DISC201-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Storytelling in action

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This is a Digital Screen foundational course exploring the history, movements, and styles of storytelling across various screen formats (including film, animation, and games). The course develops students’ storytelling skills, with an emphasis on modes, genre conventions, themes, art movements, design, character development, and, most importantly, creative voice. Students will also consider alternative narrative models to the dominant entertainment styles of screen storytelling. In the process, students will explore their own storytelling voice in relation to world views.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 14:00 - 15:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Film Screening A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 15:00 - 17:00 Otakaro 236 L2 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 13:00 Otakaro 201
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
02 Monday 14:00 - 15:00 Otakaro 201
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
03 Monday 16:00 - 17:00 Otakaro 201
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
04 Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 Otakaro 201
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
05 Wednesday 08:00 - 09:00 Otakaro 201
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun

Course Coordinator

Gillian Ashurst

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $998.00

International fee $4,850.00

* 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 DISC201 Occurrences

  • DISC201-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025