$3,240
This price is available to all Australian screen and broadcast professionals and includes the early bird discount as it currently more than 28 days from commencement of the course.
$4,050
This is the standard course price and includes the early bird discount as it currently more than 28 days from commencement of the course.
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Become a Content Creator
In this certificate course, delivered over eight weeks part-time, you will learn to shoot, edit and publish short form content. This course will focus on the skills and knowledge required for the creation of engaging short-form video, and associated digital marketing assets. You’ll learn how to take a brief and turn content around quickly, and make it engaging across different platforms.
Delivered by experts who work in the field, you will engage in practical, collaborative lectures and workshops to learn how to create campaign style content. The course will include sessions on specialised technical skills like shooting, editing, simple animation, and graphics. You will be expected to create content outside of class time and submit a portfolio to brief at the end of the course.
Industry Certificate content has been validated by our Industry Advisory Panels.
Gain an understanding of all phases of production with the specific goal of creating and executing a portfolio of campaign assets including short-form video for use in digital marketing campaigns, and learning what can be created “in house”
Learn about creatively responding to a brief including writing a treatment, creating style frames and storyboards and a pitch deck
Develop your camera and editing skills to create content that meets the requirements and specifications of content on social platforms
Is the Industry Certificate in Content Creation right for you?
The Content Creator Industry Certificate is ideal for:
- Communications staff in corporate or government organisations who are responsible for content creation and want to upskill themselves so more of the process can be delivered in-house.
- Freelancers who want to expand their skillset and get more work in the digital space
- Advertising or content agency staff who want a better understanding of content production.
What you will need
No previous experience with camera or editing is necessary for this course, but you will be expected to apply and practise what you learn within workshops outside of course times.
- This course is delivered on campus at AFTRS part-time over eight weeks, starting with a five-day intensive, followed by three weekend workshops
- There are weekly scheduled sessions on Wednesday evenings, where you can get coaching and support from the course lecturer – this can be on campus or via Zoom video
- You will also need to make time to shoot and complete your portfolio videos outside of class time
- Students are encouraged to bring their own cameras (or mobile device) to this course
- All participants will need to supply their own external hard drives for their project work
- Post-production classes will use Adobe Creative Cloud software Premiere Pro, Photoshop and After Effects, and it’s recommended that you have access to this software outside of class time
- Enrolments close wed 27 February, and there is some pre-course reading and viewing to do before the first workshop
Workshops at AFTRS:
Monday 4 to Friday 8 March 2019
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March 2019
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April 2019
Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April 2019
This course is eligible for a payment plan –
25% to confirm enrolment in the course
25% due 14 days from beginning of course (13 February)
25% due by the end of week 1 of the course (8 March)
25% due by the end of week 4 of the course (30 March)
NOTE: If you enrol 14 – 1 day before course commencement, 50% payment will be required to confirm enrolment.
For more information and to get a full course outline contact shortcourses@aftrs.edu.au
Industry Certificate: Content Creation Offerings
Sydney
$3,240
This price is available to all Australian screen and broadcast professionals and includes the early bird discount as it currently more than 28 days from commencement of the course.
$4,050
This is the standard course price and includes the early bird discount as it currently more than 28 days from commencement of the course.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
AFTRS reserves the right to cancel any course for any reason at any time. In the event of a course being cancelled a full refund of course fees will be provided. If you are planning to travel to attend a course, please confirm with us via email that the course will be proceeding before you make your travel bookings. AFTRS is not liable for any travel costs incurred due to course postponement, cancellation, or any other circumstance.
If an attendee wishes to withdraw from a course, they may do so up to 15 days before the course commences and get a full refund. Cancellations 14 days or less before course commencement will incur a fee.
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