Diploma of Screen and Media
Course Overview
As students at the Academy of Film, Theatre and Television (AFTT), you will undertake an intensive program of teaching and assessment activities based on industry practice, incorporating production skills as well as film projects working with in-house trainers and assessors, and external industry professionals.
The qualification’s 15 units of competency (3 core, 12 elective) have been grouped into skill clusters, taught holistically over the two semesters in an integrated manner to reflect industry workplace arrangements and practice.
Tier 1: The process of Film making Vision, Craft and Collaboration
Tier 1 provides an overview of the components of the entire filmmaking process, artistic and technical; and the collaborative attitudes and skills the process requires. The focus will be on the basic tools for making a screen production, the language of film making, developing a concept, writing characters and stories, experiencing the production process, working with performers from casting through to post, translating a script from page to screen, and using equipment such as camera, lights, sound recording gear, editing software etc. This process will highlight the importance of techniques for visual storytelling and collaboration with the various team members.
Tier 2: The Implementation of Learnt Craft Application and Skills
Tier 2 offers a deeper knowledge of the specific expressive tools at a filmmaker’s disposal, and how these elements can be used to an individual project. Tier 2 looks in more detail at the film making process, as well as an introduction to the expressive options and choices available to filmmakers. Students will be challenged to look at their individual creative processes and outputs as artists.
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Course Structure
The qualification’s 15 units of competency (3 core, 12 elective) have been grouped into skill clusters, taught holistically over the two semesters in an integrated manner to reflect industry workplace arrangements and practice.
Tier 1: The process of Film making Vision, Craft and Collaboration
Tier 1 provides an overview of the components of the entire filmmaking process, artistic and technical; and the collaborative attitudes and skills the process requires. The focus will be on the basic tools for making a screen production, the language of film making, developing a concept, writing characters and stories, experiencing the production process, working with performers from casting through to post, translating a script from page to screen, and using equipment such as camera, lights, sound recording gear, editing software etc. This process will highlight the importance of techniques for visual storytelling and collaboration with the various team members.
Tier 2: The Implementation of Learnt Craft Application and Skills
Tier 2 offers a deeper knowledge of the specific expressive tools at a filmmaker’s disposal, and how these elements can be used to an individual project. Tier 2 looks in more detail at the film making process, as well as an introduction to the expressive options and choices available to filmmakers. Students will be challenged to look at their individual creative processes and outputs as artists.
Entry Requirement
| Language Requirement | |
|---|---|
| IELTS Score (Minimum) | Proof of English proficiency: minimum IELTS 5.5 overall (with no single band score below 5.0) or equivalent. Please see English Language Requirements |
Career Opportunities
Graduate with the skills and knowledge to navigate a career within the film, television and digital industries. Previous graduates have worked alongside some of the industry’s biggest names, including Spielberg and Martin Scorcese, and many work on the international circuit. Read more about our Alumni here.
Our graduates have also worked in other areas of the industry, from short films to documentary filmmaking, music videos and corporate content. In local and international film festivals our graduates have been recognised in countless awards, including: Best Student Film (L.A film Festival), Best Student Film (Cannes Film Festival) and Tropfest finalists. Read more about our Alumni here.
AFTT filmmakers graduate highly skilled and well prepared to start work in contemporary film, television and digital media industry.