| Course ID: | JNMW 6100E. 4 hours. |
| Course Title: | Writing for the Screen I: Explorations and Beginnings |
Course
Description: | Students will research, develop, create, and pitch ideas for a
feature-length screenplay or a television series. After
approval by the faculty mentor, students will begin work on the
project. |
| Oasis Title: | Writing for the Screen I |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | With the guidance of his or her assigned faculty mentor,
students will understand how to research, develop, and pitch a
screenplay for a feature-length film or teleplay for a
television series. Students will learn how to write a treatment
for a feature-length motion picture or a bible for a television
series. Students will complete a first act or a pilot episode
at the end of the course. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Finding and developing story ideas.
II. Pitching motion picture and television series ideas.
III. Writing treatments.
IV. Writing beat sheets.
V. Formatting screenplays and teleplays.
VI. Mastering screenwriting software - Final Draft and Celtx.
VII. Writing screenplays and teleplays. |