DTS3400

Script Development (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Peter Fitzpatrick

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students taking DTS3400 will develop: 1. Enhanced skills in the practice of their own writing in more than one performance genre. 2. An understanding of aspects of creative processes in the field, and of the procedures appropriate to the collaborative development of new work. 3. An increased familiarity with the distinctive methodological issues involved in the study of the form, and of the languages appropriate to their articulation and analysis. 4. A greater knowledge of the implications of structural choices in the evolution of a performance text. 5. Skills in editing and adaptation. 6. The capacity to articulate critical analyses in systematic written argument, and in clear and confident oral presentations.

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

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour workshop) per week

Prerequisites: A minor sequence in Drama and Theatre Studies