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This module forms a significant element of the course and is your opportunity to undertake a major piece of creative work in the final trimester. Over the summer trimester, you will produce a substantial piece of written work in your chosen medium – for film, television or new media.

The completed work will provide the key element in the creative portfolio of projects you have built up over the course. In effect, this module allows you to utilise the tools, the techniques - and the confidence – that you have built up over the previous modules. It is your chance to write your ‘calling card’ script – the essential element for the un-produced writer in approaching future producers, developers or agents.

There is no formal teaching in this module: you will have access to your tutor (face-to-face, via email or online) at key points in the trimester. Students write and develop a substantial written project in one of the following areas:

Feature Film Screenplay
Single Television drama or Series Pilot Episode + Series Outline.
Detailed Interactive or New Media Project

Screen Academy students are encouraged to take up the offer of a heavily-discounted Industry Pass to the Edinburgh International Film Festival (in June, annually) which provides an excellent opportunity for a vast range of extra-curricular educational opportunities - viewing films, assessing the current market, attending guest lectures and industry-focussed sessions, networking, making contacts, pitching projects, etc.

The Major Project is the culmination of the work done in the other modules in Trimesters 1 and 2 resulting, ideally, in a significant and substantial piece of work which can serve either as a live project in search of development finance and partners/collaborators in the professional world - or as a 'calling card' spec script to attract further interest in the writer and his/her work or, for example, to secure the services of a literary agent.

This piece of writing is complimented by the final piece of assessment - an essay or Reflective Report of 2000 words - in which the writer can look back on their learning, identify areas for further work, study or development and look forward, with a real sense of self-knowledge and authority, on possible career paths.

The completion of the student's PDP forms an appendix to this Reflective Report and concludes the formal assessment for this module and the course.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of techniques and approaches to screenwriting in divergent contexts and media and specifically in relation to their particular specialism.
LO2: Possess a critical understanding of the nature of screenwriting and the process of collaboration within project teams and between project teams and external collaborators.
LO3: Demonstrate the ability to identity and discriminate between potential screen ideas and projects in terms of an advanced understanding of their creative viability in relevant contexts.
LO4: Utilise written, oral, electronic or other means to present projects and scripts at successive stages of development and in a professional manner to potential collaborators, financiers, support bodies and other relevant parties.
LO5: Collaborate efficiently, effectively and in a timely and professional manner with creative team members, support professionals and potential commissioning and financing organisations.
LO6: Manage complex and competing project demands in the context of changing creative and commercial circumstances and exercise skill and discrimination in the prioritising of projects and tasks.