Micro Drama Storytelling – Online Short Course
Learn to write short, serial drama for mobile audiences. The course focuses on strong hooks, clear characters, escalating episode beats and endings that make viewers want the next part, without trying to squeeze a full television episode into a minute.
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Start anytime
Begin when you are ready and follow the course at your pace.
90-day access
Complete the learning activities and final project within your access period.
Digital certificate
Receive a Certificate of Completion after meeting the course requirements.
What you will learn.
Course overview
Micro drama is a form of serial storytelling built for short, mobile viewing. This course helps learners find a repeatable story engine, create characters with immediate conflict and design concise episodes that move quickly while still feeling connected.
Learners develop a short series concept, episode map and sample scripts. The emphasis is on writing choices that can actually be produced: limited locations, clear visual action, manageable cast and a strong reason for each episode to continue.
Delivery and schedule
Format: Online
Schedule: Study at any time
Duration: Self-paced | allow about 4 weeks
Location: Online
Work through the lessons and practical tasks online in your own time. The recommended pace helps learners keep moving, but access is not tied to a weekly campus timetable.
Support, feedback, access period and any live online sessions depend on the published intake. Admissions will confirm these details, together with the required software and equipment, before registration.
What you will learn
- Define a clear audience, genre and promise for a micro-drama series.
- Create characters with visible goals, obstacles and relationships.
- Build a repeatable story engine and season arc.
- Write openings that establish conflict quickly without confusing the viewer.
- Structure short episodes around turns, reveals and cliffhangers.
- Write visual, producible scripts for a vertical mobile format.
- Package a series concept with a logline, episode map and sample scripts.
Course content
- The micro-drama format and mobile audience
- Genre, premise and the series promise
- Character, conflict and relationship engines
- Season arcs and episode maps
- Hooks, reversals, reveals and cliffhangers
- Writing concise visual scenes
- Vertical-format and low-footprint production choices
- Pitch pack and sample episode scripts
Entry requirements
No formal qualification is required. Learners need reliable internet access and a phone, tablet or computer on which to view lessons and write scripts. A basic ability to write in English is helpful; story ideas may be developed in any language supported by the programme.
Assessment and certificate
Assessment is based on short practical tasks and a final project submitted online. Learners receive feedback against the course outcomes.
An RMA short-course certificate is issued after the required work has been completed successfully. This is a non-credit-bearing provider course, not a QCTO occupational qualification.
Fees
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How to enrol
Register online and make sure your email address is correct. Admissions will confirm the access period, support arrangement, fee, software requirements and the date on which your course access will be activated.
Important course status
This is a Revolution Media Academy provider short course. It is non-credit-bearing and is not a QCTO occupational qualification. The certificate confirms successful completion of the RMA short course.
Contact
Johannesburg: 011 492 0499 | info@revolution.edu.za
Pretoria: 012 320 0350 | pta@revolution.edu.za
WhatsApp Admissions: 081 560 5091