Writing for the Screen
Prerequisite: none.
Participants examine the principles and processes of writing for the screen. Topics include finding and developing story ideas, film language and script structure. By the end of the course, students will have participated in in-depth film analysis and intensive screenwriting exercises and discussions. At the end of the course, students are expected to complete a film treatment (prose description of your film) with a step outline for a feature film or T.V. episode. In addition, individuals in the course complete the first scene (3-5 pages) of a script with dialogue.
Course Number: H99.1000.902
June 30 – August 8, 2008
6-9 p.m., Wednesday
