We live in a world of moving images – from cinemas, to boardrooms, to what we watch on our phones – and it’s designers with visual storytelling skills who create them. A degree in Film & Video Design gives you the essential knowledge and experience to embark on a career designing and producing content for film, TV, games, advertising, information, and beyond. Motion graphics, 3D animation, web, interactive, games, film and television are just some of the growth areas in digital media, and they all need smart, imaginative designers. To get into these highly competitive industries, you require exceptional digital design skills – exactly what this course delivers.

In the Bachelor of Digital Media specialising in Film & Video Design you will gain broad, flexible hands-on skills in editing and post-production, sound design, concept design, project planning, cinematography, compositing and visual effects. Throughout the course, you’ll collaborate with other students in the Design Studio on a diverse range of projects. In this dynamic learning environment, you’ll explore pre-production planning, motion graphic design, and digital video production. You’ll discover and define a design problem in the digital media world and deliver an outcome while developing essential skills in team work and negation. At the same time, led by outstanding industry professionals, you will explore the theory and context of design, film, TV and animation to really bring your creativity to life. In your final year you can apply for an internship in a professional motion design studio or production house, and have the chance to work on a live project work for a real client. You will also have the opportunity to complement your studies by completing elective subjects in 3D Design & Animation, Interaction Design or Communication Design. You can pick and mix elective subjects to edit your degree to reach your goals. Our graduates are hot property, with many working in leading digital media firms, TV stations, and media production companies. On your graduation, these exciting opportunities will open up for you, too.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Broad and flexible hands-on design skills
• Knowledge of design, film, TV and animation
• Briefs and creative processes used by industry
• Enriched creativity and storytelling
• Opportunity to intern with a professional motion design studio or production house

Australia Year 12 or equivalent