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CAEL5043: Screenwriting and Directing
2025 unit information
This elective provides you with the skills and knowledge to conceptualise and develop a script, and to learn effective directorial techniques associated with the production of a short video work. During this elective you will be exposed to a range of film screenings, practical in-class exercises and moving image-based artworks. These viewings are intended to expose you to a range of creative writing skills and directorial techniques and encourage discussion, debate and creative development. Through lectures, tutorial, seminars, screenings and class exercises you are provided with a historical and conceptual framework in which to conceive of and develop your own creative projects. Projects are to be supported by a set of professional standard production documents and the presentation of seminars related to the development and production of the work.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Sydney College of the Arts |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate the ability to conceptualise, plan and write a 7-page script
- LO2. critically analyse and problem solve through the narrative process
- LO3. use a range of directorial techniques to produce creative video work
- LO4. have a critical understanding of a range of different approaches to writing and directing in the context of the cultural advent of storytelling
- LO5. use appropriate technologies and media to effectively gather and synthesise information
- LO6. critically evaluate aesthetics, information & narratives in an ethical and culturally sensitive manner.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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