Week 1 – September 30th, 2011 “What is TV Drama”?

In the beginning of this course I was a little intimidated due to module description, but I was ready for the challenge.  In this module we went over the introduction and aims of the semester in the handbook. In this class the tutor (Ms. Rosa Fong) went over a PowerPoint titled “What is TV Drama? – Multicam v Single Cam Format” which I found to be very interesting. The tutor also went over what the module would be focusing on mulitcamera TV drama, creative use of TV studio to produce multicamera drama, work with professional actors, liaise with technical facilities staff, and work in a professional manner meeting all deadlines. We had to produce a 10- minute pilot for a TV Drama from an original script or adaption. At this time I was excited about doing something different and working with scripts. I also learned about the 3 distinct periods, beginning to the mid 1950’s, Mid 1950’s to 1980’s, and 1980’s and evolving. I was unsure on how to write a script for a TV Drama so I asked my tutor and she told me to check out a book titled “How to write for television” and I did that immediately after class. At this time I felt comfortable about the class and what was in stored. So we received our homework, which was to write a treatment and script for a TV Drama, and I was assigned a group for the Group Project. The reading for the class was Chapters 1 & 2, pp. 1-28.  Millerson, Gewrald. (2005) “Television Production”, Focal Press.