Screen Production at Murdoch University

Course Description

Bring stories to life as a Murdoch Screen Production student. In this course you’ll learn about scriptwriting, producing, directing, cinematography, production design, digital video editing, sound recording and sound design.

Gain hands-on experience from international award winning experienced film-makers, and use a wide range of professional production equipment and industry standard facilities. These include digital editing suites, 4K industry cameras, a broadcast quality TV studio, and a state-of-the-art sound stage.

Learn all the roles involved in creating screen productions of many kinds including drama, documentary, factual production, and/or experimental pieces.

8 reasons to study Screen Production at Murdoch

• Work with real organisations on real projects, and complete internships through our work integrated learning program.
• Get more real-world experience in our on-campus student creative consultancy MESH and work on real projects with real companies.
• Make use of our state of the art facilities including video editing suites, 4K cinema cameras, a broadcast quality TV studio, and a sound stage.
• Work with international award winning filmmakers. Our teaching team includes Damian Fasolo, Dr Glen Stasiuk and Dr John McMullan, multi-award winning filmmakers, with more than 20 years’ combined experience in screen production. They have produced music videos, TV commercials, documentaries, docu-drama, web-series, green-screen productions, TV shows, live event productions and had their work featured in international film festivals around the globe, and earned themselves numerous industry awards and accolades.
• Build a portfolio of creative works throughout your degree, which you can use to showcase your creative potential to future employers and production houses.
• At Murdoch, you’ll develop an entrepreneurial attitude, client consultation skills, critical thinking and the ability to adapt - so you can action your ideas.
• Showcase your creative work through local, national or even global competitions and film festivals. Our students have had their writing published and won film awards that have landed them jobs with global film and music producers.
• Study two majors in 3 years and graduate with 2 specialisations, further enhancing your career prospects.

What you’ll learn

Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you’ll learn:

• directing and producing
• writing for the screen
• practical film skills
• consulting and freelancing
• factual and documentary production.

Your future career

When you graduate, you’ll be well suited to careers in a range of industries and fields such as media production, film and TV, online and subscriptions, festival and media events, screen writing and development and post-production houses.