SCREEN 714

Advanced Screenwriting: Drama

Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for SCREEN 714.

Description

This class is an introduction to feature film writing. With a combination of lectures and workshops, it builds on the foundations of SCREEN 705 or SCREEN 700. As you work on your own original feature and analyse each other’s work, a better sense of structure, plot, characters, dialogue, genre and nuance must emerge. This course will also enable you to understand and explore the dynamics of constructive feedback and rewriting, also known in the film industry as the "development process". If your focus is feature development, please see SCREEN 715.

Course Objectives

• Principles of dramatic feature writing
• Focus on story structure
• Collaboration with script developer

Class limits for 2019

Enrolment is limited to 18 students, based on eligibility for admission to the PG programme in Screen Production and the qualitative evaluation of the portfolio submitted.

Availability 2019

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Shuchi Kothari

Assessment

Points

SCREEN 714: 30 points

Prerequisites

SCREEN 705 or equivalent

Restrictions

FTVMS 759, SCREEN 706