Diploma of Screen and Media/ Diploma of Visual Arts - Filmmaking

This world-first qualification combines film and virtual production in a practical course to learn film making that prepares you for the global film industry. AIE's filmmaking course is designed to expand your creative thinking and explore new ways of storytelling, replicating the film industry and operating just like a production house. Learners will get real experience in traditional film making and virtual production methodologies, enabling you to become part of the new generation of in-demand professional film practitioners.
Your career in Filmmaking starts through the hands-on Advanced Diploma, closely developed with the film industry and leveraging the latest industry software, state of the art equipment and resources including: LED Virtual Production Studio stage on campus, Arri Amira 4k, Black Magic 6K Pro, Sony FX-9 & Z Cam 6K cine cameras, LED lighting equipment, including battery operation, Jibs, Dollies, Gimbals and Sliders, iMac editing and sound suites, Industry speakers and practitioners as trainers
Collaborating with other students across AIE and working in our new LED wall virtual production film studio, you will gain hands-on skills and make creative directorial decisions. You'll apply new cinematic techniques in a virtual capture volume as well as using traditional film methods. You will learn the art of script development, project planning and pre-visualisation, LED wall dynamic lighting, set extension and virtual scouting techniques, optimising pipelines and workflow, editing and post-production, including real time final pixels in camera compositing to combine live action footage and visual effects.
You’ll have the opportunity to develop both your creative practice in filmmaking as well as specialise in a technical virtual production crew role while networking in the social and professional world of film production. AIE graduates have had their short films featured in film festivals around the world and worked on blockbuster films and TV shows, including Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Lego Movies, WandaVision as well as AIE’s funded feature films such as Blue World Order, The Furies and Sissy.