APG5611 Screen translation
Faculty of Arts
APG5611 Screen translation is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2021 in Winter at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Winter
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5611
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5611
No unit lists APG5611 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Pre-requisites: Must be enrolled in Research or Coursework Masters degree
Overview
This unit offers postgraduate students across the Faculty of Arts a chance to engage with real-world issues around language diversification, translation, and access in relation to screen media, whilst exploring aspects of film history and aesthetics, media distribution, and informal media economies. Reflecting on links between screen media and globalisation, you will gain an understanding of past and present media industry practices where translation and language play a pivotal role. The unit includes modules on screen translation history and ongoing debates, digital communities and informal media flows, language politics and on-demand streaming, industry style guides and standards, media accessibility, and hands-on media production processes.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Winter semester | Clayton | Flexible |
| Winter semester | Clayton | Block on |
Assessment
- Pre-class activities15%
- Case study20%
- Captioning30%
- Audio description with critical reflection35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply a range of analytical and practical approaches to screen translation;
- 2
Critically reflect upon debates in historical and contemporary screen translation;
- 3
Effectively analyse media products by applying theories of screen translation;
- 4
Analyse and assess appropriate language policy and translation strategies as applied in the process of media production;
- 5
Apply technical skills in relation to intralingual and/or interlingual texts on screen;
- 6
Produce media products in which audio, visual and textual elements are coherently aligned and through which cross-cultural competence is demonstrated.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars1 hours
- Tutorials10 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Leah Gerber
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Leah Gerber
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5611?
APG5611 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5611 offered?
In 2021, APG5611 runs in Winter at Clayton.
How much work is APG5611?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does APG5611 have an exam?
No. APG5611 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.