Introduction to Screenwriting Practices (FLTV10023)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Online
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This online Breadth subject is an introduction to the process of creating stories for screen media, focusing on concept creation, screenplay structures, story and character generation. Students will study and practice the essential groundwork undertaken by writers in creating works for screen, and will learn how to apply these skills to their own ideas for screen projects.
The subject will be delivered through a combination of recorded lectures, live online tutorials, assigned readings and on-line screenings. Students will write an original short script, analyse the screenwriting works of others, and take part in collaborative script development processes.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- engagement at a basic level with contemporary screenwriting practices;
- familiarity with universal elements of storytelling;
- interrogation and critique of screen texts;
- followed a screenwriting project through from inception to completion;
- worked in a self-motivated way;
- begun to find a storyteller 'voice'.
Last updated: 21 January 2025
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: 21 January 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Dedicated weekly blog entries reflecting on lectures, tutorials, readings, screenings and the student's own creative screenwriting work.
| Throughout the teaching period | 25% |
10-minute PowerPoint presentation with recorded voice over highlighting aspects of screenwriting practices explored in lectures and tutorials evidenced in a film of the student's choice.
| Mid teaching period | 25% |
Short Screenplay (2,500 words of Big Print and Dialogue) of 10-12 pages reflecting a depth of engagement and understanding of screenwriting practices explored in lectures and tutorials.
| During the assessment period | 50% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 80% of all scheduled live online tutorials. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement. | N/A |
Last updated: 21 January 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Helen Gaynor Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 18 hours comprising, eleven 1.5-hour live online tutorials, and two 45-minute live online tutorials Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 - Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Helen Gaynor Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 18 hours comprising, eleven 1.5-hour live online tutorials, and two 45-minute live online tutorials Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021
Last updated: 21 January 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
Last updated: 21 January 2025