ATS3776 - Script development 2 - 2017

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.

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.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Associate Professor Jane Griffiths

Theatre

Script Development 1 (ATS2890) or two gateway units in Theatre