Course Title: Write content for cross platform delivery

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6125 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Write content for cross platform delivery

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 70

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COMM7321

City Campus

TAFE

345T Media and Communication

Face-to-Face

Term1 2013,
Term1 2014,
Term1 2015,
Term1 2017

Course Contact: Program Administration

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4815

Course Contact Email: mctafe@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In Write Content for Cross Platform Delivery,  you develop an appreciation of different media platforms and learn how a narrative can be built and expanded to give the audience options to experience, consume and even interact with the story and its universe. The course does not involve writing of software scripts.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

Delivery of this course at RMIT requires you to have completed all first year courses.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

ASWCPD608A Write content for cross platform delivery

Elements:

1. Work with creative team

2. Create interactive narrative for web

3. Create characters and stories appropriate to interactive drama

4. Develop narrative bible

5 Prepare script


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to develop a narrative script for cross platform delivery


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written and the creation of a cross platform project. This will  include a substantial screenwriting component suitable for online; character outlines; narrative bible/cross platform strategy; pitch proposal.