DISC223-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Creating story worlds

15 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 focuses on the development of creative intellectual properties for screenwriting and other media to produce deep, coherent and flexible story worlds that can generate successful narratives across platforms.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the role of the screenwriter in the era of convergence.
  • Investigate cross-platform writing techniques.
  • Learn to develop effective story worlds as intellectual properties (IPs).
  • Develop the written and visual support materials necessary to pitch a screen project.
  • Develop competencies in oral presentation and pitching.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 11:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 18:00 Otakaro 122
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
02 Tuesday 16:00 - 18:00 Otakaro 132
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Gillian Ashurst

Lecturer

Mark Rickerby

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Workshop Attendance 25%
Story Engine Analysis 01 Aug 2024 15% 800-1000 words
Story Pitch 09 Sep 2024 10%
Story Zine 18 Oct 2024 20%
Screenplay/Interactive Script/RPG Quest/Film 20%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,663.00

* 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 .

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  • DISC223-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024
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