University Course Planner The University of Adelaide Australia

MDIA 2336 - Stories on Screen

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3820
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: MDIA 1007 and (MDIA 1002 or MDIA 1014OL)
Incompatible: MDIA 1006
Assessment: Concept design, Pitch, Story Production, Distribution Plan, Reflection Statement
Syllabus:

This course looks at the development, production, and use of small screen online stories which has become an avenue of expression leading to new forms of social networking and a means through which story is re-made for different media. The course examines techniques of story production through a range of digital media which will lead to the development and production of stories by students. The capacity for storytelling has developed through the availability of convergent communication technologies, particularly consumer grade technologies such as those in DSLR cameras, smart phones and tablets. The availability of these technologies has meant that new skills and techniques of writing and producing are necessary which fit with computer and mobile screen technologies and other parameters of these new media forms. The subject will cover the relatively short history of this new field of media production, linking it to older forms of storytelling in terms of connection to comparative and Indigenous precursors and uses. Building on theory covered in first year core Media courses, this course will cover an analysis of the 'producer' as an autonomous media producer and the development of a computer mediated aesthetics. Theories of narrative form, visuals, sound, music, subjectivity and identity will form part of the course with an examination of forms of collective and political engagement that develop out of online stories. New mainstream genres which grow out of older forms such as the diary or the journal will be discussed. The course has a practical focus which will encourage the production of new forms of narrative through exercises and the use of skills developed in class.

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0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3820 Mon 06/08/2018 Fri 31/08/2018 Fri 14/09/2018 Fri 26/10/2018


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23284 LE01 250 95 23 Jul - 23 Jul Monday 10am - 11am Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
22470 WR08 30 5 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 1pm - 3pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 1pm - 3pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
22472 WR06 30 1 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 9am - 11am Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 9am - 11am Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
22473 WR05 30 6 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 3pm - 5pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 3pm - 5pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
22475 WR03 30 3 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 11am - 1pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 11am - 1pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
22476 WR02 30 9 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 9am - 11am Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 9am - 11am Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
23285 WR01 30 1 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 11am - 1pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 11am - 1pm Schulz, 408, Computer Suite