Course Information: Advanced Screenwriting Seminar  (81048)

An advanced course in screenwriting with an intersive emphasis on the craft of screenwriting. Students will explore and deconstruct conventions of American and foreign film and engage in writing exercises that will help create their own script while building their writing skills. Students will acquire detailed instruction in story structure, dialogue, character development and cinematic methods. By the end of the course each student will have produced a complete, polished original screenplay. Prerequisite: THEA 4105 or permission of instructor with writing sample

Required Materials:   Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. New York: Delta, 2005. ISBN: 978-0385339032 Ellis, Sherry. Now Write! Screenwriting. New York: Penguin, 2011. ISBN: 9781585428519
Technical Requirements:   Not Yet Available
Pre-Requisite:   (( THEA 4105 with minimum grade: C ))
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