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

Course Coordinator

Gillian Ashurst

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Story World Analysis 18 Mar 2024 20% 800-1000 words with image content
Genre and Tone Analysis 03 Apr 2024 20% 800-1000 words with image content
Directorial Voice Analysis 20 May 2024 20% 3 minute presentation, image content and 250 word reflection. Present in week 9.
Story World Creations 04 Jun 2024 35% Written and Visual story outlines
Screening 5% Attendance based

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 .

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