The Creative Producer (11144.1)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
School Of Arts And Communications | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) |
On completion of this unit students will have formed into Creative Producer teams. The teams will develop pre-production material, and the 'paperwork' that surrounds a film's market proposal, ready to begin production of their graduating film in the following unit. They will also be able to answer this question, "How many Producers does it take to change a light bulb?"
This unit is co-taught with 11891 The Creative Producer G.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Identify and align a project with a market;
2. Evaluate investment and return as it applies to both commercial films and short films;
3. Use technical understanding to produce an investment budget and a production for a short film; and
4. Lead a creative team and foster collaboration in the development of a short film.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Skills development
Unit description
In this unit, students will gain a thorough understanding of the multi-faceted role of the creative producer in both film and television. With a focus on pre-production development, students will take short film projects from initial idea to script development and them move towards the broader balance of creative packaging, targeting markets, budget negotiations and government funding.* The unit's emphasis will be on the balance of the creative and the pragmatic: how to maintain creative vision whilst navigating between creatives, government incentives, business, budgets and markets.
On completion of this unit students will develop pre- production material, and the 'paperwork' that surrounds a film's market proposal. They will also be able to answer this question, "How many Producers does it take to change a light bulb?"
Prerequisites
11139 Short Film ProductionCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
9675 Level 3 Film ProjectAssumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Ms Naomi Telushkin |
Required texts
Suggested readings:
Muchnik, Federico Arditti. The Strategic Producer: On the Art and Craft of Making Your First Feature. CRC Press, 2016.
Todd Garner, The Producers Guide, Podcast One, 2020
McKEE, Robert, Story - Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, Methuen, London, 1998
VOGLER, Christopher, The Writer's Journey - Mythic Structures for Storytellers and Screenwriters, Studio City, Michael Wiese Productions, 1992
ACTUAL SHOOTING SCRIPTS – various. As well as the scripts available through Canvas, there are bound copies of many scripts in the CLRC and library.
Submission of assessment items
Special assessment requirements
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Supplementary assessment
If a student fails due to a late submission they may appy for a supplimentary assement.
The supplimentary submission will marked pass 50% or fail 0%
Use of Artificial intelligence
Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.
GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:
- the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
- the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
- the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.
Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how, then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.
The GenAI for StudentsLinks to an external site. Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.
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Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
Please note that this unit requires a great deal of self directed study, however, failure to attend classes may have a negative impact on your grade due to you having missed important information and in-class disscusions.
Required IT skills
Students are expected to have IT skill comensurate with this level 3 unit.
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
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