Teaching Responsibility
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LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
5605FACT-SEP-PAR
Aims
The aim of this module is to develop writing practice in distinct mediums and genres, examining adaptation or translation of techniques for given circumstances and considering the challenges of working cross-platform.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Explore narrative forms, devices and technicalities in dramatic writing.
2.
Critically select and apply various techniques and working methods when writing in a range of platforms, styles and genres.
3.
Appraise audiences and performance conventions and apply understanding to the production of a script consistent with professional standards.
4.
Examine creative and critical contexts/conflicts in the translation of script to performance and find solutions in the application of writing or content creation skills.
5.
Analyse and reflect on collaboration, negotiation, and the wider context of the creation process and the application of writing skills when working to instruction.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Having studied the techniques and strategies for writing in a range of forms, styles and genres (along with their cultural significance and discursive function), students will create a short piece for camera and one for audio (radio or podcast) to a given brief. Students will be required to develop their work (which may be a team of writers) by negotiation with technical students and the tutor (in role of director or producer). Students will also investigate the creation of some writing, in the form of an adaptation of existing text for camera or audio. A critical commentary, analysing differing narrative demands, supports this work.
Having studied the techniques and strategies for writing in a range of forms, styles and genres (along with their cultural significance and discursive function), students will create a short piece for camera and one for audio (radio or podcast) to a given brief. Students will be required to develop their work (which may be a team of writers) by negotiation with technical students and the tutor (in role of director or producer). Students will also investigate the creation of some writing, in the form of an adaptation of existing text for camera or audio. A critical commentary, analysing differing narrative demands, supports this work.
Module Overview:
This module seeks to develop students' writing skills and abilities to create narratives for different genres in film, TV, the web, radio and podcasting. Here, particular attention will be paid to specific writing techniques such as: how to write opening sequences and inciting incidents; which narrative forms and devices to use; and the role of transnational storytelling and the process of adaptation. This module also discusses the techniques, conventions and strategies for writing police dramas, horror narratives, rom-coms and sit-coms before, finally, considering todays era of binge viewing and the possible futures of our storytelling cultures.
This module seeks to develop students' writing skills and abilities to create narratives for different genres in film, TV, the web, radio and podcasting. Here, particular attention will be paid to specific writing techniques such as: how to write opening sequences and inciting incidents; which narrative forms and devices to use; and the role of transnational storytelling and the process of adaptation. This module also discusses the techniques, conventions and strategies for writing police dramas, horror narratives, rom-coms and sit-coms before, finally, considering todays era of binge viewing and the possible futures of our storytelling cultures.
Assessments
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