Bachelor of Film Production
The degree will consolidate the students knowledge already gained during the Film Production diploma and further their academic skills. To broaden the learning experience beyond the purely vocational type training, by including a wider knowledge base and research-based educational experience. The Film Production degree programme can only be taken at the various approved SAE degree centres.
Aims
The Bachelor Film Production degree comprises the Film Production diploma plus a second year of degree level studies. This degree is taught and administered by SAE Institute.
The degree can be taken over a period of two years as an intensive programme. The BA degree is a direct path to higher post graduate degrees.
Course DetailsQualification
- Bachelor of Film Production Degree
- Higher Education (Australian government accredited)
Degree Entry Requirements
Note: If you are applying from outside the UAE please contact the SAE Institute in your country to confirm your equivalent educational standing or contact SAE directly.
- minimum age 17;
- completion of year 12 high school certificate (HSC) or its equivalent ; or
- mature age students over 21 years; or
- on receipt of suitable evidence, SAE shall seek to admit all prospective students (via special entry) who are considered to have a reasonable chance of success in the programme.
Degree Duration
24 months full-time (accelerated learning)
Assessment method and award
Practical
Will involve progressive assessment of practical assignments
Theoretical
- all BA (Hons) students must undertake a specialist written research project; and
- pass and complete all individual degree modules
Award
In order to qualify for the Bachelor degree, candidates need to reach an overall mark of 240 credit points.
Career Options:
- Assistant editor
- Editor
- Gaffer
- Key grip
- 1st assistant director
- Art director
- Director of photography
- Director
- Producer
- Camera Assistant
- Compositor
- Production Manager
- Post Production Supervisor
- Sound Editor
- Re-recording Mixer
- Sound Recordist
- Steadicam Operator
- Sales and installation
- Consultancy, education and associated careers
- Film studio manager
- Digital media entrepreneur
Second year direct entry
Graduates who have successfully completed the SAE Film Production Diploma from other SAE Institutes can continue with the degree at SAE approved degree centers. Graduates with similar qualifications can apply for advanced standing in the degree programme.
1st Year Bachelor of Film Production
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BCM100: Communications & Computer Technologies
A foundation unit in digital communications theory, computing & society, preparing students for the creative media industry. Hands-on experience with computers, digital research & principles of critical analysis and reporting styles are explored.
BCM110: Introduction to Digital Imaging
This unit introduces two dimensional (2D) digital image manipulation in the context of contemporary culture, media industries and the arts. Practical skills in graphic design are studied and the integratation of digital images into musical works across the spectrum of creative media including CD, DVD, web and print media are applied.
BFP100: Introduction to Film Production
This unit introduces the key elements of film & television, the roles of production crew, basic camera work, composition & framing, mise-en scene, montage, basic lighting, storytelling, film genre, film styles and basic editing techniques. Students examine non-verbal communications in silent cinema.
BFP110: Introduction to Film Post Production
Theoretical and practical implications of the editing process in the production of a digital film are examined. Digital editing techniques, history & aesthetics are explored. Montage as communication of narrative is analysed and applied to a practical project.
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BFP150: Motion Graphics
Motion graphics as communication in the creative media industries & art form/craft. A history of motion graphics within film production & practical lectures are applied to creative project based outcomesin the realisation of a motion graphics production.
BFP130: Music Video Production
Music videos and clips are examined, studying cinematic techniques that include computer generated images (CGI), animation and various types of common visual effects (VFX) as a means of communication and artistic expression within the music video art form. Students apply this knowledge to a practical project visualising rhythm, genre & style to create a marketing image for a musical group.
BFP180: Introduction to Audio Technology
Students are introduced to the fundamentals of recording & mixdown of music in a small recording studio environment. Theories of audio recording technologies are taught combined with practical music and vocals complilation using a digital audio workstation (DAW) to produce a basic recorded work. Studio roles & processes of the recording studio, recording console signal flow diagrams and the application of different microphones types in a variety of common studio settings are studied.
BCM130: Web Technologies
Students are provided with a range of skills and theoretical knowledge fundamental to publishing for the Web. This includes tracing a history of digital technologies, principles of human-computer interaction, design concepts & information architecture, online communities & resources for the creative media industry.
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BFP140: Film Studies 1
A semiotics of cinema, the social, cultural, & political forces that have shaped the global film industry, charting the journey of film history from early cinema (ca. 1890 to 1945) to contemporary technologies. Key styles, genres and leading figures shaping film as a new language of expression and artform are examined.
BFP120: Visual Effects (VFX)
Students are introduced to the practical techniques of ‘digital visual effects’ focusing on compositing within the film and television industry. Digital effects as a visual film language, animation techniques, and integration of live action footage are applied to analyse exisiting film and media creative works and to the production of creative work.
BFP160: Adaptations
This unit explores the reinterpretation of visual art, literature, and music in the film form. Author/producer/director matrix is examined in realtion to film adaptations, examining key elements of character development and story. Students learn to existing works to adapt for the screen. Facets of story, script,camera, sound, understanding of editing and post-production techniques are examined in the creation of an adapted work.
BFP170: Creative Project 1
This unit is the culmination of Year 1 film production studies in the realisation of a creative film project as a means of artisitc expression. The project requires students to plan, manage and complete a creative work within a specialised area of film production, demonstrating technical & creative abilities, with a written report documenting process,
Exit Point after 3 Trimesters with a Diploma of Film Production
2nd Year Bachelor of Film Production
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BFP200: Documentary Production
This unit examines documentary as an expressive film langauage. Analysis of documentary styles, pioneering films & filmmakers in the medium and investigative research strategies for uncovering stories ,common production and post production techniques used to tell the story are explored.
BFP210: The Role of Producers & Directors
This unit explores at an advanced level all facets of film and television production from concept to creation particularly funding, above the line and below the line, research, marketing, analysis, budgeting and scheduling, team management and building, distribution and the markets. Furthermore the various roles and functions of producers and directors are examined by studying a selection of successful people who have made major contributions in and through their specialized fields. From these ‘role models’ students are encouraged to think critically about their own strengths and weaknesses and to develop strategies for self-development.
BCM200: Research and Project Models
A unit focused on creative project development in the creative media industry. The combines theoretical and practical approaches to the production process. Students are introduced to research and writing strategies for documenting creative media practice.
BCM210: Audio Post Production
Students are introduced to key elements of sound in audio post production. An historical map of developments in the area of sound for motion picture & television is surveyed. Students review audio technologies past and present used by engineers and sound designers to gain insight into the approaches and the affect of the sound design in motion picture.
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BFP220: Film Studies 2
This unit builds on BFP140: Film Studies 1 to an advanced level. A semiotics of cinema, the social, cultural, & political forces that have shaped the global film industry, charting the journey of film history from early cinema (ca. 1890 to 1945) to contemporary technologies. Key styles, genres and leading figures shaping film as a new language of expression and artform are examined.
BCM220: Business and Legal Studies
The unit establishes fundamental principles of business planning and matters regarding intellectual property & law for creative media practitioners. The unit navigates principles of copyright & intellectual property law for cultural producers.
BFP230: Advanced Film Post Production
This unit builds on BFP10 to an advanced level. Theoretical and practical implications of the editing process in the production of a digital film are examined. Digital editing techniques, history & aesthetics are explored. Montage as communication of narrative is analysed and applied to a practical project.
BFP240: Television Production
Pre-production; production; and post production. phases in film and television production are analysed, including the roles of writer, producer and director. Collaborative teamwork project development & realisation, production management, budgeting, scheduling, and the post-production path are examined through to delivery, marketing and analysis of the overall process.
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BCM230: Marketing and Promotions
Students are exposed to the fundamental principles of marketing, promotions and publicity. A variety of marketing strategies are examined, including an outline of the historical developments in media based advertising. Students are encouraged to think critically about the role of advertising in society.
BFP250: Television Commercial (TVC) Production
This unit explores the television commercial (TVC) as means of communication to effectivley communicate products and/or services to an audience. Critical phases of pre-production; production; and post-production are critically examined in relation to the key aspects of TVC production, including various approaches that the director may take.
BFP260 Creative Project 2 (Double Unit)
This double unit is the culmination of the degree program, enabling students to demonstrate the full range of their technical, creative & academic skills and abilities. It provides an opportunity to undertake a large-scale creative project that displays the depth & breadth of their work. The project may involve the development & testing of a media product or the exploration of a particular production method or approach, which may take the form of a style analysis. The practical work will include an appropriate analytical critique and production logbook development.
