Writing and Rewriting

This subject is not offered in 2013.

320 Hours

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Following on from ‘Major Script Project’ the previous semester, students undertake to write subsequent drafts of their script. Students are expected to submit as a minimum a completed second draft long form script; (most likely a feature film script) plus accompanying short documents, or television script(s) of equivalent length plus a ‘Bible’. Students attend regular small group script tutorials where work in progress will be discussed/presented and feedback given by tutor and peers. Students also undertake complimentary craft and industry classes during the semester. Students may, on their own initiative, organise script readings and/or actor workshops for script development and feedback purposes.

This subject will enable students to:
• complete a second draft (minimum) long form script to a professional standard;
• gain higher level understanding of key elements of the craft of screenwriting;
• further develop script analysis and feedback skills;
• gain insight into the process of drafting and redrafting long form scripts.

Second Draft major script (15-18,000 words) (90%)
Script Tutorial Participation (10%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.