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Journalism, Film & TV and Media CISaustralia is a leading provider of overseas study, intern, and volunteer programs for Australian university students. We pride ourselves in providing personally and academically engaging programs in each of our carefully chosen overseas locations. CISaustralia is committed to working closely with partner universities in Australia and providing students with academic credit towards their degree for any overseas study, volunteer or intern experience. In 2014, over 97% of CISaustralia participants received academic credit from their Australian university for their CISaustralia study, volunteer or intern program. Please find the following subjects and associated programs related to Journalism, Film & TV: (Please note: For exact program dates and subject offerings for programs with multiple sessions, please visit the specific program web pages.)

January in Los Angeles, California (Click to view course and program details)

Entertainment Studies 403.31: The Business of Entertainment – 4 US Credits With the entertainment industry converging into a worldwide mass media, both business and operation models continue to rapidly evolve. This introductory course for producers, directors, development personnel, and aspiring media executives examines the business issues associated with the entertainment industry. Through lectures, discussions with industry guests, and case studies, instruction focuses on current business and production issues and introduces new business models to navigate content onto new technology platforms. Some history is highlighted to provide a context for current practice. The course also features opportunities to meet senior entertainment industry executives. Topics include financing, contracts, intellectual property issues, licensing, product placement, marketing and publicity, ratings, the impact of piracy, understanding and leveraging new technologies, and marketing and distribution. By the end of the course, students should have an understanding of the opportunities available in the business of entertainment. Marketing and Business Communications 254789: Social Media Marketing - 4 US Credits This course looks at the new channels of marketing, advertising, and communication that make up social media and the Web, exploring how these tools fit into a company's traditional integrated marketing strategy. Using case studies and real-world examples from large corporations and small businesses, students explore how marketing professionals

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embrace online social networks, and leverage user-generated content and content sharing, blogs, podcasts, wikis, and even Twitter, to create brand awareness and buzz. Learn practical tips and techniques, as well as see the bigger picture, to help successfully utilize social media marketing for your own environment and purpose. Visual Arts 481.55: Design Thinking – 4 US Credits Design thinking is one of the most effective ways to strengthen your insights, thinking skills, and ability to innovate as a designer. Informed by Stanford's school, this multi-disciplinary process strengthens familiar skills that are often undervalued. You learn to launch successful and innovative design solutions across the spectrum of media, including Web, print and packaging. Class topics include prototyping and testing, rapid iteration, radical collaboration, empathetic observation, interviewing for empathy, persona mapping, assuming a beginner's mindset, introduction of complex problems, and testing and observation. Weekly assignments encourage you to learn by doing, and take you through a series of hands-on exercises. The goal of design thinking is not simply to innovate, but to create innovators. By the end of the class, you will see solutions that would otherwise be invisible, which become what we call "innovation."

January in London, Stratford and Oxford (Click to view course and program details)

THEMATIC STUDIES: SHAKESPEARE AND THE THEATRE

Theatre 385: Shakespeare

Literature 385: Shakespeare

English 385: Shakespeare Shakespeare and the Theatre: The purpose of this course is to provide a college level introduction to Shakespearean drama that will be stimulating, challenging, and enjoyable. Special emphasis will be placed on close reading, character development, poetry, and major themes. We will also visit key historical sites in order to greater understand the political and intellectual circumstances in which Shakespeare was writing. Special attention will be paid to Shakespeare as a writer for the stage and a man of the theatre, with visits to theatres to hear and see plays, backstage tours, and critical discussions of directorial, design, and acting choices.

January in Czech Republic, Italy, France and England (Click to view course and program details)

THEMATIC STUDIES: THE EUROPEAN CITY IN LITERATURE AND VISUAL ARTS

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European Studies 303: Europe and the Urban Space

Anthropology 301: The Artist and the City

Literature 375: The European City in Literature

Communications 375: The European City in the Visual Arts

Geography 201: Europe and its Cities The Great Cities: Exploration of the rise and the establishment of the urban setting as the nexus of contemporary European culture and civilization through cinema, the novel, poetry, music and paintings. The course will explore the rise and the establishment of the urban setting as the nexus of contemporary European culture and civilization. The main genres will be the novel and cinema but will not exclude poetry, music or painting. Students in the various sections of the course will attend the same meetings but will have different syllabi for readings, papers, discussions, and examinations.

July in London (Click to view course and program details)

2MSS402 Print Journalism: The London Experience (Class Level 4) Description: An opportunity to learn the basics of news reporting and feature writing plus the skills required for specialist journalism. Students will learn basic content management and demonstrate their skills by producing a magazine. 2MSS501 Multimedia Journalism: The London Experience Description: This class offers an opportunity to extend and consolidate core journalistic skills – researching, interview and writing news, features and comment – and then develop an understanding of how to apply those skills to create accurate and compelling content for the web. Students are taught the more technically complex skills required for working online. They learn net research, publishing online, audio and video newsgathering and the basics of multimedia journalism. They are also introduced to basic web content management techniques and get a chance to demonstrate their skills by producing an individual and a group weblog. 2MSS403 Television in London Description: Production of one or two magazine programs (depending on student numbers). Introductory tour of facilities. Introduction to camera work and sound recording. Discussion of ideas for inserts. Production of location inserts. Editing tuition. Studio practice. Production of studio program. 1LIB413: The Cult of Celebrity: Mass Media and Idolatry in the Digital Age

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Description: The class aims to provide students with the understanding that the current media obsession with ‘celebrities’ is not a 21st century phenomenon but a social need that has occurred throughout the ages. Students will explore the role of the celebrity from Helen of Troy via Lord Byron and Lillie Langtry to Oscar Wilde and, more recently, Princess Diana, and the Beckhams. They will understand when and why the cult of celebrity flourishes as well as being able to analyse how and why publications with different target audiences report on the same celebrity (in word and images) to appeal to their readership. Students will be able to identify news or features that are generated by public relations offices/press agent hacks. They will learn how to conduct successful interviews as well as analyse how and why journalists use interviews to manipulate public opinion about public figures.

July in Aix-en-Provence, France (Click to view course and program details)

Media and Conflict (3 Credits) Description: This course examines the role media play in the progression and public perceptions of conflict. Relevant topics will include media and military intervention, portrayals of protest movements, and news and entertainment coverage of crime, rumors, domestic politics, violence, and ethnicity Francophone Literature (3 Credits) Description: Through a selection of short stories and films, a search for the mechanisms that cause problems for women, particularly in alienation.

July in Scotland (Click to view course and program details)

ISS9JO – Royals and Rascals: Contemporary Studies in British Journalism Description: For centuries, Britain’s kings and queens have had a powerful impact on society and on its institutions. Following the rise of celebrity culture, members of the British Royal family and other public figures have used their influence and financial muscle to push back journalists in order to reclaim their privacy. This module is aimed at journalism students and others interested in the media and its relationship with public figures, including Britain’s royals, who want to explore fundamental ethical principles and press freedom issues from the vantage point of some of the world’s most fascinating news stories. These cases range from Princess Diana’s death, for which the Paparazzi were blamed, to Prince Harry’s more recent indiscretions, which played out in the digital media. ISS9BE - ‘Brief Encounters’: An Introduction to Writing Short Stories

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Description: This module has been designed to help students realise their creative potential by producing original and stimulating short fiction. Teaching will consist of specialist workshops conducted by an expert in the field. In addition to engaging with practical aspects of craft and technique, students will learn how to create believable, compelling characters and how to make them live (and die!) on the page. They will also have the opportunity to visit sites of historic importance and natural beauty to inspire their writing. ISS9SS – Scotland on the Screen Description: This module explores images of Scotland in film and television in the context of historically recurrent Scottish cultural themes, with sideways references to literature and Scottish history, and an introductory approach to the topic of representation. The themes of the module are: Scotland in Hollywood: Brigadoon to Braveheart (Scotland on the American screen); Urban Scotland: Culture and Crime; Filmmaking in Scotland: the Importance of Shorts; and the Politics of Representation: Contemporary Scotland in Cinema and Television.

July in Los Angeles, CA, USA (Click to view course and program details)

History of American Motion Picture (6 US Course Units) Description: Historical and critical survey, with examples, of American motion picture both as developing art form and as medium of mass communication. History of African, Asian and Latin American Film US Course Units (6 US Course Units) Description: Critical, historical, aesthetic, and social study -- together with exploration of ethnic significance -- of Asian, African, Latin American, and Mexican films. Film Genres (5 US Course Units) Description: Basic principles of binocular vision, history and development of stereoscopic systems and practices, and various available methods for creating and displaying stereoscopic images. Like earlier innovations in sound and color, 3-D opens up new possibilities for narrating stories, imaging space and time, and tapping into new potentials for sensory and perceptual experiences. Includes guest presentations by stereoscopic 3-D legends such as Lenny Lipton, a physicist, inventor, and father of electronic stereoscopic display industry; and Perry Hoberman, a research associate professor at USC in charge of its 3-D lab and an award-winning installation artist. Students have the chance to experience zSpace, a collaborative virtual medium that includes high-resolution stereoscopic 3-D, eye tracking, and direct interaction with a highly precise stylus.

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Introduction to Art and Technique of Filmmaking US Course Units Description: Students acquire understanding of practical and aesthetic challenges undertaken by artists and professionals in making of motion pictures and television. Examination of film as both art and industry: storytelling, sound and visual design, casting and performance, editing, finance, advertising, and distribution. Exploration of American and world cinema from filmmaker's perspective. Honing of analytical skills and development of critical vocabulary for study of filmmaking as technical, artistic, and cultural phenomenon. Film Editing: Overview of History, Technique, and Practice US Course Units (4 US Course Units) Description: Lecture, three hours. Practical application of film editing techniques, how they have evolved, and continue to evolve. Examination of history of editing, as well as current editing trends, terminology, and workflow. Digital Cinematography (4US Course Units) Description: With lectures, screenings, and demonstrations, study of principles of digital cinematography. How tools and techniques affect visual storytelling process. Topics include formats, aspect ratios, cameras, lenses, special effects, internal menu picture manipulation, lighting, composition, coverage, high definition, digital exhibition, filtration, multiple-camera shooting. Disney Feature: Then and Now US Course Units (5 US Course Units) Description: Study and analysis of Disney's animated features. Evaluation of why Disney's animated features have dominated until recently and ramifications of this dominance on animation and society. Film and Television Directing (4US Course Units) Description: Through discussions, screenings, demonstrations, and guests, exploration of script, previsualization, directing actors, directing camera coverage in relationship to story, practical on-set directing, and directing for camera. Screenwriting Fundamentals (2 US Course Units) Description: Corequisite for graduate students enrolled in course 431. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 133 (or former course 130B or 130C prior to Fall Quarter 2008). Examination of screenwriting fundamentals: structure, character and scene development, conflict, locale, theme, history of drama. Review of authors such as Aristotle.

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In-depth Introduction to Fundamentals of Screenwriting (4 US Course Units) Description: Structural analysis of feature films and development of professional screenwriters' vocabulary for constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing their own work. Screenings of films and selected film sequences in class and by assignment. Advanced Screenwriting Workshop (8 US Course Units) Description: Course 135A is requisite to 135B, which is requisite to 135C. Course in film and television writing. First act of original screenplay to be developed. Art and Practice of Motion Picture Producing (4 US Course Units) Description: Exploration of role of producer as both artist and business person. Comparative analysis of screenplays and completed films. Emphasis on assembly of creative team and analysis of industrial context, both independent and studio. Screenings viewed outside of class and on reserve at Powell Library. Producing l: Film and Television Development (4 US Course Units) Description: Critical analysis of contemporary entertainment industries and practical approach to understanding and implementing producer's role in development of feature film and television scripts. Through scholarly and trade journal readings, in-class discussions, script analysis, and select guest speakers, exposure to various entities that comprise feature film and television development process. Basic introduction to story and exploration of proper technique for evaluating screenplays and teleplays through writing of coverage. Overview of Contemporary Film Industry (4 US Course Units) Description: Examination of evolving economic structures and business practices in contemporary Hollywood film industry, with emphasis on operations of studios and independent distribution companies, their development, marketing, and distribution systems, and their relationship to independent producers, talent, and agencies. Writing Television Comedy Scripts (4 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisite: course 283A. Examination of basics of half-hour pilot format, style, and content and learning of principles behind network needs and choices in choosing pilots. Forum in which to discuss ideas and issues with class and instructor. Weekly progress on original half-hour pilot required.

July in Boston, MA, USA

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Understanding Film - COM FT 250 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description: Required of all students in the Film Program. An introduction to the art of film. How do films make meaning? How do audiences understand them? Explores some of the ways in which movies teach us new ways of knowing. Students also study a variety of historical examples of different styles that illustrate the expressive possibilities of image and sound. Understanding Television - COM FT 303 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description: Examines the ways in which industrial factors and communication policies have shaped the medium that sits in 99% of U.S. homes. We begin by examining television's roots in radio. The remainder of the course is broken down into three stages of television history advanced by Rogers, Epstein, and Reeves (2002). The first category is TVI--the period of three-network dominance. The next stage, TVII, is characterized by the rise of cable television and the decentering of the three networks. We conclude the course by considering the current stage of television--TV III--in which the era of "on demand" has further destabilized traditional notions of content, audiences, producers, scheduling, and technologies. In addition to tracing this development historically and thematically, we confront it critically, analyzing the connections between power and money in the medium of television. Storytelling for Film and Television - COM FT 310 – 4US Credits Description: Required of all undergraduate students in Film & Television. Introduction to the art and craft of storytelling through the moving image. Particular emphasis is given to writing short scripts. Topics covered include character development and narrative structure as it applies to shorts, features, and episodic television. Creative TV Producing - COM FT 325 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Introductory course that takes the student through the various stages of production, beginning with concept and ending with full-fledged, camera-ready proposals. Students are introduced to issues of finance, scheduling, and organization; they learn to keep budget and concept on track. May be taken sophomore year. Production I - COM FT 353 – 4US Credits Description: An intensive course in all the fundamental aspects of motion picture production. Students learn to use cameras, sound recording equipment, and editing

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software and then apply these skills to several short productions. Emphasizes the language of visual storytelling and the creative interplay of sound and image. Writing the Television Pilot - COM FT 514 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description: Explores the development and creation of the television series pilot. Each student pitches a concept and writes a treatment and a finished pilot script for an original series, either comedy or drama. Emphasis on premise, story structure, characterization, and originality. Lectures, screenings, script readings, written assignments, and critiques. Television Management - COM FT 517 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Examines television management from both the national and local perspectives. Explores television from a multi-platform view with the understanding that television incorporates many forms of distribution channels from broadcast to online, to mobile, to connected devices and offline brand extensions. By studying how each piece of the NEW BUSINESS of television works together, you will gain an understanding of the core skills that are needed to work successfully within this competitive and constantly evolving industry. Writing Situation Comedy - COM FT 522 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Intense writing workshop learning how to write professional sitcom scripts. Elements of character, dramatic story structure, how comedy is created, how scenes build and progress a story, formal story outlines, dialogue, the business of sitcom writing, pitching, arc, and comedic premise are analyzed. The class becomes a sitcom writing team for a current hit series and writes an original class spec script to understand the process of group writing employed on most sitcoms. Also, students write their own personal spec scripts with individual conferences with the professor. Special Topics - COM FT 553 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description: Topic for Summer 2015: Gangster Films. This course studies the rise of the gangster film in America and its growth as a genre. We examine the conventions of the genre, drawing on early classic gangster films, and then discuss how later gangster films complicated those conventions. The course looks at gangster films in pairs, to see how similar material and themes have been handled at different points in film history. For example, we look at both versions of Scarface (1932 and 1983) to see how the Al Capone figure in each film reflected the social and political context of each film's era as well as the stylistic inclinations of the directors, Howard Hawks and Brian DePalma. As a film studies elective, this course emphasizes gangster films' historical, sociological, and stylistic

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importance. We look at the role of particular directors, actors, writers and producers (and real gangsters) in the genre's rich history. While not required, a background in film analysis, as taught in Understanding Film (FT 250) and in other film studies-oriented courses, is helpful. Fundamentals of Journalism - COM JO 250 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description :Prereq: (COM CO 201) – or equivalent. Required of journalism majors. The goal is for students to acquire fundamental newsgathering and writing skills needed to thrive as a journalist working in any medium. The course is based in the classroom, but students are expected to learn and adhere to professional newsroom standards. Focuses on essential practices and principles that apply to reporters, photographers, bloggers, producers, and editors at newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and online media. Emphasizes news judgment, storytelling, and reporting skills as well as writing clearly and quickly. Basic Photography for Non-Majors - COM JO 305 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Students learn the fundamentals of 35mm digital photography from the basics of image capture to processing finished photographs. No previous experience in photography is required. Feature Writing - COM JO 309 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Prereq: (COM JO 310) – or equivalent. The goal of this course is to help students develop the skill and craft of feature writing for newspapers, magazines, websites, and blogs. Along with the principles of solid reporting and fidelity to accuracy, we examine the techniques of creative non-fiction, including narrative, style, and voice. Students work on storytelling, voice, style, description, anecdote, pacing, and narrative. Part of the course is operated as a writer's workshop. Students will email copies of selected work to one another, which will be critiqued in-depth by the class as well as by the professor. Beat Reporting - COM JO 310 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Prereq: (COM JO 250 & COM JO 303 & COM JO 304) – or equivalent. Students learn to cover a city neighborhood or a nearby community beat. Students branch out across the city and suburbs to cover courts, crime, education, local and state politics, and other essentials of community reporting. Students are encouraged to develop their own sources and story ideas with the goal of professional publication in the Boston University News Service. Students produce stories, photos, audio, and video for the Web.

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Journalism Special Topics - COM JO 502 – Variable Credits Session 2 Description Topic for Summer 2015: Travel Writing: The Journalism of People and Place. Travel writing has a rich and lively tradition in journalism. It has been the source of some of the best nonfiction writing in recent decades. Among the widely divergent practitioners are Jon Krakauer, Bill Bryson, Robert Kaplan, Susan Orlean, Annie Dillard, and Tim Cahill. In the more distant past, the genre has cultivated many great writers: Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, and Mark Twain. This course is designed for writers (undergraduate and graduate students, amateurs, and professionals) who travel and want to improve their writing skills and develop a fuller appreciation of the places they visit. The goal is to produce work of professional quality for newspapers, magazines, or possibly book-length works. It requires in-class and out-of-class writing assignments. The course mixes brief lectures with a seminar environment in which students read and discuss the work they produce for class. Arts Criticism - COM JO 504 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description Explores the nature of arts and entertainment criticism and helps students develop their critical writing skills. Topics include: structuring a review; critical biases; profiling celebrities from a critical perspective; cultural criticism; and style - how to get it. Assignments include TV, film and theater reviews, screenings, and a trip to a Boston theater. Sports Journalism - COM JO 514 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description A specialized writing course for students interested in sports journalism. Covers game stories, features, columns, and profiles as well as examining sport as a commercial enterprise. The summer offering of this course will focus specifically on reporting on the Boston Red Sox. Media Law and Ethics - COM JO 525 – 4US Credits May 19 – June 24 Description An examination of the many ethical issues and dilemmas that face reporters, editors, and producers, and how to resolve them with professional integrity. Danger of actions for contempt or defamation, laws of copyright, and intellectual property.

Volunteer Abroad Programs:

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CISaustralia offer a wide range of Volunteer Abroad programs – over 20 in total – with broad project focuses, including community development, environmental conservation, wildlife, education, and health. View all Volunteer Abroad programs

Intern Abroad Programs: CISaustralia offer a range of locations – 8 in total – for professional, customised internship programs that provide a comprehensive range of services and inclusions. Please enquire about an internship placement in Journalism, Film & TV in one of our Intern Abroad program locations. View all Intern Abroad programs

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