Pre-production and filming

Who should attend?

Anyone with an interest in filmmaking and video production. No prerequisites needed.

This course suits beginners who just starting out and emerging filmmakers wanting to refine their skills.

Course content

What does it take to make a successful short film? Dr Tom Young takes you through pre-production and filming.

Taking a script and turning it into a film can be an overwhelming task, but this short course will help. We will look at budgeting, scheduling, location scouting, production management and crewing. In preparing to film we will discuss storyboarding, shot lists, casting, auditions and rehearsals. Finally, we will cover on set protocols, cinematography, production design, sound recording and working with actors on set.
  

Learning outcomes

Planning & filming a short video (camera, lighting, sound).

Assessment

This short course is project based. Throughout the course students will work on their own short film or video. To make the most of this experience students are required to meet production milestones in a timely manner and respond to feedback during the short course. At the end of each short course students are given an opportunity to present their final work.

Professional Certificate

• Professional Certificate in Video Production: Combine this short course with  the following short courses and gain a Professional Certificate in Video Production:
  • Development and scriptwriting
    
  • Post-production: Editing, sound and colour
    
  • Marketing, distribution and exhibition
    
• Professional Certificate in Creativity or Professional Practice: Mix and match any four courses of your choice across essential media, publishing and editing and video production and gain a Professional Certificate in Creativity or Professional Practice.