Course Title: Create and market a drama series

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6160 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Create and market a drama series

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 140

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Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
COMM7354C	City Campus	TAFE	345T Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Term1 2019
COMM7354C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face	Term1 2020
COMM7354C	City Campus	TAFE	515T Creative Industries	Face-to-Face	Term1 2022, Term1 2023

Course Contact: Alan Woodruff

Course Contact Phone: +61399254307

Course Contact Email: alan.woodruff@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

In this course you'll originate and fashion your own TV series or serial with input from fellow students, teachers and industry professionals, and become skilled in the craft of writing and story/script editing scripted drama. You'll learn how a plotting room works through first-hand collaborative experience, story and script editing original material. 

This course addresses the following units of competency, clustered for delivery and assessment:

• PSWDTV603  Create and market a drama series
• PSWDTV604  Script and story edit television drama

 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enrolment in this elective course at RMIT requires you to have completed all first year courses.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	PSWDTV603 Create and market a drama series
Elements:	1. Identify opportunities for the project 2. Produce drama series concept 3. Develop pilot episode in a story meeting 4. Market the production

Learning Outcomes

By taking this course, you'll acquire the skills to plot and write a pilot episode for your own show, complete a series bible, and devise strategies for taking your project to the local and international marketplace.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, story conferences, pitching presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your writing tasks.