Course Title: Evolve ideas for professional creative work

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2019

Course Code: VART6433C

Course Title: Evolve ideas for professional creative work

Important Information:

This course will be delivered through face-to-face classes, interaction with industry mentors, and the learning support material and resources in Canvas.

School: 345T Media and Communication

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6160 - Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Contact: Program Administration

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4815

Course Contact Email: mcvet@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Teacher: Alan Woodruff

alan.woodruff@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 50

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

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

Course Description

In this course you will develop the skills and knowledge required to develop the conceptual aspects of your creative practice through the processes of evaluation, critical thinking and research. 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUAPPR605 Evolve ideas for professional creative work

Element:

1. Evaluate own practice

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Analyse the history and development of own practice from a technical and conceptual perspective 1.2 Identify and analyse the external influences that have shaped ideas and directions in current work 1.3 Evaluate own relationship with work and how this has evolved over time 1.4 Analyse how personal experiences and factors have affected work and the ideas that inform it 1.5 Involve others in the evaluation of own practice to broaden own perspectives

Element:

2. Develop ideas and thinking

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Use practical work, experimentation and critical thinking as part of the creative process 2.2 Integrate new processes and ideas into the evolving work in ways that effectively communicate key messages and refine the work 2.3 Deepen or broaden contextual research to support the generation and maturation of ideas 2.4 Collaborate with other professional practitioners about ideas and research 2.5 Produce experimental pieces, unfinished and finished works that reflect evolving ideas, resolving conceptual and technical issues that may arise within the work

Element:

3. Integrate ideas and professional opportunities

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Evaluate own professional goals and aspirations and how they might be affected by new and evolving ideas 3.2 Develop new work projects and opportunities based on reflection, research and experimentation

Learning Outcomes


On completion of this course you will have throughly explored the themes and ideas important to your own body of work. You will be encouraged to take creative risks, and experiment. You will have completed a self-reflection task, and collaborated on, created and shared experimental pieces, unfinished and finished works that reflect your evolving ideas, resolving conceptual and technical issues.

 

 


Details of Learning Activities

In this course, you learn through:

1. In-class activities:

  • lectures 
  • teacher directed group activities/projects 
  • class exercises to review discussions/lectures 
  • peer teaching and class presentations 
  • group discussion 
  • class exercises to review discussions/lectures 
  • analysis/critique of students’ writings


2. Out-of-class activities:

  • independent project based work 
  • writing and reading assignments 
  • online and other research 
  • independent study


Teaching Schedule

Note: While your teacher will cover all the material in this schedule, the order is subject to change depending on class needs and availability of resources
 

Week

Class content

 Assessments

Week 1

Introduction to the course: outcomes, processes and assessments

Group work on Assessment Task 1

  

Week 2

Forum: Influences and contextual research

  Assessment Task 1 due

Week 3

In groups, pitch and refine three practical projects (storyboards, etc.) for development for Assessment Task 2
 

Week 4

 Forum: Students will pitch their storyboard (or similar) concepts and respond to feedback from the client (teacher) and the class

Week 5

Forum: Students will pitch their storyboard (or similar) concepts and respond to feedback from the client (teacher) and the class

  

Week 6

 Preproduction: individual and group work focussed on production of the storyboards  

Week 7

Preproduction: individual and group work focussed on production of the storyboards

  

Week 8

 Preproduction: individual and group work focussed on production of the storyboards
 		 

 

 Semester break: Monday 2 – Friday 6 September inclusive  

Week 9

 Production: individual and group work focussed on production of the storyboards
 		  

Week 10

 Production: individual and group work focussed on production of the storyboards
 

Week 11

  Production: individual and group work focussed on production of the storyboards  

Week 12

 Forum: Students will present their storyboard (or similar) concepts and respond to feedback  

Week 13

 Forum: Students will present their storyboard (or similar) concepts and respond to feedback  

Week 14

 Forum: Students will present their storyboard (or similar) concepts and respond to feedback

Assessment Task 2 due

Week 15

 Non-teaching week  

 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

You require access to a computer and to the internet for this course. RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems and access to specialised facilities and relevant software. You will also have access to the library resources.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, and a portfolio evidencing all research you explored for this task, which may include storyboards, scripts and short films.


Assessment Tasks

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive written feedback on all assessment (refer to Canvas for assessment criteria).

Assessment Task 1: Knowledge Questions: Due Week 2

Assessment Task 2: Presentation/Self-reflection: Due Week 14

To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all the assessment tasks to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback on all tasks.

If you have not completed an assessment task to a satisfactory standard you will be given an opportunity to resubmit that task within one week of receiving feedback. You will have one opportunity to resubmit your work.

Once you have achieved competency for the all assessments in the unit, you will receive an overall result for the course.

This course is ungraded. Results used in this course are as follows:

  • CA - Competency achieved
  • NYC - Not yet competent
  • DNS - Did not submit for assessment


Assessment Matrix

The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency. These are available through the course contact in Program Administration.

Other Information

Please refer to the RMIT student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters.

Attendance
Your learning experience will involve class-based teaching, discussion, demonstration and practical exercises. It is strongly advised that you attend all timetabled sessions. This will allow you to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring you the maximum opportunity to complete this course successfully.

Assessment Feedback
You will receive spoken and written feedback on all your work. Where relevant, this feedback will also include suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.

Student Progress
Monitoring academic progress is an important enabling and proactive strategy designed to assist you in achieving your learning potential.

Adjustments to Assessment (eg. applying for an extension of time):
If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment satisfactorily by the due date, you can choose to apply for an adjustment to your assessment. RMIT University offers a range of adjustments designed to support you in your studies, including an extension of time to complete the assessment.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.

Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning
Credit transfer is the recognition of previously completed formal learning (an officially accredited qualification).

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process that allows you to demonstrate competence using the skills you have gained through experience in the workplace, voluntary work, informal or formal training or other life experiences.

Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) RCC applies only if you have previously successfully demonstrated competence in a unit of competency, and now require to be reassessed to ensure that the competence is being maintained.

Please speak to your teacher if you wish to discuss applying for Credit Transfer, RPL, or RCC for the unit(s) of competency addressed in this course.

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