Course Title: Career Management
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6045
Course Title: Career Management
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 68.0
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) |
COMM5122 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
345T Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2007 |
Course Contact: Brendan Lee
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4368
Course Contact Email: brendan.lee@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course develops the skills and techniques required to plan a career in screenwriting.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Pre-requisites: Industry Overview, Researching the Market, Introduction to Screenwriting
Co-requisites: Writer and Production, Mentorship, One negotiated level 2 elective
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VBB501 Career Management |
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the stages in a career plan in the film, television, and/or digital media industries
2. Identify ways to present a complete screenplay to key industry stakeholders
3. Pitch for a project using industry standards for a pitching conference
4. Present a marketing proposal for a distributor for a stipulated screenplay
5. Identify process of raising finance to develop a specific project, such as a screenplay, film, digital prototype and television product.
Overview of Assessment
Students are required to:
- Develop a career plan
- Present a writer biography
- Pitch a project