University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Available only to students on MLitt /MFA in Creative Writing (Writing for Performance)

Planned timetable: To be arranged

This module is designed to consolidate playwriting skills acquired in WFP I and to introduce writing for screen. Seminars will focus on both the technical aspects of writing a play or screenplay, such as dialogue, characterisation, image structure and dramatic action, as well as style, metaphor, the individual voice of the playwright/screenwriter, and the ambition and reach of the contemporary play or film in a wider context. Teaching will be by a) one two hour seminar per week and b) one dramaturgical workshop per week.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must take EN5105

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 seminar, 1 workshop, 4 hours film/video viewing, and 1 optional consultative hour

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%


Re-assessment: One new submission equivalent in length and nature to the failed piece of coursework.  The piece submitted for reassessment must be entirely new work.

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Team taught