UnitLevel 2Undergraduate

CDS2601 Digital audio/video

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

CDS2601 Digital audio/video is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Semester 1, Semester 2
Caulfield
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks

The 2027 handbook has no page for CDS2601. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before CDS2601

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

Corequisites

Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.

After CDS2601

No unit lists CDS2601 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Overview

This unit introduces you to digital audio and video production. It explores the principles of digital audio visual design and the uses industry-standard software applications to produce media in a variety of genres. You are introduced to scripting, storyboarding, film and narrative conventions common to cinema. In order to explore audio recording, video capture and nonlinear editing, you are introduced to the tools and features of video cameras and editing software. Demonstrations and lectures are given on planning and collaborative management, types of media sources and output considerations associated with digital audio/video production.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterCaulfieldOn campus
Second semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Project 1Project
    30%
  • Project 2Project
    30%
  • Project 3Project
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Understand design conventions and narrative concepts common to cinema;

  2. 2

    Identify tools and features of digital video cameras and digital audio and video software;

  3. 3

    Utilise script and storyboard to illustrate concepts;

  4. 4

    Plan and manage an audio recording session;

  5. 5

    Plan and manage a video capture session;

  6. 6

    Acquire footage, incorporate graphics and manage a variety of media sources into a video sequence;

  7. 7

    Explore nonlinear editing techniques, including editing effects, transition and wipes;

  8. 8

    Collaboratively contribute to planning and management of a digital audio/video production;

  9. 9

    Address appropriate output considerations for the assembly and preparation a digital video/audio production.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities36 hours
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachOnline learning

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Where it fits

CDS2601 is part of 1 area of study in the 2025 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Xavier Ho
Unit Coordinators
Dr Robin Hely

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for CDS2601?

None, but you must take OHS1000 before or alongside it.

When is CDS2601 offered?

In 2025, CDS2601 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Caulfield.

Does CDS2601 have an exam?

No. CDS2601 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include CDS2601?

CDS2601 is part of Design.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Design
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Available
Handbook years
202320242025