Communication courses

Studying Communication at RMIT | RMIT University

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The main character of this video is a prospective Communication male student who has a skateboard, headphones and a baseball hat throughout the entire video. For ease of reference typist refers to him as the “male student”. The deep male voice used early in the video is possibly from the Information machine. The female voice used for the balance of the video comes through the male student’s headphones as if on a guided tour.

VISUAL: In the centre of the screen on a white background is text which reads: Studying communication at RMIT knowing the similarities and the differences. RMIT University logo is at the bottom centre of the screen.

VISUAL: A male student wearing a baseball cap with on? ear headphones around his neck and carrying a skateboard walks out of an old?style terrace house and closes the wrought iron waist?high gate behind him. The camera is standing on the pavement just outside the house/gate.

Male student: Bye, guys.

VISUAL: Video close up of the male student in one smooth motion dropping his skateboard to the ground and standing on it to commence moving ie skateboard along the footpath away from the camera.

VISUAL: Video close up of the male student’s feet as he skates towards and just past the camera.

Deep male voice: I would like to ask you ...

VISUAL: Video of an information/advertising screen situated on Flinders Street in front of the Atrium at Federation Square. In the background is the tall turret cornices of the roof of the Forum Theatre which is on the corner of Flinders and Russell Streets, Melbourne. The screen reads: Want to learn about Communication Courses at RMIT? Sync your phone for a guided tour. There is a Yes and a No selection on the touch screen. At the bottom of the information screen is the RMIT University logo.

Deep male voice: ... a few questions.

VISUAL: Video of the male student’s feet on the skateboard moving up to and breaking to a stop in front of the information screen.

VISUAL: Video of the male student standing in front of the information screen (which has the information on screen as previously described) with the Forum Theatre in the background.

Deep male voice: Would you like to learn about ...

VISUAL: Video close up of the male student standing and looking at the screen. He is facing the camera.

Deep male voice: ... communication at RMIT?

VISUAL: Video of the male student touching the Yes button on the touch screen of the electronic advertising screen.

(Machine beeps)

VISUAL: Close up of the male student holding his phone in his left hand and using his thumb to scroll on the phone’s screen.

Deep male voice: Sync your phone for a guided tour.

VISUAL: Male student places the phone back in his pants’ pocket.

VISUAL Male student places the headphones that were around his neck onto his ears and continues to look towards the information screen, he is facing the camera.

Female voice: The media and communication industry is experiencing ...

VISUAL: Video of wide view of the male student standing beside and looking at the information screen. The Atrium and other buildings of Federation Square are behind him. He looks to his right, turns and then jumps on his skateboard and rides to his right, ie to the left and off?screen.

Female voice: ... rapid change. RMIT helps their students respond to a world ...

VISUAL: Video close up of the male student’s feet and legs as he moves past the camera from left to the right and does two 180 degree turns as he passes.

Female voice: ... that is increasingly complex and diverse.

VISUAL: Video of the male student skating on the footpath past the camera from right to left and off the screen. On the wall in the background are three reflective chevrons pointing to the left of the screen which are on the ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) building in Federation Square on Flinders Street.

Female voice: No matter which Communication ...

VISUAL: Male student riding his skateboard over the pavement at Federation Square near Flinders Street Station. Trams and pedestrians can be seen in the background along State Route 3.

Female voice: ... degree you choose, you'll study ...

VISUAL: Video of male student’s feet skating along pavement and stopping. Then he flicks up his skateboard and grabs the front end in his hand.

Female voice: ... with students from the other degrees ...

VISUAL: The male student is standing holding his skateboard and looking at a male student holding a guitar case and a female student holding a book and standing in front of an entrance to the Forum Theatre. A white square is drawn around the female’s face and the word: publicist with the image of a megaphone and an arrow pointing to her appears beside the female. The camera is behind the male student skateboarder looking down on him and the other two students.

Female voice: ... and even different disciplines.

VISUAL: Video of the male student standing on the path by the Forum Theatre wearing his headphones and looking towards the right of the screen. In the background, the traffic is moving through the intersection of Flinders and Russell Streets.

Female voice: By studying Public Relations ...

VISUAL: Video close up of the two students speaking and laughing together. A white square with the word publicist and an image of a megaphone with sound waves emanating from it appears beside the female student’s face. The male skateboarder’s back of head as he watches them is in the foreground to the left of the screen.

Female voice: ... learn how to build relationships and communicate ...

VISUAL: Video of the back of the male skateboarder’s head wearing the headphones and looking towards a poster on a brick wall of the Forum. (This is beside the entrance where the two students are standing but they aren’t on screen). The poster reads RMIT presents Public Relations. Then next line of the poster reads: Event Management. (Typist is unable to read the small print on the poster).

Female voice: ... with people and groups around key initiatives of an organisation. Areas of work include ...

VISUAL: Same poster as before but now the words: event management are replaced by: media relations and publicity.

Female voice: ... event management ...

Same poster as before but now the words: media relations and publicity are replaced by: brand management.

Female voice: ... media relations and publicity ...

Same poster as before but now the words: brand management are replaced by: fundraising & sponsorship.

Female voice: ... brand management ...

Same poster as before but now the words: fundraising & sponsorship are replaced by corporate & strategic communication.

Female voice: ... fund raising and sponsorship as well as corporate and strategic communication.

VISUAL: Video of the male student’s feet walking away from the spot he was standing on.

Female voice: By studying ...

VISUAL: Video of the male student standing at the end of a ramp in a laneway, jumping on his skateboard and skating down the ramp and half?way down the ramp he does a little jump on the skateboard. The walls around the laneway are covered with coloured graffiti.

Female voice: ... media, you'll learn all the fundamentals of content development ...

VISUAL: Video of bottom part of male student as he stops skateboarding, tips up his skateboard and grabs it by its front end. At the end of the adjoining laneway (also covered in graffiti) are a group of male and female students currently filming a scene.

Female voice: ... in digital media - radio, screen ...

VISUAL: Video as camera pans down the length of an overhead boom mic to a male holding it with both hands above his head. Beside the male is a title of sound recordist and the image of a microphone and an arrow pointing to the male. Other male and female students are standing around in the background.

Female voice: ... film and TV.

VISUAL: Video wide angle shot of the six male and female students standing in the lane and shooting a scene. A female is walking down a length of wall running her hand over it and looking at the graffiti covering it. As well as the sound recordist (as previously described) there is a male standing behind a video camera on a tripod and he has the label Cinematographer beside him. A female crouched on the ground has the word scriptwriter written beside her. A female standing between her and the male camera operator is holding a clipboard and the label next to her is producer. A male standing beside the sound recordist has the label of Director beside him. Also other positions are written on the road between the acting scene: digital producer, editor, media buyer, social media producer, web developer.

Female voice: You'll be qualified for a variety of roles such as ...

VISUAL: Close up video of the male looking through a video camera, side?on to the screen. The word cinematographer and the image of a video recorder and an arrow appears beside him.

Female voice: ... digital producer, director ...

VISUAL: Video of the male skateboarding student looking towards the acting scene at the end of the laneway. The male is still wearing the headphones and is standing with his back to the camera in the right foreground of the screen. The six students are still in the same positions as before and the labels as described in full earlier are still on the screen.

Female voice: ... media buyer, social media producer or web developer.

VISUAL: Close up of the male skateboarding student’s face as he looks towards but slightly past the camera. He then turns to leave.

Female voice: Let's move on and I'll tell you about ...

VISUAL: Male skateboarding student walks to a traffic light intersection (specific location in Melbourne unknown) and looks up at a billboard on the side of a building, his back is to the camera. A crowd of people are standing beside and in front of him at the corner. The billboard reads: Explore Advertising at RMIT. Copywriting, art direction, media buying, strategic planning, account management.

Female voice: ... Advertising. Study Advertising ...

VISUAL: Close up of the male student slowly nodding and wearing the headphones as he looks just past the camera (at the RMIT billboard).

Female voice: ... to learn about copywriting and ...

VISUAL: Same video as before of the male student standing on the corner looking up at the RMIT billboard. A crowd of people walk across the street in the background but one unidentified female stands beside him looking towards the billboard as well.

Female voice: ... art direction with a focus on ...

VISUAL: Close up of the male student’s face as he looks at the billboard.

Female voice: ... business strategy as well as ...

VISUAL: Close up of the billboard (which reads the same as described earlier in the video).

Female voice: ... creative theory. Some of the other areas include media buying, strategic planning and account managing.

VISUAL: Video of the male student looking down and walking away from screen.

Female voice: Take out your phone ...

VISUAL: Video of male student wearing the headphones and walking down the footpath towards the camera. He stops and looks down at his phone that he is holding just at the bottom of the screen. People are walking behind him in the background.

Female voice: ... and I'll show you about Journalism. Be part of this exciting and changing field, whether in ...

VISUAL: Video close up of the male student’s hand holding out the smart phone which has the RMIT website displayed on the screen.

Female voice: ... print, TV, radio or online ...

VISUAL: Close up of the male’s face looking at the phone’s screen, camera is positioned below the back of the phone and is looking back up at him.

Female voice: ... you'll find ...

VISUAL: Close up of the phone being held by the student’s hand. The screen has an RMIT logo at the top and lists career choices in Communication industry eg: Journalist, Blogger, Media advisor, Information officer, Crisis communication specialist, Corporate social responsibility advisor, media business owner.

Female voice: ... yourself in a variety of roles from being a journalist, a blogger, a media advisor and in a range of roles in strategic communication.

VISUAL: Video of the male student standing in the crowd looking down at his phone and then commences to walk towards and past the camera.

Female voice: If you want to work in ...

VISUAL: Video of an old style Thorn television with knobs and dials. On the television screen is the image of a female news broadcaster speaking. A title displayed at the bottom of the television screen reads: Sarah Malone next to the RMIT logo and then the news feed reads: Wasps plague stings Melbourne.

Female voice: ... PR, advertising ...

VISUAL: On the other side of the shop front window the male student skates to a stop, picks up the end of his board and looks towards the camera (probably at the old style television screen).

Female voice: ... media or journalism, pick one of the specialist degrees.

VISUAL: Video of the old style television with the female RMIT news broadcaster on the screen. The television is on a bench in a shop window. The back of the male student is just to the right in the foreground.

Female voice: If you're not sure yet ...

VISUAL: Video close up of the male’s face looking at the television screen (which is off?screen) and he smiles.

Female voice: ... or you want to cover all areas ...

VISUAL: Video of male standing beside the shop front window display of five old televisions including the one seen previously. The camera is side?on to the man and the shop front window. The televisions are displayed in a neat triangle?shaped pile and all television screens are displaying the same image of the RMIT female broadcaster speaking which then changes to an image of RMIT’s logo and then excerpts of a video for the Communication degree showing two people acting with the word producer in the centre of each television’s screen and then an image of a video camera with the word creative at the centre of each screen.

Female voice: ... the Professional Communication degree will give you a taste of everything and then you'll ...

VISUAL: Close up of the old-style television’s screen showing the image of the video camera operator with the word creative in the centre of the screen. The back of the male’s left shoulder is just to right of screen in the foreground.

Female voice: ... specialise ...

VISUAL: Same image as before of the old style television screen now displaying a video of a female speaking on a phone with the word communicator across the screen. The back of the male’s left shoulder is just to right of screen in the foreground.

Female voice: ... once you've found ...

VISUAL: Same image as before of the old style telephone screen but now it’s displaying a video of people walking down a footpath in the city with the word Media Buyer across the screen. The back of the male’s left shoulder is just to right of screen in the foreground.

Female voice: ... your path.

VISUAL: The male finishes looking at the television screens in the display window and walks away off?screen.

Female voice: RMIT ...

VISUAL: Video pans across the façade of the Swanston Academic Building as the male skates from the right of the screen and stops in the centre. He flicks up his skateboard, grabs the front end and stands looking with his back to the camera at the Swanston Academic Building. People in the background are walking on the footpath near the entrance to the Swanston Academic Building and two people walk across Swanston Street.

Female voice: ... prepares you for all types of roles whether in a large firm ...

VISUAL: Camera pans down a section of the façade of the Swanston Academic Building and stops to focus on the portico area which has the RMIT logo on its glass railing. The back of the male’s head looking up at the Swanston Academic Building is to the right of screen in the foreground. The top section of a tram passes along Swanston Street between the camera and the male and Swanston Academic Building.

Female voice: ... a small consultancy or an independent production. Even as a specialist ...

VISUAL: Video close up of the male student looking beyond the camera (at the Swanston Academic Building) and smiling to himself.

Female voice: ... you'll still have the skills for a variety of jobs ...

VISUAL: Video of male student carrying his skateboard and wearing headphones as he crosses Swanston Street towards the entrance to Swanston Academic Building. The screen fades and the RMIT University logo is laid on top of this video image and underneath that the text: CRICOS provider number: 00122A.

Female voice: ... as a communication professional.

VISUAL: Same image as before of male student walking across road to Swanston Street with RMIT University logo overlaid on that video. Then the screen fades to black.

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