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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
MEDIA 123 | Title:
INT. SCREENWRITING |
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Full Title:
Intermediate Screenwriting |
Last Reviewed:1/27/2020 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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An intermediate screenwriting course that focuses on longer form writing, expanding a first act into a complete feature length script. Emphasis will be not just on writing content (story plot, writing style, etc.), but also on marketing one's work and choosing concepts that are marketable.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of FMA 22 ( or MEDIA 22)
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An intermediate screenwriting course that focuses on longer form writing, expanding a first act into a complete feature length script. Emphasis will be not just on writing content (story plot, writing style, etc.), but also on marketing one's work and choosing concepts that are marketable.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of FMA 22 ( or MEDIA 22)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Revise and finish properly formatted screenplay, act, or television script.
2. Evaluate the current trends in the marketplace to develop concepts for sale.
3. Market themselves as writers and their scripts.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Exploit the subtle features of the screenplay format.
2. Write a screenplay with a particular writing style.
3. Examine marketing trends of feature films and television products.
4. Create marketing tools to promote one's script or concept.
5. Foster creative practices individually and in groups.
6. Write and brainstorm effectively in groups.
7. Focus on original concepts and plots.
8. Understand the conventions of genre.
9. Focus on character development through backstory.
10. Write character-specific dialogue.
11. Compose a finished, revised, properly formatted screenplay, act, or television script.
Topics and Scope
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I. Structuring and Plotting
A. Three-act structure and blending genres.
B. Multiple character arcs
C. Plot set-up, execution and delivering the unexpected
D. Writing to scale and writing to shoot
E. Feature length and story writing
II. Formatting the Screenplay
III. Writing
A. Story outlines
B. Character backstories
C. Creating dramatic scenes and story arcs
D. Tension, irony and expectation
E. Character, dialogue and subtext
IV. Revising
A. Workshops
B. Peer critiques
V. Film Analysis
A. Film grammar
B. Film genres
VI. Marketing
A. Targeting a market
B. Screenplay festivals and agents
C. The screenwriters marketing materials
Assignments:
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1. Readings: (10 to 60 pages per week)
a. Current and classic screenplays, reading and analysis
b. Style guide for proper writing formats
c. Topical literature pertinent to screenwriting topics and
to the film and television industry which applies to the
writer and the writing process
2. Screenings and discussions of representative feature films
3. Writing: (90 to 120 pages)
a. Daily and weekly creative assignments dealing with various topics such
as story development, format, dialogue, characterization
b. A major screenplay project
4. Participation in group activities, in-class workshops, peer critiques, optional quizzes, and
exams
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 70 - 80% |
Written homework, story development, screenplay | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 0 - 0% |
None | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0% |
None | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 10 - 20% |
Optional quizzes, exams | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 10 - 20% |
Class participation and group work | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate. McDonald, Brian. 2017
Screenplay the Foundations of Screenwriting. Field, Syd. Bantam Dell. 2005 (classic)
Selling a Screenplay: The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood. Field, Syd. Bantam Dell. 2005. (classic)
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting. McKee, Robert. Harper-Collins Publishers, Inc. 1997 (classic).
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