Script Outline

Assessment Type ¹: Plan Indicative Time on Task ²: 37 hours Due: 30/03/25 11:55pm Weighting: 35%

Drawing on material generated through weekly tutorial and iLearn exercises, select two ideas, one fiction, one documentary. Write short outlines for each of them. Details on assessment scope and examples will be discussed in tutorials. Refer to iLearn for further information. On successful completion you will be able to:

• analyse a range of screenwriting approaches and methodologies.
• generate story ideas and material suited to screen media.
• apply independent research and script writing skills to a creative project.
• evaluate screenwriting and creative work in progress.
• demonstrate the ability to reflect in action.

Script, Synopsis & Reflection

Assessment Type ¹: Creative work Indicative Time on Task ²: 50 hours Due: 25/05/25 Weighting: 50% Reflections (15%); Scripts (35%) :

Consolidate your work and learning this semester into a script for a short fictional or documentary screen production. Details on assessment scope and examples will be discussed in tutorials. Refer to iLearn for further information. On successful completion you will be able to:

• analyse a range of screenwriting approaches and methodologies.
• generate story ideas and material suited to screen media.
• apply independent research and script writing skills to a creative project.
• evaluate screenwriting and creative work in progress.
• demonstrate the ability to reflect in action.

Weekly Online Quizzes

Assessment Type ¹: Quiz/Test Indicative Time on Task ²: 11 hours Due: Weekly on Mondays at 11:55pm Weighting: 15%

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of material covered in the unit through online quizzes. Further information can be found on ilearn. On successful completion you will be able to:

• analyse a range of screenwriting approaches and methodologies.
• evaluate screenwriting and creative work in progress.
• demonstrate the ability to reflect in action.

¹ If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

• the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
• the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

² Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Late Penalties

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends).

After the 7th day, a mark of '0' (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to non-time sensitive assessment (incl. essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc).

Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special Consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Lectures and tutorials start weekly from week 1. Attendance in tutorials is mandatory due to group workshopping in later weeks. 

Readings will be available on Leganto reading lists, or within weekly subject areas on ilearn. Leganto is situated on ilearn in the right hand banners.

Lecture recordings (for online students) on the echo platform via ilearn, on the right hand banners.

Please refer to the weekly modules on ilearn to see the Unit schedule and topics, as well as required readings.

In 2024, presentations for the final assessment reflections were done in class, however in this years offering (2025) they will be uploaded tat the same time as the scripts in week 13. This will allow for more workshopping of scripts in the final week 10-12 tutorials.