Due to Covid-19 alert levels and the New Zealand borders being closed ATMC NZ Has entered an NZQA approved period of hibernation and is not taking any new enrolments at the present time.
This dynamic and cutting-edge film production course integrates theory and practice to provide the creative and artistic tools needed by emerging filmmakers.
The course will teach you practical skills for film, online and interactive media, through hands-on production courses. It also offers an excellent range of critical courses to develop your understanding of film history, genres and cinematic styles.
Throughout this course you’ll expand your creative thinking, explore the craft of storytelling and, ultimately, transform into a professional film practitioner.
Potential employment outcomes
Employment opportunities for graduates of the Film Production specialisation exist in the digital media industry, film industry, TV industry or in businesses that require video content as part of their communication strategies.
Class format
Class format includes a combination of lectures, tutorials and activities. Classes may also include field trips and industry visits.
ATMC NZ has an excellent relationship with leading film companies and can assist in placing film students for third-year internships.
Introduces broad philosophy and psychology concepts and theory, with focus on personal connections, and how to apply these concepts in a film or digital media design and production context. Learners engage in discussion and exercises designed to encourage the development of personal philosophical understandings. Learners will also be introduced to introductory research methods and how to apply these in their other courses.
This course aims to introduce an overview of sociology and media studies as personal lenses to understand the social world and interpret media messages. Learners will gain insights into the complexity of societies, the influences good and bad of media, and learn how to apply this knowledge in a film or digital media design and production context.
An overview of art history and practical experiences of digital and film image construction in order to explore art and design theory. Learners will be introduced to basic skills in both film and digital media as part of this course.
This course aims to enhance and develop humanities-based research competencies using critical thinking and problem solving skills applied to a personal auto-ethnographic study.
This course aims to provide opportunities to enhance a complex cinematic language in order to provoke emotional responses in an audience or deliver meaning to an audience.
This course aims to provide opportunities for learners to develop innovative and exciting ideas for their capstone projects. This course is the first step in the production process and guides learners towards designing feasible, quality projects.
This course builds on FDM310 and the learner’s proposed idea for their capstone project. This course is essentially the pre-production phase for the project and learners are guided through the process of pre-production including storyboards, workflow analysis and resourcing allocations.
An internship is a project developed by the student (or group of students), that takes place in an industry setting over a period of one full 16 week semester. Students will not be paid during internships.
Students engaged in Industry based Capstone Projects will have an industry appointed mentor and an ATMC NZ Capstone supervisor to support them on their project.
ATMC NZ has an excellent relationship with leading film companies and can assist in placing film students for third-year Film Production Capstone Projects.
Beyond film
Motion picture content is a compelling way to communicate ideas. Increasingly, video is used in the fields of education, health, the wider corporate world and across non-mainstream media and social channels.
Many filmmakers choose set up their own studios and operate independently creating films and other footage for agencies and other corporate clients.
Academic entry
Successfully gained University Entrance or equivalent, with credits in relevant subjects
Applicants will be expected to submit a portfolio of work for selection.
International students will be expected to have attained NZCEL L4—academic or equivalent (IELTS 6.0—Academic overall with no band lower than 5.5).
Credit value and programme duration
The programme is a 360 credit or three-academic year course of study.
Visa
Student visa (followed by three-year Post-Study Work Visa with possible extensions).
