Overview

The Writing for Performance and the Entertainment Industries MicroMaster Industries from University of Cambridge - CambridgeX offers both an experimental and industry-relevant opportunity to hone your skills as a dramatist or performance artist across many genres, as well as preparing you practically for engaging successfully with the film/TV /theatre/digital media and industries.

Job Outlook

Creativity is most in demand soft skill for 2020 (LinkedIn Learning Report, 2020)
Diversification of skills base offers multiple jobholding possibilities, which increases income for individuals and spurs labour market (IZA, World of Labour, 2020)
Creative industries have had exceptionally high growth and high impact in the last 10 years, developing jobs for artists, musicians, film-makers, whose output, in turn, has increased tourism to the UK (NESTA, Feb 2018)
One in eight industries in the UK are within the creative industries, inc. architecture, film and TV, advertising, video games and software, heritage, design, music and publishing. (Creative Industries Federation)

What you will learn

Specialised knowledge of histories, forms, and traditions of writing for performance and entertainment as well as the cultural contexts of innovative practitioners and practices within performance and entertainment.

A detailed understanding of key performance/entertainment components within the discipline, to include: ideational sources, body, space, image, sound, text, movement, environment

How to create effective structure within a scene, how to edit your scene, and think like a dramaturg/script editor; how to create effective character

Advanced awareness of the relevant market and distribution demands of entertainment industries

Developed advanced self-management skills to include working in planned and improvisatory ways, as well as the ability to anticipate and accommodate change, ambiguity, creative risk-taking, uncertainty and unfamiliarity

For those interested in continuing onto a full Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge, this graduate level MicroMasters® offers the chance to experience the expertise of our dynamic world-class tutors, led by published playwrights Abigail Docherty and Fraser Grace, at a time and place to suit you.

If accepted to the full program, following our normal application procedures, those who have studied the MicroMasters® in Writing for Performance and the Entertainment Industries will have completed 30 credits (15 ECTS) of the full 180 credit program.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Finding your voice as a playwright

Writing successfully for the Stage

Building your Screenplay

Business Success in the Screen Industries

Digital Platforms in Performance

Reconceiving Space: Installation and Performance Art

Stand Up!; Comedy Writing and Performance Poetry

Capstone: Bringing it all together

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 9 months
- 8 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Portland, United States

Disciplines

Creative Writing View 172 other preparation in Creative Writing in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

2152 USD / full

≈ 2152 USD / full
Out-of-State

2152 USD / full

≈ 2152 USD / full

Additional Details

$2,152.80 For the full program experience

Funding

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