Pre-Class Tasks 

Project 2 

• Script, Characters List, Feedback Revisions, Weekly Writing 

• Filmed Readings Video - recording, editing (see Week 8) 

Readings, Analysis, Supplementary Notes

• Campus Online 

  • • Sopranos 

    • Web Series 

• Time Management in Calendar or Toggl  

• GDrive > Project > Notes > Notes  
  Record your notes and analysis.  

Project 2 - Mid-Project Reflection - Due End of This Week 

Campus Online Week 10 and the Unit Guide have basic considerations for writing your Mid-Project Reflection. Here are more specific detailed examples, as well as guidelines for higher regard. 

• Process 

• Use of creative work reference. For best regard, this should include at least one low-budget student short film or screenplay to evidence you are following your Project Scope (budget, duration, and complexity.) Quotes from screenplays are also recommended as evidence you are using a process of carefully following references for key artistic aspects of screenwriting, e.g., as in your Proficiency section. This is known as an authoritative (well-regarded practitioner) reference, as opposed to a scholarly reference. This is well-regarded by your lecturer and tends to be useful in industry.

• An interesting or useful quote from one of the required readings from weeks 8 - 10 in Campus Online.
  Note, this can be an authoritative/creative work reference or the minimum of 1 scholarly reference you are required to use in the BASIC Project Brief in the Unit Guide; however, both would be better.

  • • Improving workflows, habits, and processes. Quality control can be included.

    • YourTime and Task Management process/routine, and for higher regard:

      • • Using a dedicated time-management platform such as  Calendar / Toggl.

        • Scheduling hours/tasks ahead weekly; tracking actual hours/tasks when worked.

        • On-time response to feedback, e.g., responding in the week the feedback is given.

        • Effective use of your 8 hours weekly outside-class time, including analyzing and addressing feedback, investigating and studying reference films, reading and analyzing scripts, looking up resources, and rereading and rewriting your screenplay.

        • Add up total Project hours accurately for the highest regard, or state a rough estimate to show evidence you're learning to evaluate your hours, a necessary skill to be fairly paid in the industry. The Unit Guide Workload is 60 hours per Project including class time; as of Week 10, the Project target is 40 hours.

• Person 

  • • Your participation in giving/receiving feedback, your considerations of it using good reasons*, and your responses, taking action to evolve your work. Collaboration with appropriate stakeholders is a people skill. Qualified feedback (e.g., lecturer as producer, director, stakeholder, client, supervisor, etc.), group work (e.g., filmed readings), and peer feedback (colleagues in your class) should all be considered and/or evidenced. Evaluate your frequency of engagement to nourish working relationships, your use of support, your application of self-confidence, and your use of communication, questions, and negotiation to achieve collaborative consensus. 

    • You may select one or two additional Transferable Skills (life skills) for reflection and higher regard. 

    • *Good reasons for feedback consideration may include artistic choices to fit well-chosen creative references or feedback prioritization. 

• Proficiency 

  • • Skills, Techniques, and Knowledge development in the artistic subject of the unit, Screenwriting. For example: imaginative scenes, elegant story structure, intriguing character descriptions, clearly staged scene elements, sensory audio-visuals, interesting and gradually escalating conflict, genre-tested timing, acting body language and voice delivery, believable and natural dialogue, pauses, transitions, shot-by-shot montages, writing style (e.g., short clear sentences, accessible popular English,) and so on. 

    • Expanding your critical thinking and research skills, e.g., evaluating your work and where improvement is needed, seeking resources to enrich skills, such as screenwriting technique, time management, feedback prioritization, and so on. This includes developing better skill in finding and obtaining additional training, tools, references, or support for skills that need improving. 

• References list

  • • Use in-text citations and a References list with at least 1 scholarly reference using APA 7. This is a basic requirement. 

    • Ensure you reference all sources, including images. 

• General 

  • • Use Academic Writing to evidence standard quality control of all shared writing, including grammar correction. 

    • For higher regard, show that you're following the Project 2 DETAIL instructions. 

• Supplementary Documentation—in Notes folder 

  • • Notes and Analysis, e.g., Campus Online script readings, scholarly articles, short film screenings, studying your reference films and scripts, and your analysis of these. 

    • Time and Task Management evidence captured from Calendar / Toggl for higher regard. 

See your Week 6 - Project 2 DETAILS for:  

• Scriptwriting Method.  

• Script Formatting (required for readings, feedback, or group work.) 

• Script Timing techniques. 

• English Tools: grammar, spelling, tense, and thesaurus tools to use in your day-to-day writing routine before sharing.   

• Project Scope (limits) 

• References you're expected to follow: Low-Budget Student Short Films and Screenplays for Scope and high-concept Screenplays with broad appeal and accessible writing style for your Writing. 

• Script Filetypes accepted for
  (a) export/import collaboration and feedback
  (b) printing
  (c) submissions 

• Shared GDrive folder location and file naming.  

Week 1 - Unit Setup 

• Software and Resources  

• Frequency of Engagement & Communication

• Prioritizing Tasks, Interpreting Feedback

• Workload and Timeliness