Course Title: Work as an independent screenwriter

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6088

Course Title: Work as an independent screenwriter

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 70.0

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.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
COMM5919	City Campus	TAFE	345T Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Term2 2011, Term2 2012

Course Contact: Program administration

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4368

Course Contact Email: Brendan.lee@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

Work as an independent screenwriter delivers the skills and knowledge required for building your career as a screenwriter. It introduces you to career planning, business and taxation requirements, cash flow, time management and networking within all aspects of the industry. You will focus on the creative ways in which you and your ideas can be presented to the marketplace and the wider audience in order to provoke, inform and entertain.
Work as an independent screenwriter COMM5919 is delivered and assessed along with Articulate, present and debate ideas COMM5915C, which introduces you to the communication skills you need as a freelance writer to promote your work and pitch your ideas. Together these units form the course, Working in the Industry B.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Pre-requisites – None

At RMIT Work as an independent screenwriter COMM5919 is delivered and assessed along with Articulate, present and debate ideas COMM5915C

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	VPAU305 Work as an independent screenwriter
Elements:	1. Develop career plan.
	2. Prepare funding applications.
	3. Manage time and resources.
	4. Meet legal obligations necessary to business.
	5. Develop networks.

Learning Outcomes

N/A On successful completion of this unit, you will be familiar with the skills and knowledge required to plan and manage your career as a screenwriter.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Assessment tasks include participation in a debate, in class exercises and the completion of written assignments.