Course Title: Script and story edit television drama

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6180 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Script and story edit television drama

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 85

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.

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.

 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COMM7412C

City Campus

TAFE

515T Creative Industries

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2024

Course Contact: Alan Woodruff

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4307

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:

NAT11115005  Create a drama series
NAT11115007  Script and story edit television drama

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

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



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

NAT11115007 Script and story edit television drama

Elements:

1. Establish script development requirements with production team

2. Script edit scene breakdowns

3. Script and story edit scripts

4. Script and story edit final script


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 pitch deck, and devise strategies for taking your project to the local and international marketplace.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include participation in class exercises, oral presentations and practical writing tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided.