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 Academic Year:
| 2012/3 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Computer Science (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 at Chichester College Semester 2 at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to develop comprehensive skills in the creation and development of scripts for traditional media products and multimedia. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit students should be able to: * demonstrate writing skills across a variety of contexts and mediums * demonstrate a clear understanding of narrative grammar in film, broadcast and/or interactive media * employ language appropriate to any given target audience * appraise and edit scripts. Skills: Professional: producing work to industry standards Practical: use of industry standard software to prepare scripts Intellectual: analysis and critical comment on own and peers¿ work Key: report writing (communication) Content: Engage with writing in a variety of formats for film, broadcast and/or interactive media Identify codes and conventions employed in scripts across a range of formats Maintain a 'writing log' and be able to demonstrate drafting and revision of work in response to workshop peer review Critically review own writing, reflecting on commercial scripts in at least 2 different formats for broadcast and/or interactive media Recognise and demonstrate a different range of writing styles for different formats: e.g. Developing writing styles appropriate to different media Adapting the same script for different media Understanding the impact target audience has on writing style To present scripts in accordance with relevant professional codes and conventions appropriate to the chosen mediums: i.e. understanding generic codes and conventions of script layout; knowledge and application of appropriate context-specific codes and conventions for script layout; use of software tools to present completed scripts Understand the scripting process from pitch to production: e.g. presenting a script for production; working as part of a production team; revising and adapting scripts during pre-production, production and post-production as required. |
| Programme availability: |
LP10392 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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