Bachelor of Film, Television and Animation
2021 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2021 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Film, Television and Animation |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2021. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2021. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 3 2021. |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Cloud Campus | No |
| Duration | 3 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 095258K Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Deakin course code | A351 |
| Approval status | This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7. |
NOTE: The Bachelor of Film, Television and Animation requires students to be on-campus for discipline specific equipment, software and assessment activities. | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Other learning experiences
Course overview
Learn how to take a great story and shape it for film, TV or animation. From documentary and short narrative fiction, to more experimental productions, Deakin’s Bachelor of Film, Television and Animation enables you to explore storytelling on screen through multiple roles and practices, while developing your own specialist skill set within the dynamic fields of screen production and screen culture.
You’ll work collaboratively with like-minded students on real industry briefs and draw from the expertise of teachers who are active and well-connected in industry.
You’ll also have access to industry-standard facilities and equipment including a high-definition television broadcast studio, green screen studio, grading rooms and use of our RED EPIC cameras. By the time you graduate, you’ll have a working portfolio, budding professional network and invaluable insider knowledge to give you the competitive edge future employers are searching for.
Do you want to produce and direct in the media and entertainment industry?
Bring storytelling to the screen through a number of production and post-production roles and practices. Through this course, you’ll explore:
- animation for screen
- digital cinematography
- editing
- film analysis
- film history
- high-definition broadcast TV studio production
- scriptwriting
- short filmmaking
- sound design
- studio and location production
- the business of freelance work
- visual language.
You’ll also learn the art of storytelling in 2D and access Deakin’s 3D animation program. Gaining a broad understanding of moving image, graphic and animation practice, you’ll develop clever and creative ways of manipulating and animating images.
Working collaboratively with like-minded students on real industry briefs, you’ll graduate with a working portfolio. Draw from the expertise of our academic staff, who are active in screen production themselves, and gain knowledge and insights from within the industry.
You’ll also gain invaluable industry experience by working alongside your creative arts peers on a range of projects, such as broadcasting the Deakin Melbourne Boomers’ national basketball competition home games through a live stream on Fox Sports.
This course opens up employment opportunities in fictional or factual production for cinema and television – or within the corporate, educational and advertising sectors. You could also work as an animator in the arts or digital content industries.
Career opportunities
As a film, television and animation graduate, you may find employment in fictional and factual production for cinema and television and in the corporate, educational, music video and advertising sectors.
Past graduates have launched their careers with national awards and international recognition (through film festivals) for their student work. Deakin’s internship program has also provided a start to successful careers in the field.
Deakin graduates work across the media and creative industries. Career opportunities include working as:
- animators
- audiovisual technicians
- camera operators
- documentary producers
- film and television producers or directors
- journalists
- film or television editors
- lighting designers
- presenters
- production managers
- scriptwriters
- sound engineers
- television program coordinators.
For more information go to DeakinTALENT
Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, Working with Children Check or other check.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year and your study load. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website or our handy Fee estimator to help estimate your tuition fees.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to:
|
| Communication | Effectively communicate the intent, design approaches and ideas in creative work through written, oral and digital form to a range of audiences. |
| Digital literacy | Evaluate requirements for, make recommendations in relation to, and use high level digital film, television and animation production technologies to create film and television products to be distributed through a range of digital platforms. |
| Critical thinking | Develop, research and evaluate ideas, concepts and processes for making film, television and animation productions, through creative, critical and reflective thinking and practice. |
| Problem solving | Apply narrative, aesthetic, technical, logistical, organisational, critical and interpersonal skills and knowledge to produce film, television and animation productions. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate autonomy, initiative and responsibility, an ability to self-evaluate and manage time and resources to fulfil the obligation of working in a collaborative environment and to identify, evaluate and research project needs and solutions as a reflective practitioner. |
| Teamwork | Demonstrate the ability to work in different capacities in a range of production team models in film, television and animation production. |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate an awareness of cultural and social diversity and issues of globalisation in film, television and animation. |
| Approved by Faculty Board January 2017 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Film, Television and Animation a student must complete 24 credit points including:
- 18 credit points of core units (includes course electives chosen from Lists A and B)
- 6 credit points of open electives
- no more than 10 credit points at level 1
- minimum of 6 credit points at level 3
- AAI018 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
Course structure
Level 1
| ACF103 | Writing with the Camera |
| ACF104 | Screening History (formerly ALC106) |
| ACF106 | Screen Practices |
| ACF107 | Principles of Animation |
Level 2
| ACF211 | Screen Careers |
Level 3
| ACF307 | Major Screen Project A - Development (2 credit points) |
| ACF308 | Major Screen Project B - Production (2 credit points) |
| ACC317 | Communication and Creative Arts Internship A |
| ACF320 | The Australian Moving Image |
Electives
Complete six electives, of which at least two must be 2nd or 3rd level
We suggest students complete at least 4 units in a subject area different to their degree, preferably a linked sequence of study in the same area. Students with a strong interest in animation should add units in 3-D Animation, Motion and similar units in the Bachelor of Design. More generally your best choices are often found in the subject areas of the Bachelor of Arts. Additional course elective units can be taken as open electives.
Course Electives List A
Complete three 1-credit point units chosen from the following course electives list A:
| ACG103 | Design Skills |
| ACI101 | Analogue Photography |
| ACP103 | Acting Studio |
| ADA101 | Designing 3D Motion |
| ADA102 | Designing 3D Environments |
| ALW101 | Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity |
| IND101 | Introduction to Aboriginal Studies |
Course Electives List B
Complete four 1-credit point units chosen from the following course electives list B*:
Film/Television production-based units
| ACA201 | Production Design for Screen and Performance |
| ACA202 | Acting and Directing for Screen |
| ACA203 | The Art and Design of Sound |
| ACF201 | Short Fiction Film |
| ACF202 | Documentary Production |
| ACF205 | Television Studio Production |
| ACF208 | Cinematography |
| ACF209 | Experimental Screens |
| ACF210 | Postproduction |
Film Theory units
| ACF206 | Contemporary Topics in Screen Cultures |
| ACF304 | The Celebrity Industries: Star Images, Fan Cultures and Performance |
Animation production-based units
| ACF207 | Animation Project |
| ACF212 | Visual Effects and Motion Graphics |
| ADA201 | Creating 3D Characters |
| ADA202 | Animation, Performance and Capture |
| ADA204 | Motion Graphics for Film and Advertising |
* students may require specific prerequisites, please check these to select course elective list B selection appropriately.
Work experience
Elective units may provide the opportunity for Work Integrated Learning experiences.
Assessment
Assessment within the award of Bachelor of Film, Television and Animation varies from written assignments and/or examination to practical and technical exercises and performance. In some units assessment may also include class participation, online exercises, seminar exercises and tests.
Other course information
Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Other learning experiences
Public Screenings & Industry Awards: Capstone unit students show their films at the Deakin Film and TV Visionnaire Awards screenings Sponsors include Final Draft, Black Magic, the Australian Cinematographers Society, Sound Firm, Chameleon Casting, Medea Films and the Australian Production Design Guild (APDG).
Opportunities for WIL (work integrated learning ) include Deakin LiveStream, an outside broadcast multi-camera production crew, various industry media companies and cultural events through university partnerships.