Course overview
Building on the concepts and skills acquired in introduction to film and television this creative practice-led course will employ filmmaking as a mode of enquiry to explore the notion of an Australian national cinema in the context of key political, social, economic, and industrial drivers, including the maturation of Aboriginal filmmaking.
- The Evolving Australian Screen Industry
- Understanding Australian Screen Audiences
- Digital Screen Production In Australia
Course learning outcomes
- Employ the use of an essay film as a method of critical enquiry
- Evaluate their own filmmaking practice in the context of important trends and movements in Australian cinema since WWII
- Articulate and reflect on the presence of their own subjectivity when engaging in the construction of an Australian cinematic story
- Apply a range of creative tools to generate, develop and produce a narrative cinematic idea, informed by insights gained from this analysis