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Scripts for Contemporary Theatre (CWRI20010)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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This subject is an introduction to the principles and techniques of scriptwriting for the theatre. A selection of theatre scripts in various styles will be studied, in conjunction with relevant critical material, to enhance the production of an original script. Students will each view a current Melbourne theatre production and review the scriptwriting concept and techniques through blog-posts on a class forum, as well as participating in workshopping of their classmates’ scripts throughout semester. This subject is compulsory for students planning to take Writing Radical Performance in the 3rd year of their studies.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- the ability to demonstrate a rigorous creative and critical approach to the design and writing of scripts for theatre;
- developed a range of vocational and creative writing strategies through the development of performance texts that explore complex social and cultural contexts;
- gained a broad understanding of the relationship between scripts for the theatre and the historical contexts that produce them;
- developed effective communication techniques in a variety of oral, digital and written forms of scripting;
- the ability to communicate a respect for ethical values and intellectual honesty through their writing practice and through their engagement with scholarship on the traditions and innovations of creative writing for performance; and
- gained experience writing independently and in small groups, taking into account individual and cultural differences, to meet shared goals and to critically reflect upon their own work.
Generic skills
At the completion fo this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- the ability to analyse creative and critical material to develop and enhance their intellectual training and creative practice;
- acquired interpersonal skills of communication, collaboration and co-operation through attention to active listening, giving and receiving feedback etc. and how to reconceptualise and rewrite from feedback;
- acquired teamwork and public speaking skills through extensive presentation of work-in-progress during workshops; and
- demonstrated time management, independent organisation and planning.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
CWRI30005 Writing for Theatre
106-363 Writing for Theatre
Recommended background knowledge
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CWRI10001 | Creative Writing: Ideas and Practice | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Attendance and participation: It is compulsory that each student presents a work-in-progress script. Attendance and participation is also expected in the workshopping of classmates' script
| From Week 7 to Week 11 | 10% |
A blog entry (inc. interactive material: images, audio, links etc) that critically assesses the scriptwriting concept and techniques of a current performance work.
| Week 9 | 30% |
An introduction to the critical concepts and script techniques that underpin the final script, submitted with the script during the examination period
| During the examination period | 10% |
An original script for performance
| During the examination period | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Additional details
Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Eddie Paterson Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: 2.5 hours per week comprising of a 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial for weeks 1-6 and a 2.5 hour workshop for weeks 7-12 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Paul C. Castagno 2012 New Playwriting Strategies London & New York: Routledge
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Creative Writing - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- 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.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 April 2024