Course Title: Adapt fiction and non fiction work for the screen
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6088
Course Title: Adapt fiction and non fiction work for the screen
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) |
COMM5934 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
345T Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Term2 2011 |
Course Contact: Program Administration
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254815
Course Contact Email: mctafe@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
The professional screenwriter is likely to work from time to time on commissioned projects, where he or she is employed to adapt pre-existing material chosen by producers, networks or directors. A large proportion of produced screen drama is adapted from pre-existing material: novels, short stories, stage plays and non-fiction books and articles. This course aims to provide you with criteria for the initial choice of source material for adaptation.
You will learn to define that story, to explore how it works (or not) on its own terms in its original form and then to translate that story into another medium, to tell it as a screen drama – as feature film, telemovie or mini-series.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
At RMIT, you are required to have completed all first year core competencies before enrolling in this course.
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VPAU665 Adapt fiction and non fiction work for the screen |
Elements: |
Element 1 Evaluate fiction or non-fiction work for suitability as an adaptation |
Element 2 Determine the film story |
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Element 3 Develop a treatment |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to adapt pre-existing material for the screen
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Assessment tasks include participation in class exercises and the completion of written assignments.