Explore Screenwriting: For over forty years, AFTRS has consistently produced screenwriting graduates who have enjoyed critical and commercial success domestically and internationally.
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Why study Screenwriting at AFTRS
Screenwriting will give you the ability to generate work that is audience-focused, innovative and distinctive whether writing to a brief or conceiving, developing and writing original material. You will graduate as an authentic and versatile storyteller able to work across platforms in the rapidly evolving media landscape.
Hone your skill-set
Hone the complex skill-set demanded of screenwriters at the highest industry level. Identify and refine your unique voice as a writer, considering this perspective in a cultural context.
Develop your screenplay
Develop a major creative work via intensive peer feedback, culminating in a developed screenplay/s. Industry practitioners contribute insights. Collaborate with your peers to develop a shared vocabulary.
Career opportunities
AFTRS Screenwriting graduates play an integral role in shaping the nature of Australian screen culture through successful internships and story development programs. Several of our graduates hold executive positions at major production companies, and each year the screenwriting credits of Australian feature films, television and other screen media are testament to the impact of the AFTRS program. Screenwriting alumni include: Jane Campion, winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Piano (1994); Jacquelin Perske, Love My Way (2004 – 2005), Little Fish (2005), Spirited (2010 – 2011), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2016); Michael Lucas, Offspring (2010-2014), Not Suitable for Children (2012). AFTRS Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting will give you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with these networks and to contribute to the canon of Australian screen culture.
Popular Screenwriting Courses
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Link to 2019 Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting
2019 Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting
For over forty years, AFTRS has consistently produced screenwriting gradua...
2019 Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting
For over forty years, AFTRS has consistently produced screenwriting graduates who have enjoyed critical and commercial success domestically and internationally. The Master of Arts Screen: Screenwriting is designed to nurture…
Course Duration:
2 Years Full-Time
Discipline:
Screenwriting
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Link to 2019 Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
2019 Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
Screen stories are changing the world. From YouTube to Netflix to global c...
2019 Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production
Screen stories are changing the world. From YouTube to Netflix to global cinema releases, they are shaping the way we think, feel and engage. There has never been such demand…
Course Duration:
3 Years Full-Time
Location:
Sydney
Discipline:
Multidisciplinary
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Link to Screenwriting for Film: Online
Screenwriting for Film: Online
AFTRS Screenwriting for Film: Online. Streamline your screenwriting proces...
Screenwriting for Film: Online
AFTRS Screenwriting for Film: Online. Streamline your screenwriting process with this online course that focuses on concept, structure, story and character.
Next Course:
31 Jan 2019 - 10 Apr 2019
Discipline:
Screenwriting