Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6180 Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting

Course Title: Adapt fiction and nonfiction work for the screen

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 85

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.

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.

 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
COMM7407C	City Campus	TAFE	515T Creative Industries	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2023, Term2 2024

Course Contact: Alan Woodruff

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4307

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

Course Description

In this course you learn the skills and knowledge required to write an adaptation of a fiction or nonfiction work as a screenplay either as a commissioned script or as a speculative venture.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	NAT11115002 Adapt fiction and nonfiction work for the screen
Elements:	1. Evaluate fiction or nonfiction work for screen adaptation 2. Develop film story 3. Finalise treatment for adatpation

Learning Outcomes

By taking this course, you'll acquire the skills and knowledge to evaluate works for successful screen adaptation, and to develop and finalise the adapted story in industry-appropriate documents.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include participation in class exercises, oral presentations and practical writing tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided.