Course Title: Script edit a feature film
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6160 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting
Course Title: Script edit a feature film
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 140
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
COMM7357C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
345T Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2019 |
COMM7357C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
375T Vocational Design and Social Context |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2020 |
COMM7357C |
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: |
PSWFFS605 Script edit a feature film |
Elements: |
1. Establish script editing requirements 2. Lead the development meeting 3. Assist screenwriter to develop the script 4. Report on the 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, oral presentations 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