bachelor of communications media arts a production 2010 (2 Viewers)

[ben150891]

hey
i was looking to do this course at penrith. i was just wondering if anyone could tell me about this course. does it have good facilities? like good cameras that they use in television production studios? and does it prepare you good for a career in the industry?
thanks

 

[zazzy1234]

Atar 63. Somfin

 

[ambermorn]

The campus at Penrith also has the studios for the Sydney community tv station TVS. I understand that you can gain work experience at the studios through subjects like "Learning Through Community Service" and have it credited toward your degree.

That's all I know about the comm arts, sorry. But seeing there's TV studios on campus, i'd assume they'd be pretty good facilities.

 

[Venom.]

You dont want to study at Penrith.

 

[ambermorn]

^ says the HSC student

 

[ben150891]

yeh whats wrong with penrith?

 

[Venom.]

Its not the UWS campus itself I'm talking about...its just that the Riff is too far from everything...trust, I went to school here for 13 years.

 

[Grissom]

Yeah, there is a good production studio at the Kingswood Campus. Unfortunately, that is pretty much off limits until 4th year. For the majority of the degree, you'll be using slightly better than consumer level equipment. Sure, you can make some good stuff with this, but you certainly wont be learning any technical skills that will impress future employers.

The degree itself is too broad, and only one unit is dedicated to each area of production/post production, so you wont develop any in depth skills in any particular area. Jack of all trades, master of none. Not to mention the first year of the degree is a complete waste of time.

Don't waste your time doing this kind of stuff at uni. Check out the courses offered at Metroscreen. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

[ben150891]

this is confusing i wanted to go to UWS but i don't know what to do now

 

[ambermorn]

Its not the UWS campus itself I'm talking about...its just that the Riff is too far from everything...trust, I went to school here for 13 years.

Oh totally agreed. At least all the traffic is going in the other direction though hehe.

 

[meteorite]

I know someone who did that course and got a job making videos before she had even finished it... can't be that bad.

 

[ben150891]

I know someone who did that course and got a job making videos before she had even finished it... can't be that bad.

Thats sounds heaps good. I'm heaps excited to this course. hopefully i can get the atar. yay for 5 bonus points. all i need is 67.6. Lol other people on this website will be upset if they get below like 95 but i will be so happy if i get 67.6 especially since i have my LAST exam tomorrow which is economics. Im not good at economics its gonna drag me down. oh well should probably get of bos and start studying. As of tomorrow 12:30 i will be free!

 

[Grissom]

Seriously, don't do this course. I should know, I done it.

Do this instead: Full Time Courses

1/6 of the time, 1/6 of the cost, you get to work in a HD multicam studio, you'll have something decent to put in your show reel, and you will get to network with a lot of people in the industry.

 

[magickmidget]

Its not the UWS campus itself I'm talking about...its just that the Riff is too far from everything...trust, I went to school here for 13 years.

Yeah, an hour out the city. What a shocker.

I have a friend doing media arts production (I'm doing journalism) and she loves it.

 

[LAMBERS16]

UTS and CSU are better universities to go to for such fields as communication - journalism, media production etc. Better reputations, more facilities available and the lecturers are from reputable media positions.

Hate to burst all your bubbles but its reality.

 

[magickmidget]

UTS and CSU are better universities to go to for such fields as communication - journalism, media production etc. Better reputations, more facilities available and the lecturers are from reputable media positions.

Hate to burst all your bubbles but its reality.

Yeah, a CSU student would say that.

 

[Grissom]

UTS and CSU are better universities to go to for such fields as communication - journalism, media production etc. Better reputations, more facilities available and the lecturers are from reputable media positions.

Hate to burst all your bubbles but its reality.

Sorry, thats actually not reality. Stop talking out of your ass and regurgitating crap you hear from other people.

 

[LAMBERS16]

Sorry, thats actually not reality. Stop talking out of your ass and regurgitating crap you hear from other people.

No actually, the Editorial Manager at News Limited in Sydney told myself and a cohort of students in a work experience journalism program last year that the two best places were UTS and CSU for journalism.

So I am sorry, but I am going to trust someone who has been in the media industry for over 30 years than some asinine person who thinks they know everything.

Journalists there across all departments also advised us to go to those places as they have the highest job rates for graduating students... and also not just high job rates, but jobs in high positions.

Here's a list of the uts journalism graduates to back up my point: (which I feel is very pathetic that I have to....)

Stephen McDonnel (China correspondent for ABC)
Ross Gittins (economics correspondent SMH)
Martin Peers (senior editor, Wall St Journal)
Michael Atkin (ABC JJJ reporter and young radio journalist of the year last year)
Ben Cubby (SMH environment reporter)
Dylan Welch SMH crime reporter
Shannon Jones (now work as a producer for Andrew Denton)
Sunanda Creagh Reuters Indonesia
Daniel Street Channel Nine and young reporter of the year last year
Phil Thornton reporter and expert on Thai Burmese border
Emily Lawrence ABC regional radio
Ben Rossleigh 2UE producer
Jace Molan
Bonny Symons Brown AAP Canberra
Eoin Blackwell AAP
Belinda Merhab AAP (and just 20 years old!)
Brenden Hills news.com
Bill Birtles ABC
John Connell ABC documentaries
Eurydice Aroney Radio National
Mario Christodolou Illawarra Mercury and Walkley winner
Liam Phelan SMH night editor
Sharon Labi Sunday Telegraph reporter
Joel Labi 2GB
Kyle Taylor researcher at SBS Insight
Stephen Shore Financial Review reporter
Tim Palmer Lateline Executive Producer ABC
Jarrod Koh Channel Nine news
David Benuik AAP Sports
Jeremy Hartcher Fox Sports
Arianne Martin Channel Seven producer
Lauren Dubois Ten News
Carrie LaFranz Reuters
Morgan Mellish Walkley award winner who died in the plane crash in Indonesia and worked for the Financial Review
Cynthia Banham diplomatic editor the Sydney Morning Herald (also injured in the plane crash)
Jano Gibson SMH and now freelancing for the UTS
Belinda Kontominas
Sam Brett SMH columnist
Kelly Burke SMH
Amanda Phelan columnist for the Irish Independent
Julie Shingleton Jakarta Post
Tanya Plibersek (Federal ALP Minister but I refuse to pad this list with ‘authors’ like my friend from CSU)
Annabelle Hepburn Financial Review
Mawling Lam Telegraph
Bryce Corbett Reviewer Telegraph)
Bianca Martins Cumberland Newspapers
Nadia Jamal Chief of Staff Sydney Morning Herald
Alexandra Beech Macarthur Advertiser (hired before she even finished her degree after she had participated in the internship program)
Ben Hurley Cumberland Newspapers
Steve Lewis News Ltd political editor
Matt Brown ABC roving reporter
Brendan Trembath ABC
Julie Lewis SMH then the Australian
Jane Searle Financial REview
Stephen Long ABC
David Spicer ABC




CSU graduates of journalism:

Notable alumni
Sarah Armstrong - Author
Samantha Armytage - Seven Network 4.30 news presenter and Weekend Sunrise co-host
Mark Bannerman - ABC Radio National, The 7:30 Report
Alicia Barry - Business Today finance journalist
Chris Bath - Seven News journalist and presenter
Natarsha Belling - Network Ten news presenter
Sally Bowrey - television presenter for The Weather Channel
Andrew Bracey - news reporter for Medical Observer
Tara Brown - 60 Minutes reporter/presenter
Rob Canning - Network Ten presenter for Sports Tonight
Anna Coren - CNN journalist and presenter
Brendan Cowell - actor, screenwriter and director
Aidan Cromarty - political adviser to Rick Colless MLC, NSW Parliament
Andrew Denton - producer and host of Enough Rope
Trevor Dodds - NITV news journalist
Melissa Doyle - Seven Network Sunrise presenter
Celina Edmonds - News presenter for ABC, Sky News and Network Ten
Mike Fitzpatrick (broadcaster) - Triple M Breakfast Show Host
Angelos Frangopoulos - Sky News Australia reporter
Jane Hutcheon - ABC journalist and Foreign Correspondent
Amanda Keller - 2WS FM radio announcer
Andrew Kirk - radio broadcast journalist
Deborah Knight - Network ten newsreader
Allison Langdon - National Nine News reporter
David Mackay - Chief Executive Officer of Kellogg Company
Hamish MacDonald - International Aljazeera English news journalist
Scott McGregor - Television presenter, actor
Marguerite McKinnon - Seven Network journalist
James McTeigue - Hollywood Director
Kate Mitchell - WS-FM weekend newsreader and journalist
Matthew Moore - Sydney Morning Herald journalist
Thai Neave - Fox Sports news presenter, Sports Tonight reporter for Network Ten
Karen Pang - Play School presenter
Kathleen Reen - Regional director, journalist and producer for Asia Projects of Internews
Anthony Robertson - Ten News chief of staff and journalist
Chris Roe - Sky News Australia journalist and presenter
Kathryn Robinson - Sky News presenter, Network Ten report and producer
Jessica Rowe - Seven News presenter
Simon Santow - ABC News media reporter
Edna Tse - ATV News Hong Kong journalist and newsreader
Jacinta Tynan - Sky News Australia presenter
Kevin Wilde - National Nine News reporter
Charlotte Wood - novelist
Monique Wright - Seven's Sunrise weather presenter
Jack Yabsley - Saturday Disney presenter, Totally Wild presenter
Jessica Yates - Fox Sports News presenter
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I rest my case.

 

[magickmidget]

You need a life in the worst way...

 

[LAMBERS16]

That's the best you can say... 'I need a life'?
I'm pretty sure I have a life... don't know about you though.

Anyways, I've had a think about why you would make such a dumb statement, and I've come to the conclusion that its just because I can/could justify my argument, considering you had none!