Feature Screenwriting 2

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Students will work on the Treatment for the feature-length screenplay they have committed to. Taking into consideration the feedback received in the class and the guidance by their teacher tailor-made for their individual project they will write and re-write workable documents (8 – 20 pages) for further work on their screenplay.

The teacher will also introduce students to various components of the craft and process of screenwriting, and stress different structures suitable for different types of stories established by centuries of storytelling as a necessary convention to be understood.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course students will:

• Understand what the story is, what are various archetypes of the story and what involves dramatic storytelling.
• Understand more about character(s), the world of the story and the point of view that allows them to achieve the intended outcome of the story.
• Write a Treatment for their Feature Script derived from their Outline.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

ARISTOTLE. Poetics. 1st ed. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967. 124 s.

HOWARD, David, MABLEY, Edward. The tools of screenwriting : a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay. New York: St. Martin Griffin, 1993. 298 s. ISBN 0-31211908-9.

GOLDMAN, William. Adventures in the screen trade: a personal view of Hollywood. Reprinted. London: Abacus, 2003. 418 s. ISBN 0 349 10705 X.

MCKEE, Robert. Story: substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting. London: Methuen, 1999. xi, 466 s. ISBN 978-0-413-71560-9.

VOGLER, Christopher. The writer's journey: mythic structure for storytellers and screenwriters. 2nd ed. Studio City: Michael Wiese Production, c1998. xxiii, 326 s. ISBN 0-941188-70-1.

SEGER, Linda. Making a good script great. 3rd ed. Beverly Hills: Silman-James Press, 2010. xix, 252 s. ISBN 978-1-935247-01-2.

FLEISCHER, Jan. Of scripts and life: MFI, 2010. 278 s.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The minimum required attendance in the class in + 70%.

The assessment is based on the student’s contribution and efforts to the class and their final Treatment.

The assessment will be calculated as follows:

• Attendance of the classes – 20 %
• Participation in class – 30 %
• Results of continuous writing from class to class – 50 %

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Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (Required subjects with the possibility of repeat registration)