Course Title: Evaluate scripts for development and production

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6160 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Evaluate scripts for development and production

Portfolio: Vocational Education

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)
COMM7349C	City Campus	TAFE	345T Media and Communication	Face-to-Face	Term1 2019
COMM7349C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face	Term1 2020
COMM7349C	City Campus	TAFE	515T Creative Industries	Face-to-Face	Term1 2022, Term1 2023

Course Contact: Alan Woodruff

Course Contact Phone: +61399254307

Course Contact Email: alan.woodruff@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This is a course aimed at developing your burgeoning skills as a script developer and script consultant. In the fragmented world of scripted entertainment, script consultancy is an essential skill and a high-growth industry.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enrolment in this core second year course at RMIT requires you to have completed all first year courses.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	PSWCOR601 Evaluate scripts for development and production
Elements:	1. Clarify script evaluation requirements 2. Evaluate the script 3. Report on the script

Learning Outcomes

In completion of this course, you'll have the skills to write coverage for producers and funding bodies in Australia and worldwide, and to act as a script developer for screenwriters and producers on the local and international scene, bringing your well-honed skills of script development and writer psychology to the table.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, script consultations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your writing tasks.