DISC220-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Feature screenwriting project 1

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This class is a writing workshop focused on conceptualising, constructing and composing long form, 100 to 120-page, screenplays. In most cases students will turn Act I of the script they wrote in DISC222 into a fully developed feature-length, three-act screenplay.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 11:00 Otakaro 146 L1 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 11 Aug
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 11:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
12 Aug - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 15:00 - 17:00 Otakaro 132
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lab B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 16:00 Otakaro 132
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 15:00 Otakaro 132
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Gillian Ashurst

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Workshop Attendance / Creative Work 30%
Production Participation 15%
1st Act Table Reads 23 Sep 2024 10%
Pitch Deck 09 Oct 2024 10%
Screenplay 01 Nov 2024 25%
Exegesis 04 Nov 2024 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,884.00

International fee $9,325.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All DISC220 Occurrences

  • DISC220-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024