This program is not offered in Australia in 2025. Please visit NYFA US website for similar programs available at our campus in the U.S.
OVERVIEW
New York Film Academy Australia delivers the nationally recognised training program CUA60620 - Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media with chosen coursework focusing on filmmaking.
Students enrolling in this filmmaking program at NYFA Australia receive a hands-on education that allows them to make a number of original short film projects, while learning the principles of visual and dramatic storytelling. The prerequisite program, CUA51020 - Diploma of Screen and Media, students are immersed in the fundamentals through a series of projects and in-class instruction. In the CUA60620 - Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media, students learn the essentials of filmmaking through the creation of a more polished and professional short film.
The curriculum for the filmmaking program was created by distilling all the essential elements of professional film productions into an intensive, accelerated, hands-on program. The New York Film Academy Australia’s filmmaking program combine essential concepts and theory with extensive practical experience. Throughout the course students will utilise industry-standard equipment in premier professional facilities.
As part of the filmmaking program, students write, direct, shoot, and edit their own original films while also serving in a variety of crew positions — including director of photography, gaffer, grip, and assistant camera operator. This variety of experience produces well-rounded filmmakers who graduate fully prepared to enter the film industry.
Students at NYFA Australia gain a working understanding of contemporary professional production equipment, including lighting and sound equipment, as well as an assortment of camera accessories.
Students will learn the craft of filmmaking and acquire significant production experience. They also gain invaluable professional skills and establish a network of working relationships with their classmates that can become a part of their professional life, long after they complete the program, both in Australia and beyond.
CUA60620 - ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF SCREEN AND MEDIA - FILMMAKING: SUBJECTS
Students take a wide variety of filmmaking classes, covering everything from the essentials of directing to how to develop a script and operate a variety of high-end HD cameras. Contact hours include in-class instruction as well as instructor-supervised workshops, where students gain hands-on experience with the equipment they will use on their own original projects. All of this is done under the guidance of expert instructors who are active professionals in their fields.
CUA60620 - ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF SCREEN AND MEDIA - FILMMAKING: PROJECTS
In addition to the program's coursework, students will complete a multitude of projects over the course of the program that help them develop professional-level skills, working on everything from short exercises to festival-quality short film productions. Students can expect to complete film projects that address the following ideas and concepts:
Feature Film Treatment
TV Commercial or Music Video
Short Festival-Ready Film or Feature Film (shot on RED Dragon)
This filmmaking program at NYFA Australia is an ideal way for aspiring filmmakers to learn the essentials of filmmaking and gain practical experience — all while producing their own original film projects.
CUA60620 - ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF SCREEN AND MEDIA - FILMMAKING: PRE-REQUISITES FOR ADMISSION
Successful completion of the NYFA Australia CUA51020 - Diploma of Screen and Media (coursework — filmmaking focus) or equivalent.
CUA60620 - ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF SCREEN AND MEDIA - FILMMAKING: APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested students are to submit the following, prior to attending a panel interview:
CUADRT614 - Devise camera coverage, CUAPPM613 - Plan and manage film and media pre-production activities
Students will analyse the work of directors to recognise their creative approaches, as well as explore alternative mediums where directors can display these approaches. They will collaborate with cast and crew, working within the operational requirements of filmmaking and gaining a holistic understanding of the cinematic process. Students will learn that concept development within filmmaking has many mitigating factors, logistic and creative, and that knowing what students want and how to achieve those ends, in collaboration with others, is key to the progress, realisation, and final presentation of their vision.
Advanced Camera
CUACAM611 - Direct cinematography for screen productions, CUALGT514 - Develop lighting designs
In Advanced Camera, students undergo intensive training in the use of digital video motion picture cameras and their accessories to prepare them for their student productions, as well as professional productions and opportunities that will present themselves after graduation. Being a competent filmmaker is not just understanding how to direct and produce, but also how to use equipment vital for successful motion picture storytelling.
Screenwriting Studio
CUAWRT602 - Edit scripts
Screenwriting Studio introduces the student to the fundamentals of feature film screenwriting. It is a fast-paced, intensive workshop that explores the fundamentals of screenwriting in which the students will be asked to articulate, present, debate, and rework and edit their ideas, research, and narrative projects with their classmates and instructor.
Advanced Editing
CUAPOS511 - Edit complex media productions
In this subject, students learn to engage with the creative process of editing and post-production, utilising digital editing and other post-production software film theory, history, and aesthetics to explore editing at an advanced level. In doing so, students will edit and post-produce commercial and dramatic content made by students. Students will also gain a broad knowledge of the post-production process, learning how editing relates to the overall production of digital content and its relationship to other departments within the production process. Students will also prepare to work in post-production.
Advanced Production Studio
CUADRT613 - Direct screen production crews, CUAPPR615 - Evolve ideas for professional creative work
Students will learn how to brief and direct a crew, and evaluate all aspects of filmmaking from a director’s perspective. This will involve rehearsing and directing shoots. Students will collaborate with others to generate and develop ideas and rectify creative issues. As a part of this process, students will learn to coordinate, assess, and finalise sound design.
Advanced Screenwriting
CUAWRT601 - Write scripts
The focus of this class is for students to write their Advanced Final Film screenplays. Advanced Screenwriting allows students to hone and perfect their skills as storytellers, creating a rich and nuanced short screenplay to serve as the foundation for their Advanced Final.
Producing
CUAPPR613 - Engage in the business of creative practice, CUAIND611 Work professionally in the creative arts industry
In Advanced Short Film Producing, students will apply the fundamentals of film producing. Instructors will mentor students through every aspect of production, including producer rights, industry advisors, work health and safety, production documentation, and effective work relationships. Students will implement action plans, timelines, schedules, and budgets for realising productions, and take into account key objectives and scope of production, professional and ethical standards, finances, deadlines, and legislative requirements.
Final Film Directing
CUADRT611 - Establish creative vision for screen productions, CUADRT612 - Audition and select performers
In Final Film Directing, instructors mentor students through the intricacies of pre-production, including auditioning and casting actors and the creation of detailed look books and production binders, all from the unique standpoint of the director. Students will implement a high level of creativity and innovative thinking to establish the big picture view of the final production.
Post Production
CUADRT615 - Collaborate with editors during post-production, CUASOU513 - Develop sound designs
After the production period, students build their films in the editing room. They screen rough cuts of their films for their directing and editing instructors, and receive feedback from their peers before presenting their finished films to an invited audience at the end of the semester. Students receive intensive instruction in Pro Tools, post-production sound recording, track laying, sound design, and mixing.
Safety on Set
CUAPPR515 Establish and maintain a safe creative practice
Credit Transfer from the Diploma of Screen and Media
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