Fundamentals of Screen Writing

(3 Credits)

This course is a workshop which explores the language of dramatic writing and visual storytelling through lecture, demonstration, and exercises. The instruction embraces all styles and methods of script writing, but also teaches industry standard formats and common story structures. Assignments lead to the completion of a shooting script for the first semester project, a four-minute silent film (the MOS). After the production period, the class focuses on writing dialogue and preparation for the next semester’s writing project, the Spring Narrative.