Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Seminar

Workshop

Module Offerings

4505ASDM-SEP-PAR

Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the construction and theories of narrative, authorship, the essential craft skills of performance creation, scriptwriting and story writing and the ways in which writing is shaped by social and economic contexts and spatial dynamics.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Explain the essential features of narratives and related theories and illustrate their effect in key examples.
2.
Explain the relationship between audience, performance space and the act of performance with reference to historical examples and practice.
3.
Write and devise dramatic stories, scripts (using established formats) to create films or performance and explain creative decisions.
4.
Demonstrate the relationship between a single author and collaborative processes.
5.
Explain the role of technology and social media in the work of the contemporary performance maker.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:The module will cover a brief introduction to theories of content authorship and narrative. It will consider narrative conventions, script layout and vocabularies of visual and audio story telling. It will consider the telling of stories in a digital age. Selected material of study will reflect a consideration of diversity and equality concerning gender, age, religion, class, disability and ethnicity.

Assessments

Portfolio

Report