Course Title: Redraft a feature screenplay

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6160 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Redraft a feature screenplay

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 70

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Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
COMM7356C	City Campus	TAFE	345T Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Term1 2019
COMM7356C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face	Term1 2020
COMM7356C	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 will generate a market appropriate feature film screenplay to an advanced stage, develop the appropriate accompanying short documents as well as a plan for what to do with the project once you graduate. You will also develop the knowledge and skills required by a script editor to work with a writer, either through a film production company or independently, to edit and develop a feature length script.

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:	PSWFFS606 Redraft a feature screenplay
Elements:	1. Establish redrafting requirements 2. Evaluate the existing script to further the story 3. Develop the synopsis for the feature screenplay 4. Develop the treatment for a feature screenplay 5. Redraft the feature screenplay script

Learning Outcomes

Your goal is to not only finish the year with a market ready feature film screenplay, but also a plan on how to drive the project into production and the skills to operate within the creative team.

Overview of Assessment

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

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

• PSWFFS605  Script edit a feature film
• PSWFFS606  Redraft a feature screenplay