Course Title: Write for children's television

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6125 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Write for children's television

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)

COMM7324

City Campus

TAFE

345T Media and Communication

Face-to-Face

Term2 2013,
Term2 2014,
Term2 2015,
Term2 2016,
Term2 2017,
Term1 2018

Course Contact: Program Administration

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254815

Course Contact Email: mcvet@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

Write for Children’s Television covers the concept and practice of writing television programmes specifically for the “C” classification age group (14 years and under).

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

At RMIT, you are required to have completed all first year core competencies before enrolling in this elective course.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

ASWCTV611A Write for children's television

Elements:

1. Create a concept for a children’s television series

2. Further develop concept

3. Write a script

4. Develop another draft


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. translate text stories into television narrative
  2. work up story concepts for children’s television series using the story conferencing process
  3. write television scripts of a stipulated length for existing or proposed children’s television series
  4. compile a comprehensive, professional quality folio of work to take into the children’s television marketplace.


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 discussion and exercises and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written projects.