Module Independent Guided Study

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1 MODULE DESCRIPTOR TITLE Screenwriting (long form) SI MODULE CODE CREDITS 20 LEVEL 6 JACS CODE P313 SUBJECT GROUP Media Arts DEPARTMET MAC MODULE LEADER Annie Watson MODULE STUDY HOURS (based on 10 hours per credit) Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities Placement (if applicable) Independent Guided Study MODULE AIM Total umber of Study Hours To further develop your script-writing and story development skills with a view to producing a selling package, typically consisting of a treatment, synopsis and sample scenes, which, in the best cases, may be suitable for submission to agents and production companies. MODULE LEARIG OUTCOMES By engaging successfully with this module you will be able to: 1. Understand further aspects of how meaning in long form fiction is produced. 2. Explore a longer story idea through research and development. 3. Produce professionally appropriate proposals and treatments. 4. Apply critically and theoretically informed criticism to your own work and that of others.

2 IDICATIVE COTET Typically, over the course of the module, you will explore, through scripts, theory and moving image clips, the different elements that make up the craft of long-form screenwriting. You will apply this learning to your own ideas in order to structure an original story up to a treatment stage, which, along with sample scenes, will provide a professional package potentially suitable for industry submission. You will be encouraged to identify areas of research within your own story idea, which may be theoretical, cultural or historical and, through self-directed learning, gather evidence that authenticates your story, and helps to place your screenplay within the wider world of film audiences. The importance of planning, structuring and understanding the professional context of the writer will be enforced by the production of proposals and treatments. LEARIG, TEACHIG AD ASSESSMET - STRATEGY AD METHODS Illustrated weekly lectures and seminars with visual presentations, research tasks, ideas development sessions and discussions will allow you to explore a number of different approaches to screenwriting. A visiting lecture from an industry insider will provide a master-class in screenwriting. You will undertake short exercises, which relate to seminar discussions. These exercises will be presented and reviewed informally by the group and tutor. You will receive an indicative mark and written feedback for your submission of your first draft treatment. This will be followed up with a personal tutorial, providing verbal feedback and the chance to explain how you can improve the treatment during the remainder of the module.

3 ASSESSMET TASK IFORMATIO o. Short Description of SI Code EX/CW/PR Weighting % Word Count or Exam Duration 1 Draft Treatment CW 20% C.1500 words 2 Treatment & sample scenes. CW 80% C.10 pages In-module retrieval available ASSESSMET CRITERIA TASK 1 An initial treatment of a feature length film idea. TASK 2 A 5 to 7 page treatment, along with three sample scenes, which together, will form the basis of a selling package, potentially suitable of approaching industry. FEEDBACK You will receive feedback on your performance in the following ways: Cover notes from peers Individual tutorials Detailed feedback notes, and On-going, regular formative feedback through seminars and presentation of exercises. Summative written feedback will be provided on submission of all assessed work. LEARIG RESOURCES (ICLUDIG READIG LISTS) Professional script extracts. Master-classes.

4 Guidance sheets posted on the Blackboard module site. Key texts on screenwriting. Key texts on narrative theory. KEY TEXTS Field, S (2003) The definitive guide to screenwriting, London: Ebury Parker, P, (199 The Art & Science of Screenwriting, Exter, GB, Intellect Seger, L (1994) Making a Good Script Great: A Guide for Writing and Rewriting by Hollywood Script Consultant Linda Seger, Hollywood, CA. Samule French Trade Vogler, C (2007)The Writer s Journey:Mythic Structure for Writers 3 rd Edtion, Studio City, CA, Michael Wiese Productions The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb), Free Movie scripts online for reading and downloading. REVISIOS Date June 2014 April 2016 Reason Confirmed in MArt/BA (Hons) Film and Media Production/Photography reapproval Minor Modification - DB3MAC

5 SECTIO 2 MODULE IFORMATIO FOR STAFF OLY MODULE DELIVERY AD ASSESSMET MAAGEMET IFORMATIO MODULE STATUS - IDICATE IF AY CHAGES BEIG MADE EW MODULE EXISTIG MODULE - O CHAGE Title Change Level Change Credit Change Assessment Pattern Change task descriptions Change to Delivery Pattern Date the changes (or new module) will be implemented 09/2016 MODULE DELIVERY PATTER - Module Begins Module Ends Course Intake 1 09/ /2015 Course Intake 2 09/ /2016 Course Intake 3 09/ /2017 Is timetabled contact time required for this module? Y Are any staff teaching on this module non-shu employees? If yes, please give details of the employer institution(s) below What proportion of the module is taught by these non-shu staff, expressed as a percentage? MODULE ASSESSMET IFORMATIO Indicate how the module will be marked *Overall PERCETAGE Mark of 40% *Overall PASS / FAIL Grade /A Y SUB-TASKS Will any sub-tasks (activities) be used as part of the assessment strategy for this module? FIAL TASK According to the Assessment Information shown in the Module Descriptor, which task will be the LAST TASK to be taken or handed-in? (Give task number as shown in the Assessment Information Grid in Section 1 of the Descriptor) o. 2 O-STADARD ASSESSMET PATTERS MARK 'X' I BOX IF MODULE ASSESSMET PATTER IS O STADARD, eg MODEL B, ALL TASKS MUST BE PASSED AT 40%. B: on-standard assessment patterns are subject to faculty agreement and approval by Registry Services - see guidance. notes.