WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE

DRA3WFP

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject focuses on the craft of writing for performance (predominantly live, but broadly conceived: play scripts, performance poetry, monologues; speeches). Classes will attend to aspects of the writing process such as: construction; time; location; character; and dialogue. Assessment will be via analytical exercises and creative scripts of varying lengths.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Noel Maloney

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: 15 credit points of second year Theatre or Writing, or coordinator's approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

The Secret Life of Plays

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Waters, Steven

Year: N/A

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Nick Hearn Books

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply knowledge of narrative forms and performance-making processes, genres and aesthetics to the critical analysis of performance texts.

02. Develop and effectively communicate a concept for a performance text.

03. Apply knowledge of narrative forms and performance-making processes, genres and aesthetics to the writing of performance texts.

04. Critically, reflectively and productively engage with one's own creative writing.

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Noel Maloney

Class requirements

WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
A presentation and written critique of a performance text: 1500 words.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO4
A plan of an intended work: 750 words	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	20	SILO2, SILO4
A creative written work for performance: 1500 words	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO3, SILO4

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day