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Writing for Performance 3 (Portfolio) (THTR90021)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 37.5On Campus (Southbank)

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Overview

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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 completion of this subject, students should 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: 31 January 2024

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

All of

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
THTR90019 Writing for Performance 1 (Solo)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
 12.5
THTR90020 Writing for Performance 2 (Collab)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
 12.5

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

THTR70010 Writing for Performance 3 (Portfolio)

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

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Portfolio of writing works

  • 10,000 words (equivalent)
During the assessment period70%

An exegesis

  • 5000 words
During the assessment period30%

Last updated: 31 January 2024

Dates & times

  • Semester 2
    CoordinatorRaimondo Cortese
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Southbank)
    Contact hours148 hours, comprising 36 hours of tutorials, 8 hours of individual tutorials, 24 hours of writing intensives, and up to 80 hours rehearsals with script development.
    Total time commitment510 hours
    Teaching period22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024
    Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024
    Census date 2 September 2024
    Last date to withdraw without fail20 September 2024
    Assessment period ends15 November 2024

    Semester 2 contact information

    Raimondo Cortese: rcortese@unimelb.edu.au

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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:

    TypeName
    CourseMaster of Theatre (Writing)

Last updated: 31 January 2024