Degree
Major
80 credit points
Major in Screen Practice and Production
Overview
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looking to start my course in
Degree/s offering this major
Bachelor of Media and Communications
Summary
Key features
- Study in state-of-the-art facilities
Access a dance studio with sprung floor, a drama studio with intelligent lighting and sound, and industry-standard production tools.
- Create numerous projects relevant to your chosen production path
Create documentaries, features and dramas, scripts, storyboards and screenplays, and screen soundtracks.
- Study theories that underpin filmmaking
Interpret and analyse a wide range of screen and film cultural theories and practices of filmmaking.
- Combine your learning with practical and professional experience
Participate in PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) to gain relevant workplace experience.
Career outcomes
With a rapidly evolving job market, graduate employability remains our priority. We’re working closely with a range of industries and sectors to ensure you’re job-ready when you graduate. View graduate professions and potential employers.
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Faculty of Arts
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Studying at Macquarie
Our vibrant and leafy campus forms part of one of the largest business and technology precincts in Australia. To ensure you have the right skills when you graduate — whether you're starting your first job or taking your career to the next level — we offer flexible study options, personalised degrees and practical experiences.
Benefits of studying at Macquarie
Major structure
What you’ll study
A major allows you to focus on an area of study, such as Screen Practice and Production, within more generalist degrees. It’s recorded on your testamur and academic transcript.
Major requirements
80 credit points
Essential units
80 credit points
Complete each unit below.
Essential units are units that you must complete to qualify for your degree.
How can I study this major?
Screen Practice and Production is available as a major as part of the below degree/s:
Guide to University terminology
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Career outcomes
Set your career in motion
Professions
- Art or creative director
- Boom operator
- Camera operator
- Cinematographer
- Corporate communications specialist
- Director
- Editor or publisher
- Grip technician
- Impact producer
- Journalist
- Production designer
- Production manager
- Screen and film producer
- Screenwriter
- Script editor
- Sound producer
- Sound technician
- Videographer
Employers
- Advertising and media agencies
- Arts communications agencies
- Cinemas
- Film festivals
- Government agencies and departments
- International agencies and departments
- Media production companies
- Media, creative or communications agencies
- NGOs
- Production studios – film, TV and sound
- Radio and television broadcasters
- Science communication organisations
- Streaming media companies and services
- Web-series production houses
Career information
Job and Skills Australia – an Australian Government initiative – provides accessible labour-market data, research and tools to help you understand Australia’s current and projected workforce-skills needs.
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