| Unit name | Production Skills: Writing |
|---|---|
| Unit code | DRAMM1214 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Mr. Metelerkamp |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit provides an introduction to core skills in creative writing for performance that are common to a range of media, including live and recorded performance; feature, short and documentary film. A range of approaches to creative writing will be examined both in principle and practice, and may include: creating stories; research; analysis of style, genre and form; narrative story structure; outline & treatment writing; screenplays and shooting scripts; the creation and development of characterisation, dialogue, pace and rhythm; read-throughs; working in rehearsal; re-drafting. Study will incorporate consideration of presentational issues such as script layout, computer word processing packages and received professional practices. Students will be expected to produce a substantial piece (or number of smaller pieces) of original creative writing for a performance medium.
