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CUA60620 Advanced Diploma of Screen and MediaDigital Cinema - AC80

  • Diploma

Create your career in digital cinema with this course, which provides skills in lighting design, storytelling, cinematography, and editing. Graduates may gain advanced standing for entry into the WA Screen Academy's Bachelor of Media & Communications at Edith Cowan University.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Duration
12 - 12 semesters full-time
Course Code
AC80, 107937F
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
International Fees
$13,140 per year / $13,140 total

About this course

Why choose this course?

Create your career in digital cinema. This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to work within the film and television industry. It will provide you with the opportunity to explore the nature of storytelling through the medium of digital cinema and helps you to evolve your ideas for professional creative work.

The course covers skill areas such as lighting design, developing story lines and treatments, directing cinematography, managing performers and crews for screen productions and editing complex screen productions. You could find yourself working on content as varied as client-based corporate projects, micro dramas, documentaries and short-form narrative films with professional actors shot on cinema standard equipment.

Successful completion of this course may see you gain advanced standing for entry into the WA Screen Academy's Bachelor of Media & Communications at Edith Cowan University.

Entry requirements

  • An IELTS score (academic) of 6.0 with no band score less than 5.0 or equivalent.
  • Completion of CUA51020 Diploma of Screen and Media (Film & Television) (AC75) is required for entry into this course.

Study locations

Perth

What you will learn

Why choose this course?

Create your career in digital cinema. This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to work within the film and television industry. It will provide you with the opportunity to explore the nature of storytelling through the medium of digital cinema and helps you to evolve your ideas for professional creative work.

The course covers skill areas such as lighting design, developing story lines and treatments, directing cinematography, managing performers and crews for screen productions and editing complex screen productions. You could find yourself working on content as varied as client-based corporate projects, micro dramas, documentaries and short-form narrative films with professional actors shot on cinema standard equipment.

Successful completion of this course may see you gain advanced standing for entry into the WA Screen Academy's Bachelor of Media & Communications at Edith Cowan University.

Career pathways

  • Assistant Director
  • Editor
  • Production Manager

Course structure

Core units
  • CUAIND611 Work professionally in the creative arts industry
  • CUAPPR515 Establish and maintain safe creative practice
  • CUAPPR613 Engage in the business of creative practice
  • CUAPPR615 Evolve ideas for professional creative work
Elective units
  • CUACAM611 Direct cinematography for screen productions
  • CUADES611 Manage design realisation
  • CUADRT512 Direct performers for screen productions
  • CUADRT611 Establish creative vision for screen productions
  • CUALGT514 Develop lighting designs
  • CUAPOS511 Edit complex media productions
  • CUAPOS512 Perform primary and secondary colour correction
  • CUAPPM512 Realise productions
  • CUAPPM613 Plan and manage pre-production activities
  • CUASOU411 Coordinate sound recording operations on location
  • CUASOU418 Edit dialogue
  • CUAWRT602 Edit scripts

Credit for prior study or work

Students who enrol into this qualification will be eligible for credit transfer of the units that they have already achieved. Fees paid by international students are set on a commercial basis and are paid as a whole of course fee - no refund will apply to credit transfers. Please refer to your letter of Offer for detailed duration and costings for your enrolment.

How to apply

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