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Enrolment rules
Enrolment in Graduate Diploma in Media Production
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Learning outcomes
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Students will be capable of devising a story from themes and topics important to them.
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Students will be able to create effective plots to support their story
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Students will know how to develop interesting characters
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Students will understand how to build interesting worlds to support their characters and plots
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Students will be competent at screenwriting in an industry format and style
Assessments
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Additional information
Unit content:Without a creatively devised and intelligently structured script, films rarely get funded. In the very competitive film industry, it is important to know how create a screenplay that appeals to an audience as well as the funding bodies and agents of distribution. This unit will teach students the professional process of conceptualising, writing, and developing a script to greatly increase the chance of success in funding applications.
Topics included in this unit are:
- Finding your own story
- Creating characters with depth that engage audiences
- Constructing an interesting diegetic world
- Honing your plot
- Professional layout, style, and formatting
- What broadcasters and distributors want