Script Development Hothouse

This subject is not offered in 2014.

90 Hours

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Through working with actors, this short intensive workshop enables students to make significant progress in the development of their first draft script. Run intensively over 3-4 days, students learn how to work with actors to workshop a scene from their script. Students will be required to be on site during daytimes to write intensively during the hothouse.

This subject will enable students to:
• make accelerated progress in drafting their script;
• gain understanding of ways that working with actors can assist in developing a screenplay;
• have the opportunity to work with industry professionals;
• develop skills in hearing and assimilating critical feedback.

Script development report (2000 words) 80%
Participation 20%

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completing this subject students will gain:
• greater clarity of ‘vision’ and communication;
• heightened writing skills;
• heightened skills of critical analysis, both in giving an receiving criticism;
• logical follow through of thought processes.