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Writing Videogames and Live Performance (CWRI30015)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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This subject engages with the theoretical, practical and technical aspects of creative writing for video games and live performance. Through a rigorous examination of the work of key artists and writing from the 1980s onwards, students will devise concepts for games, performance and enhance their scriptwriting practice. Student will produce a critical essay and two scripts: a solo piece or character monologue; and a script for a game or live performance; as well as workshopping their ideas in class.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- A sophisticated understanding of, and the ability to articulate, the conceptual relationship between historical developments and current approaches to scriptwriting for videogames and live performance
- Engaged with key debates within the areas of game studies, performance studies and live art to enhance an awareness of the social, cultural and political contexts that underpin their own work
- The ability to independently devise, draft and develop multiple scriptwriting projects with a rigorous approach to creative writing methods, intellectual honesty and ethical values
- Demonstrated high-level analysis and close reading of a variety of critical and creative material with an emphasis on contemporary performance
- Developed an understanding of the importance of workshopping as a creative and vocational tool wherein participants from diverse cultural backgrounds and disciplines communicate and collaborate.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, student should gain the following generic skills:
- The ability to prepare and present their ideas in both verbal and written mode at an intermediate level and in conformity to conventions of academic presentation
- The ability to demonstrate teamwork through joint performance preparation and participation in discussion and workshopping
- The ability to enhance their vocational writing skills and knowledge of communication techniques through the design and development of an original work for performance
- The ability to give and respond to constructive feedback through workshopping and class discussion
- Research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources, defining areas of enquiry and effective methods of research
- The ability to demonstrate time management, independent organisation and planning.
Last updated: 11 April 2024