Bachelor
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Storytelling for screen is no longer restricted to big-budget cinema releases and television series commissioned by major networks. The need for quality content across digital media delivery platforms such as subscription TV mobile devices internet promotional campaigns and film festivals is leading to lucrative opportunities for multiskilled professionals to generate highly creative captivating productions.
This course gives you a broad base of knowledge skills and experiences to explore a wide range of career options within the film television and digital media industries before specialising in an area of your choice. If you are interested in producing you may find your niche as a creative entrepreneur learning how to generate ideas and develop them into finished productions. If your passion is cinematography editing sound or directing you will develop your skills by producing high quality creative content. Alternatively you may wish to hone your skills in script-writing.
Graduates work in the film television and screen industries in entry-level positions on film sets for production companies or screen media outlets and as freelance professionals. Career outcomes include cinematography vision and sound editing directing script-writing producing or production management. There are many opportunities for graduates to start their own specialised business in the industry where your business skills can help give you a competitive edge. Business majors in advertising marketing or public relations can also provide you with opportunities to develop film and new media services within the advertising and corporate sectors.
Our graduates have gone on to make films or programs that have won Oscars Emmy BAFTA AACTA and IF awards. They have screened at prestigious festivals worldwide including Cannes Tribeca Berlinale Sydney Film Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Sundance Film Festival and Tropfest.
QUT graduates have worked on films including The Martian Hacksaw Ridge Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Burning Man My Mistress Harry Potter The Wolverine Quantum of Solace The Great Gatsby Les Miserables Batman Returns Battleship and Total Recall.
Television programs include True Detective Westworld Hoff the Record Secrets and Lies The Night Manager Battlebots Australia's Got Talent Big Brother MasterChef (USA) The Voice X-Factor Australian Story Go Back To Where You Came From SLiDE and Absolutely Fabulous The Thick of It and Quick Cuts for BBC London.
Music videos include those for Powderfinger Silverchair Washington and many others.
Students may be eligible for membership to a number of professional bodies depending on choice of major and unit selection in their business degree. Details on professional recognition can be found under the individual majors of the Bachelor of Business (BS05).
High-achieving students who wish to take further studies may enrol in BS63 Bachelor of Business (Honours).
In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Business and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Fine Arts. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Business componentThe business component is made up of 96 credit points of Business School core units and 96 credit points of units from a business major. The business majors are accounting advertising economics finance financial planning human resource management international business management marketing and public relations. Accounting students will complete 10 major units and six Business School core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.
Fine arts componentYou will complete two common units (24 credit points) and a fine arts major (168 credit points) in film screen and new media.
Study overseasStudy overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.
In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Business and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Fine Arts. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Business componentThe business component is made up of 96 credit points of Business School core units and 96 credit points of units from a business major. The business majors are accounting advertising economics finance financial planning human resource management international business management marketing and public relations. Accounting students will complete 10 major units and six Business School core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.
Fine arts componentYou will complete two common units (24 credit points) and a fine arts major (168 credit points) in film screen and new media.
Study overseasStudy overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.
Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.