[Pictured above: cover of Collected Writings of Rhys Davies, by Meic Stephens. Rhys Davies is an internationally-celebrated Welsh writer who was a native of the Rhondda Valley.]
University of Glamorgan Centre for Lifelong Learning
Introduction to Creative Writing - new course for the Autumn term
Event Date: September 27, 2007 6 p.m. – December 21, 2007 – 8 p.m.
Coed Y Lan Comprehensive School, Pontypridd
Come along and develop your knowledge and skills in writing fiction and non-fiction.
If you've got any questions about the event then please contact Claire Watkins from Centre for Life Long Learning on 01443 483650 or email at cwatkins@glam.ac.uk
Aspiring writers are encouraged to contact the Welsh Academy of Writers / Academi for information about writing courses in your area.
The Academi is the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Authors.
The Academi runs events, courses, competitions, including the Cardiff International Poetry Competition, with the support of Cardiff Council and offering a First Prize of £5000, conferences, tours by authors, lectures, international exchanges, events for schools, readings, literary performances and festivals.
Academi is also responsible for the National Poet of Wales project and the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales.
A sample of Univeristy of Glamorgan / Prifsygol Morgannwg Centre for Lifelong Learning courses currently offered:
Creative Industries:
WRITE NOW – AN INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING
Course Length: 12 weeks
This course will develop a student’s knowledge and skills in writing fiction and non-fiction. Students are encouraged to read widely and write independently. Examples of work by established authors will be given.
Participation in workshops as writer and critic are essential. Students will develop a grasp through practice of fundamental writing skills, an awareness of a range of genres and styles in fiction and/or non-fiction and a wider knowledge of contemporary literature.
EW0H01 CREATIVE WRITING *
Course Length: 12 weeks
This practical writing course will introduce students to some of the elements of storytelling, and will offer the opportunity to write in different genres, e.g. poetry, non-fiction and scriptwriting.
Students will be introduced to workshop methods; they will look at how to begin story writing, using reading and other stimuli as starting-points to work on story structure and character.
Other topics covered will include how to begin poetry writing, and non-fiction writing, e.g. travel, autobiography. Finally, students will receive a short introduction to writing for film.
EL0H01 ENGLISH LITERATURE *
Course Length: 12 weeks
This module will introduce students to the nature, methods and theories of English literary studies. Students will become familiar with the different genres of literary expression, e.g. novels, poems, plays.
The course explores a series of key questions and issues: What do I think I am doing when I read literature? What does literature think it is doing to me? What am I reading? What is a text?
Students will also examine mediums, periods and movements. Further questions will be raised: How do I make sense of this? Where do I fit into this? Students will learn narrative methods, and how to interpret texts. The relationship between author, text and reader will also be analysed.
FM1S02 APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF FILM AND TELEVISION *
Course Length: 12 weeks
This course provides a broad overview of the development of film and television drama, focusing on a variety of influences and trends including: industry, audience, technology, style, aesthetic, context, national cinemas and ‘new’ cinemas.
Students are introduced to key practitioners, films and programmes which have impacted on the developments of these media from early silent cinema to contemporary film and television.
Theories and ideas underpinning the growth of these media in different time periods and contexts are studied, as are the ways in which we construct and interpret cultural histories.
REHEARSAL FOR REALITY
Course Length: 12 weeks
This course aims to provide the student with an introduction to the Forum Theatre techniques for personal and group development. The course covers ‘uses and potential of Forum Theatre’ and students will be able to apply this knowledge to group sessions.
The students will also gain an understanding of the potential of self-development through creative group activity and self-reflection.
DEVISING PERFORMANCE
Course Length: 12 weeks
This non-accredited course aims to provide the student with the knowledge to identify, explore and realise the dramatic potential of a visual stimulus and to develop performance skills for personal and group development.
The student will understand the uses and potential of visual stimulus in dramatic work and be able to apply that knowledge to the group sessions.
WORKING ON SCRIPTS
Course Length: 12 weeks
This non-accredited course aims to provide the student with the knowledge to realise the potential of sub-text in performance for personal and group development.
Students will gain an understanding of the playwright’s intentions through the study, they will develop the ability to create a character and utilise a variety of performance techniques in order to represent a specific scene.
The student will also gain an understanding of the potential for the self-development through the creative individual and group activity and self-evaluation.
MP1H25 SCRIPTWRITING FOR MEDIA *
Course Length: 12 weeks
This course aims to enable students to write drama for radio, television and the cinema. Students will be introduced to the different narrative structures and characteristics of television drama, radio drama and cinema; story development, style, character, dialogue and location will be studied.
The function of documents such as the ‘synopsis’ and ‘treatment’ will be discussed, both for the writer and the producer.
MP2S49 SCRIPTWRITING – FILM *
Course Length: 12 weeks
This course aims to develop the student’s screenwriting skills. Each week a variety of approaches to short film will be discussed; students will learn the various stages of putting together their own screenplay, from the conception and expansion of their idea, through fully worked treatments, screenplay drafts, to the finalised screenplay.
By the end of this course, students will have completed two short film screenplays.
DR2S21 THEATER SCRIPTWRITING *
Course Length: 12 weeks
This course aims to enable students to develop and expand concepts into a complete dramatic script within a range of theatre genres, as well as further developing and expanding their theatre writing skills.
Guidance and support will be given throughout the entire process, as scripts are taken from conception to completion. On completion of this course students will have developed their skills as writers, and will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the historical development of theatre writing.
EL3H16 GOTHIC LITERATURE 1790s – 1820 *
Course Length: 12 weeks
The module explores a range of Gothic texts published over a period of thirty years. Students will investigate the developments in the form and will examine whether it is possible, or desirable, to reduce the Gothic to a set of characteristic conventions.
Students will observe how the Gothic often self-consciously makes reference to issues such as sexuality, class, and identity. The module also explores definitions of ‘Evil’ and how the Gothic uses this labelling in order to establish either politically, radical or reactionary perspectives.
Writers explored include Radcliffe, Lewis, Keats, Coleridge, and Mary Shelley.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY – THE CAMERA IN THE CITY
Course Length: 12 weeks
The course provides an introduction to traditions of street photography, (i.e. photography whose subject matter is urban life in the streets, pubs, markets and other public spaces). The course explores the work of street photographers who have worked in Paris (Atget, Brassai), New York (Bernice Abbott, Weegee) and Cardiff (Bert Hardy, Daved Hurn).
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Course Length: 10 weeks
This course requires students to have basic PC skills, and to be able to use a digital camera. Students will learn the fundamental principles of photography, digital camera control and picture composition.
They will learn how to transfer images to a computer, and the basics of computer image correction and enhancement. The course will teach the student about camera control (eg shutter speed) and how to deal with difficult lighting (eg getting exposure right).
The course will also look at photographing people (eg family events and social gatherings), sporting events and movement, and holiday and travel photography.
DE0H04 WORKING WITH DIGITAL IMAGES
Course Length: 12 weeks
This module will enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in digital image manipulation using suitable software tools. Students will learn how to restore photographic images and selectively colour monochrome images.
The module will also examine how to use a variety of tools to digitally enhance, ‘merge and blend’ and selectively copy and paste images.
This module can also be run as non-accredited.
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