There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module forms a significant element of the course and is your opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of creative work in your chosen medium – feature film, television or digital media - across the final trimester. 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 industry tutor (face-to-face, via email or online) at key points in the trimester and to your Module and Programme Leaders. Your thinking around your Major Project work will already have received formative feedback based on your Script Development Proposal Assessment submission in Trimester 1's Business of Screen Project Development module.Before the beginning of the Module you will provide evidence of your thinking around your Major Project in the form of a formative Tutor Introduction Document which will serve as an introduction to you and your project to your industry tutor across Trimester 3.You will write and develop a substantial written project in one of the following areas: Feature Film Screenplay & Pitch Page or Pitch DeckSingle Television/Digital drama or Series Pilot Episode + Series Outline & Pitch DeckThe 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 you and your work as a writer - for example, to secure the services of a literary agent. This piece of writing is complimented by the final piece of assessment - a Creative & Critical Journal of 2000 words - in which you look back on your learning, identify areas for further work, study or development and look forward, with a real sense of self-knowledge and authority, to possible career paths.

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.