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COM103 Media Production and Presentation (8)
Abstract| Provides an introduction to a range of professional production issues and procedures. Practical workshops and group-based research projects are designed to introduce and develope a range of physical, interpersonal and presentational skills. Students develop their understanding of production practices and test their knowledge by planning the presentation of workshop-based production tasks. The impact of different professional contexts upon diversely framed presetnations is examined. Studies address changing patterns of media activity. How communicators are challenged by emergent technologies provides a focus for dialogue. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: COM103
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Communication and Creative Industries |
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Enrolment restrictions| Bachelor of Arts (Communication) students only. |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Understand professional cross-media contexts, models, craft roles, and procedures for professional production.
Demomstrate a range of skills which enhance the interpersonal, vocal, and presentational dimension of effective communication.
Critically articulate their analysis of a range of presentational styles which can be observed in contempory Australian communication contexts.
Contribute as effective collaborators in production procedures which presents sound and lighting for live indoor performances, live mic public address, video recordings of studio interviews and auto-cue readings.
Critically articulate their concept of persona re: how frames of depictive and real-life action might be conceived, enacted, read. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
Media cultures, production practices, and convergent technology trends.
Production planning and rehearsal issues re: live performance, auto-cue reading, studio interview, and live mic public address.
Voice as Persona: presentation of self and "self in-role"; Attitudes to voice and text: energy, imagery and sound.
Physical presence: body alignment, body language, gesture, and breath control for professional communicators. |
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
