AIE’s Filmmaking course is a highly practical advanced diploma course designed to expand your visual storytelling and creative thinking. You will be trained by experienced industry practitioners in the exciting practice of filmmaking, using the philosophy of learning by doing.

We replicate the real-world industry and operate like a production house. You generate original ideas, develop and pitch projects. Crews are formed and projects are realised from pre-production, to shoot, to post-production. It’s a fun, vibrant, hard-working environment where you can pursue projects that inspire you.

Learn the art of collaboration by making short dramas, comedies, documentaries, music videos and experimental films, incorporating the emerging technology of virtual production (VP). You will work on a large quantity of films in multiple crew roles and have your films screened publicly to industry and invited guests at the cinema, at the end of each year. You also get to produce a showreel. For some excellent films we may even pay the costs of entering them into select film festivals.

Over this two-year, full-time course you will be prepared to enter the exciting and dynamic film industry. Having learnt writing, directing, producing, camera, audio and editing, you will be technically and creatively ready to work in traditional film roles, as well as cutting edge VP roles.

This course is the first in the world to integrate VP technologies into a filmmaking course. The VP components of the course include pre-visualisation, virtual scouting techniques, and VP filming using real-time environments and ensure you will graduate with in-demand industry skills.

You will have access to the latest professional film making equipment including Sony, Black Magic and Arri cameras, Arri anamorphic lenses, mixers, microphones, props, sets, costumes and an LED wall VP studio at each campus. As well as professional editing and colour grading software.

Unlike other film schools, at AIE you will have the opportunity to network with our visual effects students who might create some impressive visual effects to support your film projects. You can also network with our Unreal Game Engine students who can help you put amazing worlds on the LED volume stage for you to film in. If you are at our Canberra Campus, you can also learn to use our Technodolly motion control crane, a $1M state of the art investment, accessible only at AIE’s Canberra campus.