Course overview
To introduce students to key theoretical, formal, and practical aspects of screenwriting for film and television. This practice-led course will develop students’ storytelling knowhow and introduce them to a range of screenwriting skills and techniques, through the production and analysis of short-form screenplays.
- Screenwriting: ideation
- Screenwriting: constructing a cinematic narrative
- Screenwriting: dialogue, sound, script delivery and pitching
Course learning outcomes
- Apply storytelling knowhow to generate an original short-form cinematic concept
- Analyse and evaluate a short-form cinematic concept within a range of theoretical and industry frameworks, and apply the knowledge gained to create effective narrative structures, and differentiated, believable characters
- Employ a range of storytelling techniques to turn a cinematic concept into a short screenplay, formatted to an industry standard.
- Design and deliver a one-page pitch document and present a verbal elevator pitch.
Availability
Class details
Magill
Class number 54011
Section LE01
Size 74
Available 71
Notes:
Class number 54719
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 54720
Section TU02
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 54721
Section TU03
Size 20
Available 17
Class number 54722
Section TU04
Size 20
Available 20
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