Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 4 x 5 hour seminar sessions |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1. Essay 2500 words. This essay will require the student to deconstruct a radio play to demonstrate a thorough understanding of how the play was constructed - its audience, genre, plotting, characterization etc. | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | 2. Radio Play Treatment 2,500 words. | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | 1. Essay 2500 words. Resit of assignments, when necessary, will follow the same structure but be on a different topic/creative structure. | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | 2. Radio Play Treatment 2,500 words. | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1.To discuss critically the extent and depth of a radio play script.
2.To display a comprehensive understanding of the way in which the interaction between the audience and play is achieved through such elements as pace and rhythm.
3.To organise and realise in a systematic manner a practical demonstration of the stylistic, methodological and representational requirements of writing radio drama.
4.To be able to use personal experience to create and embellish dramatic form.
5.To create a radio playscript with more than one layer of meaning and awareness and to be aware of the different requirements of long and short form production.
Aims
This module provides the student with the means to explore the creative process of writing for Broadcast Radio Drama. The lectures will explore the different techniques involved specifically for writing a piece of drama for the ear.
Brief description
The student will be given the specific skills to develop short form radio drama scripts. It is expected that a selection of these students will choose to develop their ideas into a long-form script in semester three of the degree scheme.
Content
Seminar Topics will be taught across four intensive sessions of 5 hours each and include the following:
1. Finding a strong idea and identifying where it will take you at the end of a radio play
2. Creating landscapes
3. Finding a holding form: Structure
4. Characterisation
5. Language. Making Choices
6. Having something to say. Telling a story
7. Leaving room for the listener
8. Adaptation
9. Readings of student work
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Not assessed or developed |
| Communication | Written communication skills are at the heart of all the work a student does. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students are expected to drive their own learning and to develop their own unique creative approaches. |
| Information Technology | Students will be required to make full use of the library facilities and master the computer-based script formats. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | For those students wishing to develop the craft of radio script writing, they will be encouraged to develop their ideas onto a broader canvas of a 45 minute play in semester three of the degree scheme |
| Problem solving | This element is not directly assessed |
| Research skills | The essay and script writing assignments will reflect the student's ability to read widely and to listen critically to radio broadcasts. They will have to apply this knowledge to make informed decisions about their own work. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Creating radio-specific ideas. |
| Team work | Students will have the opportunity to access and give feedback on each other's work. |
Reading List
Recommended TextAsh, W. (1985) The Way to Write Radio Drama London: Elm Tree Books Primo search Beckett, S. (2009) All That Fall London: Faber and Faber Primo search Gough, Lucy (2006) By a Thread and the Raft London: Methuen Primo search Gough, Lucy (2000) Crossing the Bar, Head, Our Lady of Shadows Bridged: Seren Books Primo search Hortsman, R. (1997) Writing for Radio London: A&C Black Primo search Mamet, D. (1987) Writing in Restaurants London: Penguin Primo search Pinter, H. (1991) A Slight Ache London: Faber and Faber Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7