Undergraduate - UnitATS3776 - Script development 2

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Synopsis

This unit builds upon skills developed in Script Development 1. It explores specific applications of script development such as writing for the stage, writing a monologue, writing for television, writing for radio etc. Students gain experience in the finalisation of a script and its presentation for publication, performance and recording. By the end of the unit students will have produced a script at a professional level able to be considered for production, broadcast or assessed for grant support.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing ATS3776 will develop:

1. Enhanced skills in the practice of their own writing in more than one performance genre;
2. An advanced practical 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 to professional level;
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%
In class exercises (1500 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Felix Nobis

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour workshop) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Theatre

Prerequisites

Script Development 1 (ATS2890)
1st year sequence in Theatre