This module is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to develop and create longer short-form drama. There will be a primary focus on the creation of a story for drama genres as well as reference to documentary where appropriate. You will learn more about the skills of writing for short-form media as you explore historical dramatic principles to storytelling for the screen – from Aristotle’s theories to Transmedia. You will learn about creative approaches to research, narrative, story and character development. Idea generation sessions, writing exercises and regular workshopping will be used to enable you to improve and apply these skills to your own writing practice. You will develop your abilities to understand the principles of story for screen within a historical and international context. Throughout the module, you will be challenged to think about common themes within the stories you are telling and consider and understand the audiences you are writing for. Work for this module may potentially be developed in production modules. The Graduate Attributes developed in this module are Adaptable and Life Long Learner.
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