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Writing for Performance 3 (Portfolio) (THTR70010)
Graduate coursework level 7Points: 37.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 |
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In this subject students work to develop both solo and group work seeded in semester one. A portfolio of writing projects is created, including one major, full-length work and one minor, shorter work, in different forms. Students have the option to write in different forms (plays, postdramatic texts, performance scenarios of various kinds, collaborative projects and so on).
At various stages during the semester writers will work with student directors and actors to workshop and read the developing works, with feedback from a range of staff. Readings and workshops will culminate in a season of public ‘performance-readings’ of full-length and/or shorter works at either VCA and/or professional venues around Melbourne. Students will also be required to write an exegesis relating to their portfolio.
Intended learning outcomes
On completing this subject students will be able to:
- demonstrate an ability to completed extended writing for performance projects, either individually, collaboratively or both, in diverse ways and at a high standard;
- work productively and creatively at various levels, both as an individual and as a team member, in a wide variety of performing artist environments;
- demonstrate skills in the gathering and organisation of research materials;
- effectively document the creative process;
- demonstrate the ability to complete extended writing for performance projects in new forms;
- demonstrate the capacity to respond in writing creatively, imaginatively and rigorously to diverse stimuli and by means of diverse processes;
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of the building blocks of dramatic and other forms of writing for performance;
- demonstrate a high standard of articulation in the writing of an exegesis.
Generic skills
On completing this subject the student will be able to:
- demonstrate the capacity to evaluate and synthesise data and other information;
- demonstrate an ability to access data and other information from a range of sources;
- demonstrate an advanced ability to discourse on artistic practice in the context of wider aesthetic, social and historical domains;
- demonstrate an ability to apply relevant research processes to specific cultural practice;
- demonstrate the ability to communicate in oral and written form;
- demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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THTR70008 | Writing for Performance 1 (Solo) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
THTR70009 | Writing for Performance 2 (Collab) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Portfolio of writing works (one major, one minor)
| During the assessment period | 70% |
An exegesis
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Raimondo Cortese Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 68 hours, comprising twelve 3-hour tutorials, eight 1-hour one on one tutorials, and 24-hours writing intensive tutorials Total time commitment 510 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: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Theatre (Writing)
Last updated: 3 November 2022