Media

Director's Cut

Year 9 Selective
Lesson Load6 periods per fortnight
OfferedSemester 1, 2023Semester 2, 2023

Take your first steps as aspiring directors and learn to create films like the masters. Explore the techniques used by filmmakers to turn an idea into a cinematic masterpiece by viewing a range of texts and following how the experts do it. Get hands-on experience working with video production equipment and video editing while learning to write, direct and produce.


Experimentation will be key as you use all the tools provided to create multiple video projects ranging from simple sequences to documentaries and short narratives following the classic three act structure. You’ll enter this selective with a camera and an idea and exit as a director, capable of telling a story of the world around you, a story that matters to you.

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