DISC220-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Feature screenwriting project 1

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This class is made up of two one-hour lectures and a two-hour writing workshop, focused on constructing and composing long form, 90 to 100-page, screenplays. In most cases students will work with the treatment they wrote in DISC222, further developing their characters, learning how to construct individual scenes, and writing dialogue. Students will break into groups to help support and critique each other’s work. They will also have the chance to workshop a scene with actors. We will specifically focus on the First Act, which will include 20 to 30 pages, formatted to industry standards.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 12:00 Otakaro 146 L1 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Optional A (Optional)
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 13:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
21 Jul - 27 Jul
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 17:00 Otakaro 122
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Gillian Ashurst

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Workshop attendance 20%
Pitch Deck 22 Aug 2025 10%
First Draft Table Read 24 Sep 2025 10%
Post production participation reflection 15 Oct 2025 20%
Screenplay the First Act 40% and Exegesis

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,997.00

International fee $9,700.00

* 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 Creative and Digital Arts .

All DISC220 Occurrences

  • DISC220-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025