The Collide Project

The Collide project is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) collaboration between a number of RMIT Vocational Education programs, working together to produce a media and entertainment industry event that is both a music concert and a television program. Running as a series of five events over five production days, it allows students and staff from the newly formed School of Vocational Education (Creative Industries cluster) to work together on a real-world live production event.

The event is conducted in the New Academic Street media precinct television studios – broadcast-standard facilities that provide an ideal venue for these running events. This project allows the production to showcase the university’s industry-standard facilities in the context of a nationally recognised project and includes involvement from a number of industry professionals. These professionals liaise with the students throughout the production, guiding, instructing and giving real-time feedback

‘Incorporating the Collide project within the Produce media photo images unit of the Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging is a great opportunity for students to collaboratively work with and document the progressive scheduling of live-production performances in an industry environment.

As a WIL project, students are assessed on their ability to shoot, process and submit a body of work that encapsulates a live event – including bump in, lighting and sound checks, the performance and bump out.’

EDDIE JAVIER DIPLOMA OF PHOTOGRAPHY + DIGITAL IMAGING TEACHER

using current production standards. This showcases the students’ abilities to work in an industry-based environment. Over several years of production, various students have made industry contacts through this project that have led to direct placement with facilities such as ABC Television and Bakehouse Studios. At the conclusion of each shoot, sound production students completed the post-production audio and video, working with professional writing and editing students and interactive digital students to showcase the final production to the world. Photo documentation of production was undertaken by students in the photography and digital imaging program.

‘The Collide project allows us to observe our students at work as they interact with industry professionals, and allows us to supervise and assess their performance in their allocated role. This is workintegrated learning at its best.’

ELENA POPA SOUND PRODUCTION TEACHER + PROJECT COORDINATOR