading the script. Neither are ideal ways to engage or earn the trust of professional actors. While there is not one way to direct actors, there is a universal language and set of tools that all professional actors will respond to. This unit will help you understand how actors work and guide you through script analysis and rehearsal processes. You will engage with concepts such as given circumstances, objectives, obstacles, actions and beats in a detailed script analysis process. This work will form the basis of a face to face workshop where you will have the opportunity to rehearse a scene with professional actors.
In FLM454 Directing Actors A you will be introduced to a practical framework of script analysis for directors and the theory behind it. Many first time directors are so scared of actors they don’t direct them at all, while the braver ones use ‘result direction’ hoping that the actor will be able to play out the scene as they’d imagined it when reading the script. Neither are ideal ways to engage or earn the trust of professional actors. While there is not one way to direct actors, there is a universal language and set of tools that all professional actors will respond to. This unit will help you understand how actors work and guide you through script analysis and rehearsal processes. You will engage with concepts such as given circumstances, objectives, obstacles, actions and beats in a detailed script analysis process. This work will form the basis of a face to face workshop where you will have the opportunity to rehearse a scene with professional actors.
FLM455 Directing Actors B builds on the scene analysis and rehearsal techniques of Directing Actors A and provides you with the opportunity to move from the rehearsal room to working with actors on set. It provides aspiring directors with the practical skills required to run a successful audition process, and get optimum performances on set in often difficult and high pressured environments. You will engage in audition processes and work on a detailed plan and director’s scene breakdown in preparation for a short studio shoot. You will apply your knowledge of acting theory and performance direction tools in a face to face workshop with professional actors and a crew.
Credit points: 5
The aim of this unit is to enable you to develop an acute understanding of the social and political impact of authentic storytelling in screen-based documentary through the investigation of the principles of documentary theory and application to your own creative projects.
The aim of this unit is to enable you to develop an acute understanding of the social and political impact of authentic storytelling in screen-based documentary through the investigation of the principles of documentary theory and application to your own creative projects.
Credit points: 5
This unit focuses on developing innovative online content across different platforms that enrich the viewing experience, engage and retain audiences. By investigating, analysing and understanding a series of outstanding case-studies, this course will give you a keen appreciation of the requirements necessary for multiplatform broadcaster acquisition.
This unit focuses on developing innovative online content across different platforms that enrich the viewing experience, engage and retain audiences. By investigating, analysing and understanding a series of outstanding case-studies, this course will give you a keen appreciation of the requirements necessary for multiplatform broadcaster acquisition.
Credit points: 5
This unit aims to introduce you to industry trends and practices in multimedia screen productions in order to provide you with the insights required for your own creative project development. By analysing a series of case studies, you will understand the intentions of current multiplatfrom productions that are making an impact in the market. With this new knowledge you will be able to ascertain multiplatform interactive assets and speculate on their audience engagement and impact. At successful completion of this course, you will be able to conceive, design and implement an effectual dynamic multiplatform creative campaign bible.
This unit aims to introduce you to industry trends and practices in multimedia screen productions in order to provide you with the insights required for your own creative project development. By analysing a series of case studies, you will understand the intentions of current multiplatfrom productions that are making an impact in the market. With this new knowledge you will be able to ascertain multiplatform interactive assets and speculate on their audience engagement and impact. At successful completion of this course, you will be able to conceive, design and implement an effectual dynamic multiplatform creative campaign bible.
Credit points: 5
In Game Design A, you will be introduced to the concepts, theories, and practical techniques relevant to the design of games. You will be able to discuss the design of games in an analytical capacity, be able to identify different types of game experiences, and you will have a deeper understanding of the video game industry, surrounding cultures, and the relationship between games and society.
In Game Design A, you will be introduced to the concepts, theories, and practical techniques relevant to the design of games. You will be able to discuss the design of games in an analytical capacity, be able to identify different types of game experiences, and you will have a deeper understanding of the video game industry, surrounding cultures, and the relationship between games and society.
Credit points: 5
In this unit, you will deepen your understanding of concepts, theories, and practical techniques relevant to the design of video games. You will learn how to pitch and develop a game idea, how to iterate an idea, how to communicate ideas, and how to make a more engaging experience through design principles and game feel.
In this unit, you will deepen your understanding of concepts, theories, and practical techniques relevant to the design of video games. You will learn how to pitch and develop a game idea, how to iterate an idea, how to communicate ideas, and how to make a more engaging experience through design principles and game feel.
Credit points: 5
You will be introduced to a wide variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to scripting/programming. In this unit, you will learn how to analyse a brief and identify the requirements outlined in the brief. You will learn how to design and then implement a code-based solution to meet those requirements using industry best practices. In implementing the code-based solution you will learn how to extend and combine procedural programming techniques to solve complex problems.
You will be introduced to a wide variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to scripting/programming. In this unit, you will learn how to analyse a brief and identify the requirements outlined in the brief. You will learn how to design and then implement a code-based solution to meet those requirements using industry best practices. In implementing the code-based solution you will learn how to extend and combine procedural programming techniques to solve complex problems.
Credit points: 5
You will be introduced to a wide variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to scripting/programming. In particular, you will learn to apply industry best practices to the design and development of programs to solve a diverse range of problems. In this unit you will learn object oriented programming techniques and how to apply them to build game systems that can scale from small to medium sized games.
You will be introduced to a wide variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to scripting/programming. In particular, you will learn to apply industry best practices to the design and development of programs to solve a diverse range of problems. In this unit you will learn object oriented programming techniques and how to apply them to build game systems that can scale from small to medium sized games.
Credit points: 5
Interactive audio has various applications, the most notable is video game entertainment software. The design and implementation of interactive audio represent an exciting and challenging field of work in a fast-moving industry. This unit introduces theories, design concepts, and techniques to allow you to develop and implement interactive audio. You will learn how to analyse, create, and then implement interactive audio assets using industry standard tools and workflow.
Interactive audio has various applications, the most notable is video game entertainment software. The design and implementation of interactive audio represent an exciting and challenging field of work in a fast-moving industry. This unit introduces theories, design concepts, and techniques to allow you to develop and implement interactive audio. You will learn how to analyse, create, and then implement interactive audio assets using industry standard tools and workflow.
Credit points: 5
Augmented reality integrates visual information via projection into the world, thus allowing computer graphics to escape the limits of the traditional screen, and users to interact with data in a situated, spatial manner. An emerging technology, it has commercial applications in education, medicine and manufacturing. This unit will introduce the theory and practice of Augmented Reality application development within your existing development practice. A project-based introduction to common code libraries, tracking systems, and gestural control will provide you with a platform to explore potential applications in entertainment and educational games, particularly in the mobile space.
Augmented reality integrates visual information via projection into the world, thus allowing computer graphics to escape the limits of the traditional screen, and users to interact with data in a situated, spatial manner. An emerging technology, it has commercial applications in education, medicine and manufacturing. This unit will introduce the theory and practice of Augmented Reality application development within your existing development practice. A project-based introduction to common code libraries, tracking systems, and gestural control will provide you with a platform to explore potential applications in entertainment and educational games, particularly in the mobile space.
Credit points: 5
You will be introduced to a variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to character navigation in games. In this unit you will learn how to design and implement systems to convert a game environment into an alternative representation that is optimised for character navigation. You will learn how to design and implement systems for character avoidance and how to evaluate your solutions. You will also learn how to design and implement solutions to these areas using industry best practices.
You will be introduced to a variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to character navigation in games. In this unit you will learn how to design and implement systems to convert a game environment into an alternative representation that is optimised for character navigation. You will learn how to design and implement systems for character avoidance and how to evaluate your solutions. You will also learn how to design and implement solutions to these areas using industry best practices.
Credit points: 5
You will be introduced to a wide variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to creating Artificial Intelligence (AI for characters in a game. In particular, you will learn different techniques for creating AI in games and how to select the appropriate technique for your game. In this unit, you will learn how the different AI techniques work, their advantages and limitations, and how to implement them. You will also learn how to estimate player intent and have your characters act based on that estimated intent.
You will be introduced to a wide variety of concepts, theories and practical techniques relevant to creating Artificial Intelligence (AI for characters in a game. In particular, you will learn different techniques for creating AI in games and how to select the appropriate technique for your game. In this unit, you will learn how the different AI techniques work, their advantages and limitations, and how to implement them. You will also learn how to estimate player intent and have your characters act based on that estimated intent.
Credit points: 5
This unit will introduce the theory and practice of Virtual Reality application development within your existing development practice. You will be examining the existing practices, precedents, and frameworks of virtual reality applications. You will devise and develop a project-based prototype application to create a virtual reality environment and experiences. A project-based introduction to common code libraries, tracking systems, and gestural control will provide you with a platform to explore potential applications in immersive entertainment and training simulations.
This unit will introduce the theory and practice of Virtual Reality application development within your existing development practice. You will be examining the existing practices, precedents, and frameworks of virtual reality applications. You will devise and develop a project-based prototype application to create a virtual reality environment and experiences. A project-based introduction to common code libraries, tracking systems, and gestural control will provide you with a platform to explore potential applications in immersive entertainment and training simulations.
Credit points: 5
This unit introduces theories, design concepts, and techniques to allow you to examine and design virtual economic systems in your own games. You will learn how to create, enhance, and adjust the commercial value of digital items in video games in a production context.
This unit introduces theories, design concepts, and techniques to allow you to examine and design virtual economic systems in your own games. You will learn how to create, enhance, and adjust the commercial value of digital items in video games in a production context.
Credit points: 5
Serious Game Design provides students with the processes of directed research, specific to the
Serious Games industry. Topics covered include research techniques, data analysis, game design theory, testing and reporting design and iterative systems planning.
Serious Game Design provides students with the processes of directed research, specific to the
Serious Games industry. Topics covered include research techniques, data analysis, game design theory, testing and reporting design and iterative systems planning.
Credit points: 5
This unit will focus on the creative application of digital painting as an artistic method with broad applications of people working in creative industries. The scope is not limited to a particular application of digital painting however will focus on the relevance to the student. Through exploring principles and a range of skills and techniques, you will develop your ability to appropriately select and apply digital painting methods applicable to their discipline, skill level and project.
This unit will focus on the creative application of digital painting as an artistic method with broad applications of people working in creative industries. The scope is not limited to a particular application of digital painting however will focus on the relevance to the student. Through exploring principles and a range of skills and techniques, you will develop your ability to appropriately select and apply digital painting methods applicable to their discipline, skill level and project.
Credit points: 5
The aim of these units is to research and investigate the tools, techniques and technologies required to plan and execute a 3D Printed, Internet Enabled product, destined for the Internet of Things marketplace. With the spread of cheaper and more reliable 3D printers entering the prosumer marketplace, the possibility for prototyping all sorts of 3D printed products is becoming a reality for all. The proliferation of the Internet and the move from IPV4 to IPV6 now allows for more nodes (addresses on the Internet than there are atoms on the surface of the planet. This means that just about everything could be connected to the internet - we call this the Internet of Things (IoT). unit Context With the spread of cheaper and more reliable 3D printers entering the prosumer marketplace, the possibility for prototyping all sorts of 3D printed products is becoming a reality for all. The proliferation of the Internet and the move from IPV4 to IPV6 now allows for more nodes (addresses on the Internet than there are atoms on the surface of the planet. This means that just about everything could be connected to the internet - we call this the Internet of Things (IoT).
The aim of these units is to research and investigate the tools, techniques and technologies required to plan and execute a 3D Printed, Internet Enabled product, destined for the Internet of Things marketplace. With the spread of cheaper and more reliable 3D printers entering the prosumer marketplace, the possibility for prototyping all sorts of 3D printed products is becoming a reality for all. The proliferation of the Internet and the move from IPV4 to IPV6 now allows for more nodes (addresses on the Internet than there are atoms on the surface of the planet. This means that just about everything could be connected to the internet - we call this the Internet of Things (IoT). unit Context With the spread of cheaper and more reliable 3D printers entering the prosumer marketplace, the possibility for prototyping all sorts of 3D printed products is becoming a reality for all. The proliferation of the Internet and the move from IPV4 to IPV6 now allows for more nodes (addresses on the Internet than there are atoms on the surface of the planet. This means that just about everything could be connected to the internet - we call this the Internet of Things (IoT).
CRICOS Course Codes
096593J
Australian Qualifications Framework
AQF: LEVEL 9
FULLY ACCREDITED BY TEQSA
We consult closely with industry professionals so you can expect a course that’s highly relevant and equips you with sought-after skills.
What you will learn
Strategy & Leadership
Critical Thinking
Creative Practice Research
Advanced creative industry knowledge & skills
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