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Writing for the Screen V: Screenplay Seminar Presentation, Public Reading


Course Description

Students complete the program by returning to campus for a fifth graduating residency. Students will submit their bound, completed screenplay; present a public reading from their creative work; and lead their fellow students in a craft seminar developed under the guidance of a faculty mentor.


Athena Title

Writing for the Screen V


Non-Traditional Format

This course will be taught 95% or more online.


Prerequisite

JNMW 6100E or JNMW 6101E or JNMW 6102E or JNMW 6103E or JNMW 6104E or JNMW 6105E or JNMW 6106E; JNMW 6107E


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

With the guidance of a faculty mentor, students will submit a completed screenplay, lead their fellow students in a craft seminar, and orally defend their final manuscript before their faculty committee.


Topical Outline

I. Submit their bound completed screenplay. II. Present a public reading from their creative work. III. Lead their fellow students in a craft seminar developed under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The seminar must be relevant to the student's work but can include interdisciplinary, theoretical, historical and industry-related elements as well. IV. Orally defend the final manuscript before the student's faculty committee.