Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
The Screenwriting specialisation is designed for those who have the desire and talent to write audience-driven stories for the screen. The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting) is the premier screenwriting undergraduate degree in Australia. You will study the many facets of screenwriting through lectures, classes, screenings and practice-based exercises. The…
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The Screenwriting specialisation is designed for those who have the desire and talent to write audience-driven stories for the screen.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting) is the premier screenwriting undergraduate degree in Australia. You will study the many facets of screenwriting through lectures, classes, screenings and practice-based exercises. The course covers: Cinematic and television writing; Writing for the youth market; Adaptation; Writing for games; Web content. You will gain industry expertise while developing your original voice and learn to write audience-driven stories for the screen. Housed in the VCA’s department of Film and Television, this degree lives alongside other degrees in directing and producing for live-action fiction, animation and documentary. In your final year, you will also collaboratively develop and write an original web series to be directed by Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television) students. At the end of three years you’ll be equipped to write professionally for screen media, having acquired essential creative and technical skills such as generating and adapting stories for screen platforms, presenting work at a professional standard, giving and receiving constructive feedback and working in creative teams. Breadth subjects at each year level enable you to explore cross disciplinary studies from the wider University community, accessing multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills that will build on existing knowledge or present opportunities for you to investigate and develop new interests. You will: Develop your writing style for screen productions (film, television, gaming and online); Write an industry standard script for a short film or television pilot; Acquire ability to critically and constructively critique your own and peers’ work in the context of the broader history of screen culture.
Careers: As a graduate of this specialisation, you may find employment as a screen content developer, or screenwriter – in film, television, games and new medias – among others. At the end of three years you will be equipped to write professionally for screen media, having acquired essential skills such as generating and adapting stories for screen platforms, presenting work at a professional standard, giving and receiving constructive feedback and working in creative teams. Graduate pathways: Once you’ve completed your undergraduate degree, you can go on to gain employment or begin a graduate degree and work towards a professional qualification such as law, engineering or medicine. Or you could join our graduate research community and contribute to our world-changing research. Your graduate degree will be internationally recognised, and set you apart from those who study a traditional Australian single or double degree.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
