| Area: | Department of Media and Information |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Workshop: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Exploration of the areas of writing material for communicating via an interactive screen environment, enabling students to develop skills in both instructional and narrative forms. Multimedia and corporate industries. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have demonstrated a basic knowledge of the history of interactive media and hypermedia principles. An understanding of the concept of how an audience may interact with a meta-linear story both fictional and non-fictional, an understanding of command modes of interactivity, and "lean forward/lean back" interaction theory. An ability to apply interactivity to linear stories fictional and non-fictional. An understanding of the future directions of interactive media. The convergence of media forms , DVD, games and Television. An ability to use interactive technology in the writing process. How to script write for interactive media. An ability to use HTML/Interactive technology to develop and present a script idea. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Musgrave, James Ray (1996). The Digital Scribe: A Writer's Guide to Electonic Media. A P Professional. |
| Unit Texts: | Weekly Handouts and web resourses provided. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment (1) 25%. Assignment (2) 25%. Tutorial Participation 25%. Tutorial Presentation 25%. This is by grade/mark Assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
