Discover. Create. Transform.
This course is designed as a two-term program that develops skills for both live performance (term one) and screen/digital media (term two).
Examine techniques best used in contemporary story-making. Receive guidance and direction in a supportive studio environment and collaborate with actors to test your ideas for stage and screen.
Sydney
Stage: Explore the principles of effective storytelling for a range of live performance contexts. Activate stories by developing action and dialogue. Hone your craft through redrafting, editing and collaborative peer review.
Screen: Examine small and large screen formats. Investigate style and genre, understand how to transform your ideas to create an effective plot, premise, protagonist and dramatic problem. Build your story into a narrative structure specific for your chosen format.
Course outcomes
The ability to:
- Create a strong synopsis
- Consider a range of possible structures and genres
- Develop a dynamic narrative
- Develop engaging scenes for a range of characters
- Work in small and large screen formats
- Use cinematic and visual storytelling methods
- Identify professional opportunities and how to position yourself according to industry needs.
Course Fees
The course fee is $2,800. This is payable in two instalments across the course or upfront with a 10% discount ($2,520).
Prerequisites
Entry to the Writers Studio is by interview only. Detailed interview information will be sent via downloadable link upon enrolment.
For more information, please see our Terms & Conditions.
