Introduction to Screenwriting Practices (FLTV10023)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Not available in 2025

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Overview

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This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only.

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: 4 March 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: 4 March 2025

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Dedicated weekly blog entries reflecting on lectures, tutorials, readings, screenings and the student's own creative screenwriting work.

  • 1000 words
Throughout the teaching period25%

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.

  • 1000 words (equivalent)
Mid teaching period25%

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.

  • 2000 words (equivalent)
During the assessment period50%
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 80% of all scheduled live online tutorials.Throughout the teaching periodN/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: 4 March 2025

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Last updated: 4 March 2025

Further information

Last updated: 4 March 2025