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Digital screen and media

Be a part of the next generation of Australian film makers with our digital screen and media courses. Develop the skills you need to work across a variety of roles behind the scenes in radio, film, television, or interactive media.

Study digital and screen media

TAFE Queensland offers a range of courses in screen and media from certificate III through to diploma qualifications. We also offer a selection of bachelor degrees in partnership with highly-respected universities. You can choose to specialise in animation, gaming and visual effect, production management, post-production, directing, and more.

Our state-of-the-art production facilities include industry-standard video editing suites, sound recording studios and video production equipment. With our OptiTrack 3D Motion Capture System and high definition video cameras you'll be learning on the same equipment used in industry. 

Whether you want to be a radio programmer or presenter, camera operator, sound recordist, lighting assistant, video editor, production assistant, motion graphic artist, or 3D modeller and animator, we can help you define your greatness.

Career outcomes

  • 3D animator
  • Camera operator
  • Lighting assistant
  • Motion graphic artist
  • Production assistant
  • Radio programmer
  • Sound recordist
  • Video editor

Digital screen and media courses

Diploma of Screen and Media (Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects)

Activate your career in screen and media with this diploma qualification. Learn the specialist skills needed to be a game designer or game developer. This course is ideal for creative people seeking employment in the film, television, games industry, and screen and media industries.

Careers

  • Game Designer
  • 3D Game Animator
  • 3D Game Modeller
  • Game Concept Artist
  • Game Texture Artist
  • UI Designer
  • Game Developer
  • Junior Programmer
Full Time : 1 year
Next Start : 28 Jan 2025

Diploma of Screen and Media (Post-production)

Activate your career in screen and media with this advanced qualification. This course is ideal for creative people seeking employment in post-production, including video editing, animation and visual effects within the interactive media industries.

Careers

  • Editor
  • Title Designer
  • Motion Graphic Artist
  • 3D Animator
  • 3D Modeller
  • Compositor
  • Visual Effects Artist
Full Time : 1 year
Next Start : 28 Jan 2025

Bachelor of Digital Design (Digital Media)

In partnership with the University of Canberra

Take the next step in your digital media career with this degree. Gain specialist knowledge and skills needed to work across a range of creative areas from animation to virtual reality (VR).

Careers

  • Digital Media Designer
  • Digital Media Producer
  • Multimedia Artist
  • Animator
  • Digital Photographer
  • Videographer
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality Designer
  • Creative Director
Full Time : 3 years
Next Start : 03 Feb 2025

Diploma of Screen and Media

Activate your career in screen and media with this advanced qualification. Learn the specialist skills for employment in Film and TV Production, and 3D Animation and Visual Effects industries.  

Careers

  • Compositor
  • 3D Animator
  • Visual Effects
  • Videographer
  • Video Editor
  • Digital Content Producer
Full Time : 1 year
Next Start : 28 Jan 2025

Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-Up Services)

Establish your career in makeup with this specialised qualification in screen and media at Huxley School of Makeup in partnership with TAFE Queensland. You will learn the advanced skills needed to thrive as a specialist makeup artist.

Careers

  • Special Make-up Effects Technician
  • Make-up Artist
  • Film, TV and Stage Work
  • Prosthetic Workshop Technician
  • Make-up Consultant
  • Business Ownership
  • Hair Stylist
  • Retail Manager
Next Start : 21 Jan 2025
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Hear from teachers and students

Watch this video from our teacher, Brian Vining, to learn more about our Diploma of Screen and Media - Film and TV Production CUA51020). Learn about the different career paths previous graduates have followed with TAFE Queensland as their backdrop. 

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I definitely recommend studying at TAFE Queensland. It's hands on, it's practical, it's industry standard, and it's fun.
Jason Morris, Diploma of Screen and Media (CUA51020)
 
I got so much value out of studying at TAFE Queensland. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get into a creative field.
Cade Franklin, Multimedia Graduate

Film and TV studios

Learn pre and post video production skills in some of South East Queensland's best screen and media facilities. 

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For Finn Evergreen, the dream of making movies started at an early age.

Imagine stepping onto a movie set at 16, surrounded by cameras, actors and creative vibes. For Jack Anyos, this isn’t a fantasy—it’s reality.

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TAFE Queensland and City of Gold Coast have partnered to deliver a short course that will provide a pipeline of workers for the high growth film and TV sector across the region.

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Student-created motion visuals are set to put crowds into a digital daze when they hit the main stage at Australia’s biggest dance music festival, Lunar Electric.

TAFE Queensland beauty teacher Narelle Crick and screen and media graduate Mikayo Mundy represented the region at the Queensland Training Awards on Friday 8 October 2021, after taking out the top gongs in their respective categories at the North Coast regional final in July.

TAFE Queensland and Huxley School of Makeup graduate Jenna Dunbar is living the dream, turning her interest in makeup special effects into a career in film and TV.