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Serial Storytelling (CWRI40017)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 1
Overview
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Students will read a range of fictional and non-fictional serial narratives written in the late 20 th and early 21 st centuries for newspapers, radio, film and television, such as Maupin’s Tales of the City books, Miller’s Mad Max films, or Breaking Bad. Students will analyse these texts with a focus on the relationship between serial distribution and storytelling form, and with particular attention given to historical transformations and new developments. Students will also read critical approaches to serial narrative concentrating on textual forms, genre, criticism, technologies of production and distribution, industrial formations of production and distribution, cultural contexts, and modes of audience engagement. Students will work to devise a concept outline for an original serial narrative for print, audio or screen (e.g. film franchise, television series, web series), and write selected installments.
This subject is only available to students admitted to the Bachelor of Arts Honours (Creative Writing), Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) Creative Writing, the Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing, Master of Global Media Communications, Master of Marketing Communications, or the Master of Arts and Cultural Management.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject will:
- Gain knowledge of the development of a serialised story concept, including devising the long-form concept, pitching the work, workshopping, drafting and structuring, and the preparation of selected installments;
- Develop, through workshopping and completion of assessment tasks, an understanding of the concepts, conditions and history that underpin the development of serial storytelling;
- Have a complex, comparative understanding of serial storytelling formations for various media and in different historical circumstances;
- Evaluate serialised stories in various media within a broader context and with understanding of the concepts, conditions and history that underpin the development of serial storytelling;
- Have the ability to workshop, analyse and give constructive feedback on story concepts and drafts for long-form stories in a range of media;
- Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the mechanics of serialised storytelling, including segmentation, story arcs, multilinear stories and character development;
- Gain a deeper understanding of the vocational possibilities in serialised storytelling, and be able to articulate an advanced understanding of industrial and creative contexts for their own long-form stories.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:
- Analyse and evaluate a variety of texts;
- Participate in discussion and group activities and increase their creative and critical skills through workshopping and collaboration;
- Independently devise and articulate a creative work in both verbal and written modes; and
- Conceptualise, prepare and present their creative projects at an advanced level.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Critical blog (2000 words), due between weeks 3 to 12 (40%)
- Pitch (short oral presentation and one page synopsis (equivalent to 500 words), due between weeks 4 to 6 (20%)
- Revised pitch and selected instalments (equivalent to 2500 words), due at the end of semester (40%)
Hurdle requirement:
Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% (or 10 out of 12) classes in order to qualify to have their written work assessed. Any student who fails to meet this hurdle without valid reason will not be eligible to pass the subject. All required written work must be submitted in order to pass the subject.
Note:
Assignments submitted after the due date without an extension will be penalised 10% per day, and no longer accepted after 5 days.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Radha O'Meara Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: 12 x 2 hour seminars throughout semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A subject reader will be available through Readings Online.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management Informal specialisation 150 point Master of Marketing Communications Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Marketing Communications Specialisation (formal) Graduate Diploma in Arts - Creative Writing Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Creative Writing Informal specialisation Creative Writing Specialisation (formal) Creative Writing Specialisation (formal) Graduate Certificate in Arts - Creative Writing - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022