LAE 516 Screenwriting

What makes a movie work? In this course students write an original short screenplay and study award-winning narrative films to find out. They practice the craft of dramatic writing, using the special techniques and format of writing the narrative film, with emphasis on dramatic structure, character development, creating visual metaphors, and orchestrating these elements around a coherent dramatic premise or question. During this process they screen films that have won Academy Awards and become aware of films by women and diverse groups including African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and others that are gradually becoming recognized or that deserve recognition. Pre-requisite(s): Graduate status. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

Credits

3