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Writing for Television (FLTV70043)
Graduate coursework level 7Points: 18.75On 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
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Students will be introduced to the imperatives and practices of writing for longer form television series.
Students will be made familiar with contemporary TV program development practices and gain an understanding of essential development documents such as the TV series ‘Bible’.
Students will also gain insight into the nature of television as a collaborative writing medium as well as an understanding of the current television landscape. Students will read, analyse and discuss television scripts and attend online screenings of TV programs.
Students will choose and research a topic of interest for their creative work and present their work to the class.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- develop skills in writing short development documents for television;
- develop an understand of working collaboratively as a writer;
- gain an understanding of contemporary television development processes;
- be introduced to the contemporary television writing landscape;
- develop skills that will enable the student to research, write and present a paper on a topic of their choice.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have:
- strong technical and creative writing skills;
- ability to select and work through a topic;
- ability to work collaboratively as part of creative team.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Online Class Presentation
| Throughout the teaching period | 25% |
Active contribution and participation to all discussions and activities
| Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Television Series Development documents
| During the assessment period | 65% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Ben Michael Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 50 hours Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
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 Screenwriting
Last updated: 31 January 2024