• Offered by School of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Specialist
  • Course subject Visual Culture
  • Areas of interest Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Visual Arts
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Melinda Hinkson
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Autumn Session 2014
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  This course approaches video as a new language that researchers can acquire and apply to their own disciplines, addressing it as both a research method and medium of expression in the humanities and human sciences.  It will provide training in basic video techniques through a series of exercises enabling researchers to use a video camera in the field with some degree of confidence.  Students will be introduced to basic principles of video editing.  The emphasis will be upon the use of video to create knowledge significantly different from that of written texts, rather than merely gathering visual records. The course assumes no  prior knowledge of video-making.  Participants will be requested to provide their own video cameras for the period of the course.    

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have:

  1. Basic skills in using a video camera, including in recording sound.
  2. An understandingof basic film editing strategies.
  3. A recognition of the diverse ways in which video fundamentally differsfrom written texts.
  4. The confidence to create your own video footage as an integral part ofyour disciplinary methodology.

Indicative Assessment

Class participation (10%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,4)
Week one video exercises (30%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4)
Final essay (20%) (Learning Outcomes 3,4)
Final video project (40%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4)

The assessment package is designed to test students' developingcompetencies against the aims of the course.

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Workload

20 hours intensive; 30 hours filming; 30 hours editing; 40 hours independentresearch, reading and writing

Requisite and Incompatibility

You will need to contact the School of Archaeology and Anthropology to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1542
2014 $2478
2013 $2472
2012 $2472
2011 $2424
2010 $2358
2009 $2286
2008 $2286
2007 $2286
2006 $2286
2005 $2286
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $3618
2014 $3762
2013 $3756
2012 $3756
2011 $3756
2010 $3750
2009 $3618
2008 $3618
2007 $3618
2006 $3618
2005 $3618
2004 $3618
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Autumn Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4372 01 Apr 2014 18 Apr 2014 18 Apr 2014 30 Jun 2014 In Person N/A

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