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Script Adaptation: Stage, Screen and Multimedia
Postgraduate | SWI-PWR70003 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Reimagine characters and stories for stage, screen or online.Draw inspiration from the key elements of writing for performance like plot and character. Put together script outlines and proposals. Plan and script an adaptation from a source text.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Script Adaptation: Stage, Screen and Multimedia
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Critique the rationale for adaptations of existing and future works, identify the various theoretical approaches to adaptation, and evaluate how the elements of storytelling can be used to transform a source text into a new creative work for stage and screen
- Evaluate the relationships between storytelling skills such as use of dialogue, manipulation of plot and communication of character and to evaluate how these can be harnessed for their own writing
- Envision, plan, and compose an adaptation of their own from a source text.
- What is adaptation?
- Theories of adaptation
- Developing character
- Determining structure through journeys, acts, and beats
- Substructure
- Dialogue
- Elements of the stage play
- The Elements of the screen play: structure, substructure, timing
- Substructure: Technical requirements of adapting for screen and stage
- Elements of writing for multi-media formats: shots, scenes and sequences
- Writing for the visual
- Case studies: Successful adaptations
- Case studies: script writers and writing process
Develop an understanding of how to read, write and research the wide range of adaptations that are made for presentation on stage, screen and in the digital world. This subject introduces students to a range of adaptive processes, and invites them to consider the challenges inherent in the transfer of content from one modality (e.g. print or TV) to delivery through another (e.g. cinema or internet). In this subject, students identify and apply elements of writing for performance, including plot, character and mise-en-scene; develop script proposals and outlines; and explore the industrial and cultural demands of proposing and developing a script for performance.
Please note: Assessment values are indicative only; details will be advised at the start of the subject.- Online Discussion (60-70%)
- Assignments (30-40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- SWI-PWR60001-Critical Friends: The Real and Virtual Support of Writers
SWI-LPW500 (Not currently available)
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
SWI-LPW603 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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