- 2 SEMESTERS (1 Year, Full Time)
- FEES | Domestic & International
- NEXT INTAKE 23rd JANUARY 2023
DEVELOP YOUR CREATIVE HABIT
COURSE SUMMARY
| Qualification / Award | CUA51020 Diploma of Screen and Media |  |
| Length | 1 year full-time (2 semesters) | |
| Units of Competency | 15 Units of Competency | |
| Delivery | On Campus at Waterloo Studios | |
| Available to | Domestic / International | |
| ATAR | N/A | |
| Course Accreditation | CRICOS (03361F) | |
| Financial Information | Course Fees Page | |
| IELTS | Level 6.5 | |
| Application Process | Apply Online |
The Diploma of Screen and Media is a foundational acting course that will provide you with the skills required to begin your development as an actor. The Diploma is a one-year course; completed over two 20-week semesters, four days per week.
This acting course course provides the foundational skills and knowledge required to perform as an actor, in a wide variety of contexts in the contemporary screen and electronic media industries. This includes work in television, film, special effects performance, web-projects and voice-over.
Throughout this intensive year of training, you will above all develop your creative habit; whilst cultivating strong skills in core acting techniques, voice, movement, working with text, research and improvisation. Throughout your training, you will identify your existing strengths as an actor, your areas for improvement, and gain the appropriate tools and exercises to take your acting to the next level of performance.
Parallel to your acting and skills classes, you will also undergo training in Technology Craft – a subject which explores the actor’s relationship to all personnel involved in production and post production. The emphasis of this training is on the integration of technical and creative abilities to develop your skills in camera operation, lighting and sound – giving you the capacity to conceive, write, and produce your own creative work.
Throughout the Diploma, students will work within all aspects of screen performance. In the highly competitive film and performance space, actors must be versatile and even more multi-skilled to sustain a career. This course thus prepares our students for that reality.
UNITS OF COMPETENCY
To successfully complete the CUA51020 Diploma of Screen and Media qualification, you must complete 15 units of competency. The units are outlined in the table below:
UNITS OF COMPETENCY | ||||
| BSBCMM401 | MAKE A PRESENTATION | |||
| BSBCRT401 | ARTICULATE, PRESENT AND DEBATE IDEAS | |||
| BSBCRT402 | COLLABORATE IN A CREATIVE PROCESS | |||
| BSBCRT501 | ORIGINATE AND DEVELOP CONCEPTS | |||
| CUACAM401 | SHOOT A WIDE RANGE OF SCREEN CONTENT | |||
| CUADRT502 | DIRECT PERFORMERS FOR SCREEN PRODUCTIONS | |||
| CUAIND401 | EXTEND EXPERTISE IN SPECIALIST CREATIVE FIELDS | |||
| CUAIND502 | MAINTAIN AND APPLY CREATIVE ARTS INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE | |||
| CUAPOS401 | EDIT SCREEN CONTENT FOR FAST TURNAROUND | |||
| CUAPPR405 | DEVELOP AND DISCUSS IDEAS FOR OWN CREATIVE WORK | |||
| CUAPPR502 | DEVELOP OWN SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE | |||
| CUAPPR505 | ESTABLISH & MAINTAIN SAFE CREATIVE PRACTICE | |||
| CUARES402 | CONDUCT RESEARCH | |||
| SCRAAS603 | APPLY A RANGE OF ACTING SKILLS IN SUSTAINED PERFORMANCES FOR CAMERA | |||
| SCRVSA605 | DEVELOP AND INTEGRATE VOCAL SKILLS FOR SCREEN ACTING | |||
COURSE STRUCTURE
YEAR ONE | |||||
TERM ONE | |||||
SUBJECTS | INCLUDES | ||||
| ACTING 1 | DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATIVE HABIT | ||||
| ACTING FOR CAMERA 1 | SCENEWORK ON CAMERA | ||||
| FILM STUDIES | INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENT PIECE | ||||
| IMPROVISATION 1 | SHOOTING EXERCISE | ||||
| MOVEMENT 1 | INDIVIDUAL VOCAL WARM-UP | ||||
| TECHNOLOGY CRAFT 1 | |||||
| VOICE 1 | |||||
TERM TWO | |||||
SUBJECTS | INCLUDES | ||||
| ACTING 2 | INTERNATIONAL SCENEWORK | ||||
| ACTING FOR CAMERA 2 | IMPROVISATION FOR CAMERA | ||||
| IMPROVISATION 2 | CLASSIC TEXT SCENEWORK | ||||
| MOVEMENT 2 | ANIMAL STUDY | ||||
| TECHNOLOGY CRAFT 2 | SHOOTING EXERCISE ON LOCATION | ||||
| VOICE 2 | VOICE-OVER / CHARACTER NARRATION | ||||
TERM THREE | |||||
SUBJECTS | INCLUDES | ||||
| ACTING 3 | PLAY PRODUCTION 1 | ||||
| ACTING FOR CAMERA 3 | SCENEWORK ON CAMERA | ||||
| IMPROVISATION 3 | LONG-FORM IMPROVISATION PERFORMANCE | ||||
| MOVEMENT 3 | ENSEMBLE MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE | ||||
| TECHNOLOGY CRAFT 3 | SHORT FILM 1 | ||||
| VOICE 3 | ENSEMBLE VOICE PERFORMANCE | ||||
| SCENEWORK ON CAMERA | |||||
ACTING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS BASE
From a professional skill base point of view the skills you will acquire during the CUA51020 Diploma of Screen and Media acting course will be:
- Act for television, stage, film and current innovative screen and media technologies
- Perform voice-over work, presenting, narration, commercials, corporate/educational/life style presentations
- Undertake special effects work for innovative screen and media technologies such as green screen and physical animation character work
- Be prepared for actual Industry practice and protocols
- To have a clear sense of the skills and knowledge required to maintain and develop a career as an actor
- Produce a number of media projects utilising skills in cinematography, editing, screenwriting and sound
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Guided in a way that allows you to identify your creative assets so you can achieve maximum expression yet also allows you to undertake remedial work to effectively remove creative blocks, tensions or certainly work patterns that may limit your professional development
- Skills and knowledge training in line with actual industry practice. Our teaching/learning environment is constructed to provide you with real production studio experience; much of your classwork and assessments will be simulations of how things actually work in the industry and be done in SAS film, sound and editing studios in real time
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Applicants must consequently have a suitable level of academic skills in order to study in an Advanced Diploma acting course.
To apply for this course you must complete our acting application. Shortly after you submit your application one of SAS’s friendly staff will be in contact with you to arrange your initial interview, tour and also your audition.
Please see our student entry procedures for even more details.
ACTING COURSE CALENDAR
COURSE CALENDAR FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING IN FEBRUARY 2022
CUA51020 DIPLOMA OF SCREEN AND MEDIA
ACTING 1 | SEMESTER START |
| O WEEK, MON, 7 FEBRUARY 22 | |
| MON, 14 FEBRUARY 22 CENSUS DATE – 3 MARCH 22 | |
| SEMESTER FINISH | |
| THURS, 12 MAY 22 |
SEMESTER BREAK | |
| FRI, 13 MAY 22 – SUN, 29 MAY 22 | |
ACTING 2 | SEMESTER START |
| MON, 30 MAY 22 CENSUS DATE – 16 JUNE 22 | |
| SEMESTER FINISH | |
| THURS, 25 AUGUST 22 |
SEMESTER BREAK | |
| FRI, 26 AUGUST 22 – SUN, 11 SEPTEMBER 22 | |
ACTING 3 | SEMESTER START |
| MON, 12 SEPTEMBER 22 CENSUS DATE – 29 SEPTEMBER 22 | |
| SEMESTER FINISH | |
| FRI, 9 DECEMBER 22 |
COURSE CALENDAR FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING IN JANUARY 2023
CUA51020 DIPLOMA OF SCREEN AND MEDIA
ACTING 1 | SEMESTER START |
| O WEEK, MON, 23 JANUARY 23 | |
| MON, 30 JANUARY 23 | |
CENSUS DATE – 20 FEBRUARY 23 | |
| MID SEMESTER BREAK – FRI, 7 APRIL 23 – SUN, 16 APRIL 23 | |
CENSUS DATE – 1 JUNE 23 | |
| SEMESTER FINISH | |
| THURS, 22 JUNE 23 |
SEMESTER BREAK | |
| FRI, 22 JUNE 23 – SUN, 16 JULY 23 | |
ACTING 2 | SEMESTER START |
| MON, 17 JULY 23 | |
CENSUS DATE – 20 SEPTEMBER 23 | |
| MID SEMESTER BREAK – FRI, 22 SEP 23 – SUN, 1 OCTOBER 23 | |
| SEMESTER FINISH | |
| THURS, 7 DECEMBER 23 |