Course ID: | EMST 7111. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Writing for the Screen IV |
Course Description: | The course instructs students in the production and screenwriting worlds, with emphasis on topics such as freelancing and the current media environment. Students also complete and submit their final
screenplays and teleplays. |
Oasis Title: | Writing for the Screen IV |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMST 7111E, FILM 7111 |
Prerequisite: | (EMST 4110/6110 or EMST 6110E) and (EMST 6111 or EMST 6111E) and (EMST 7110 or EMST 7110E) |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will learn vital skills to work in the screenwriting
world, as well as the roles of agents, managers, festivals, and
contests. Students will emerge with an understanding of the
current media world and the know-how to work as freelance and
contract writers for film and television. Students will complete
and submit their thesis screenplay or teleplay project. |
Topical Outline: | I. Understanding the role of the writer in media industries,
including how writers function in independent production, studio
production, network production, cable production, world wide web
production, and emerging technologies.
II. Understanding the role of agents and managers in the selling
of screenplays and teleplays.
III. Understanding the role of contests and festivals in the
writing process.
IV. Completing the professional feature-length screenplay or
television series bible and teleplays. |
Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of
others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be
found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. Every course syllabus should include
the instructor's expectations related to academic integrity. |