Bachelor of Screen Media

The Bachelor of Screen Media is a future-focused, industry-connected course that equips you with the creative, technical and strategic skills to thrive in today’s fast-evolving media and storytelling landscape.

We've integrated leading AI software tools into the curriculum to ensure graduates are at the forefront of technology and are able to apply these in their creative endeavours and future careers. You’ll graduate with an expansive portfolio, real-world production experience, and the confidence to pursue a diverse range of career paths in film, television, digital content, immersive media, and beyond.

This course has been designed in collaboration with leading screen and media professionals to ensure our curriculum remains industry relevant and cutting-edge. Your lecturers are accomplished media creators, directors, producers and digital artists—active practitioners who bring their industry insight directly into the classroom. Many of our students develop strong professional networks during their studies, often leading to work opportunities and direct career pathways.

As a Screen Media student, you will participate in a robust industry mentor program in your final year, giving you the chance to collaborate with established professionals in film, TV, digital production, and emerging media fields. Whether you’re designing visual effects, directing virtual productions, creating immersive VR experiences or building digital art for live performance, this course prepares you for meaningful employment in creative industries that are increasingly shaped by innovation and new technology.

Graduates from this program go on to work as directors, cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, VFX artists, digital content producers, sound designers, creative technologists, media strategists and more. Many also establish their own studios or creative ventures, backed by entrepreneurial training and a comprehensive creative skillset developed throughout the course.

You’ll become part of a thriving community of screen storytellers, technologists and digital creatives – a network that champions bold ideas, supports creative risk-taking, and embraces the exciting future of media making.

Throughout the Bachelor of Screen Media, you will be immersed in the evolving world of moving image, storytelling and emerging screen technologies, building a dynamic creative skillset for the 21st century.

You’ll begin by developing a strong foundation in both the technical and creative aspects of screen media. From visual storytelling across genres to hands-on experience with camera operation, framing, movement and perspective—you’ll learn to apply cinematic techniques in compelling and original ways. Early on, you’ll be introduced to non-linear editing, sound design, and colour grading, building your capacity to shape meaningful visual narratives.

As you progress, you’ll explore advanced cinematographic techniques such as dynamic lighting, visual composition, and camera movement. You’ll delve into the relationship between image, design and meaning, while crafting experimental projects that integrate CGI and innovative narrative forms.

In your second and third years, you’ll undertake self-directed folio work and major creative projects that explore social, cultural or environmental themes—pushing the boundaries of interactive and multimedia storytelling. You’ll also engage in practical studio-based production, learning to direct and manage controlled set environments while integrating AI and emerging tools into your creative process in both ethical and imaginative ways.

In your final year, you’ll select a major area of focus—commercial screen media or experimental media practices—and work on a significant capstone project. You’ll build industry-level expertise in areas such as special effects, immersive storytelling, screenwriting, and professional-grade video finishing. A suite of elective subjects gives you the flexibility to personalise your learning and expand your creative potential.

Through industry mentoring, collaborative real-world projects, and support from experienced media practitioners, you’ll graduate with the creative vision, technical knowledge and professional confidence to thrive in the fast-changing screen media landscape.

You can work in film, television, digital content and emerging media. Depending on subject choices and portfolio direction, graduates may pursue pathways including:

• Director and cinematographer

• Editor and screenwriter

• VFX artist and digital content producer

• Sound designer

• Creative technologist

• Media strategist

The degree also develops entrepreneurial capabilities that can support freelance practice, studio work or creative ventures. In your final year, you’ll work with established professionals in film, TV, digital production and emerging media through our industry mentor program.

We designed the Bachelor of Screen Media for anyone who wants a career making films, television, digital content or immersive media. Some students arrive knowing they want to direct, while others come in curious about editing, sound or visual effects and settle on a direction once they’ve tried each one. Our lecturers work as media creators, directors, producers and digital artists themselves, so you’ll learn each craft from someone practising it.

You’ll learn to create moving-image work from first idea through to a finished, professional-grade production. Throughout the bachelor’s six trimesters, you’ll study:

• Visual storytelling across genres

• Camera operation, framing, movement and perspective

• Non-linear editing, sound design and colour grading

• Advanced cinematography, including dynamic lighting and visual composition

• CGI and experimental narrative forms

• Directing and managing controlled studio set environments

• Opportunities to apply AI tools ethically and imaginatively through elective study

As you progress, you can explore areas such as immersive storytelling, screenwriting and professional-grade video finishing through your elective choices, while developing either a Commercial Media or Experimental Media major.

You can study the Bachelor of Screen Media at PSC in South Melbourne, Victoria or fully online. On campus at Thistlethwaite Street, you’ll work in our studio production spaces with lecturers who work professionally across filmmaking, directing, production and digital art. We also deliver the degree online, so you can complete the same six trimesters from anywhere. Either way, our courses are designed for collaboration with other students on real-world projects.

You’ll develop the ability to craft a visual narrative and the technical skills to execute it properly. Early on, you’ll study cinematic technique through camera operation, framing, movement and perspective, then apply that thinking to editing, sound design and colour grading. As you progress, you’ll examine how image and design create meaning as you complete your experimental and CGI-based projects.

Yes. You’ll graduate with a portfolio developed through folio, elective and major-project subjects. Tiers 3 and 4 centre on self-directed folio work and creative projects exploring social, cultural or environmental themes. In Tiers 5 and 6, you’ll complete a two-part major sequence in either Commercial Media or Experimental Media. The industry mentor program and elective subjects help you shape your portfolio towards the direction you want to take in your career.

The Bachelor of Screen Media focuses on moving image, while the Bachelor of Photography and Digital Imaging focuses on still image. Screen Media students learn cinematography, editing, sound design and visual effects, with screenwriting available through elective study. Photography students learn camera craft, lighting, digital workflow and post-production for photographs.

The two degrees have different primary emphases, although their industries and creative practices can overlap. Screen Media prepares you for film, television, digital production and immersive media, while the photography degree prepares you for commercial, editorial, documentary or art photography through a major you select in your final year.

The Bachelor of Screen Media suits people who want to tell stories that unfold over time, using camera, sound, editing and AI tools to do it. The degree suits people who are curious about emerging technology, with opportunities to explore CGI and immersive formats depending on elective choices. Our final-year mentor program then connects you with professionals in the area of the industry you want to pursue.