DTS3400

Script Development (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Peter Fitzpatrick

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2003 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)

Synopsis: This unit will provide students with a sustained opportunity to develop their own skills in writing for performance in a collaborative workshop environment, culminating in performance work based on the completed script. The program will also involve working collaboratively on a project with a practising writer. The course will offer experience in writing and adaptation for both stage and screen, while providing students with the chance to specialise in one medium.

Assessment: Short completed script (3000 words): 60% + Exercise (1500 words): 40%

Contact Hours: 2 hour workshop per week

Prerequisites: A minor sequence in Drama and Theatre Studies