The West Australian Screen Academy runs a one-year program specialising in digital production for the screen. It works in close collaboration with the renowned Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) Acting, Production & Design and Music Composition programs.
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The WA Screen Academy was founded at Edith Cowan University in 2005. It addressed the growing need for skilled and creative practitioners in the realm of television and related 'small screen' applications.[1] The WA Screen Academy quickly developed a creative partnership with WAAPA, utilising and showcasing the skills of their Acting, Music Composition and Production Design skills.[2]
The WA Screen Academy offers two awards: a Bachelor of Communications Conversion for applicants with an Advanced Diploma or equivalent (for International students) and a Master of Professional Communications for applicants with a previous undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, or five years industry experience.[3]
Approximately 30 students are admitted each year on the basis of a showreel/portfolio, cv, personal statement and interview. The areas of specialisation include producing/production management, directing, scriptwriting, cinematography, editing/post-production and sound recording and mixing. Applicants can nominate one area of specialisation or a combination of one major area and up to two secondary ones.
2011: Graduate Sam Barrett directs feature film Sororal