Scriptwriting

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• how scripts are developed into performance for different media
• the process of development and revision involved in creating scripts
• how to write a script
• how to achieve originality, linguistic versatility, and form in the handling of dialogue, action, visual effect and overall structural control in your script writing

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• independently evaluate and apply compositional methods
• make literary judgements of scripts in an informed way
• demonstrate originality through your writing
• handle complex demands of script composition in an analytic manner
• interact effectively with audiences via the performance of a script

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• translate text into performance
• write fluently in a range of styles
• revise and edit creative writing to a professional standard
• manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
• present ideas effectively in a script

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• revise and edit your work effectively
• distinguish your aims as a scriptwriter
• create the key structures needed for a script
• explore ways of realising your script in performance

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.