Postgraduate SWI-PWR80002-2018
Script Writing
Currently SWI-PWR70005-2020
Use the elements of character, plot and genre to create scripted stories for stage and screen.Watch television genres like the sitcom and the soap opera. Jump online and examine the world of self-produced work. Create the final draft of a script.
Enrolments for this year have closed. Apply for 2020
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Required
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QS RANKING 2021
20
Times Higher Education Ranking 2021
25
Subject details
After successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Assess and critically reflect on a range of scriptwriting platforms, forms, and genres for stage and screen, and also investigate theoretical approaches to scriptwriting
- Demonstrate high level creative and practical skills in the production of their scripts, specifically in relation to the writerly elements of plot, character, dialogue, and structure, and apply complex critical and creative theories related to the practice of scriptwriting to their own work and the work of others
- Generate a section of script from plan to final draft and create both industry standard supporting documentation and complex reflexive theorisations about their practice and project, and the practice and projects of others.
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- Contemporary theories of film and performance and contemporary film making
- The art of visual story telling
- Building the plotline
- The filmscript - backstory, core story, forward story
- Characterisation and dialogue
- Writing for TV - Soap Operas and Sitcoms
- Screen writing as a collaborative process
- The Screen Play
- Techniques of writing for the screen
- Commercial imperatives - the film and TV industries, funding and independent production
- Critical and cultural influences on film, TV, and new media
- The self-produced work - writing and producing on the internet
Equivalent subjects
You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- SWI-LPW704
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
SWI-PWR60001-Critical Friends: The Real and Virtual Support of Writers, or SWI-LPW500 ;
Others
You should also have completed the 8 subjects comprising the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Writing) before enrolling in this subject.
Special requirements
No special requirements
Develop scripts for presentation to a selected audience. To enable the development of this skill, you investigate the art of visual storytelling and explore a range of techniques for the creation of story elements such as structure and character. The subject also explores how cultural and critical theories offer frameworks for understanding film, television and multimedia.
Please note: assessment values are indicative only, details will be advised at the start of the subject.
- Online Discussion (60-70%)
- Assignments (30-40%)