The Script Lab 2 - Techniques of Screenwriting

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Subject guarantor:

Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO

Name of lecturer(s):

Giovanni Battista ROBBIANO

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Laboratory of dramatic writing.

Students do support their practical exercises with thought-out script which might be polished in this Lab. Students do approach the Lab with current issues they face in writing process.

The Lab is designed to approve attendees overall dramatic skills and may also include the analysis of scenes from selected movies.

Mode of study:

Practical seminar.

Frequency: once a week, 90 minutes

SEPARATELY for Academy Preparation Program and for Cinema and Digital Media (two paralel enrollments)

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

The Script Lab 1 (Academy Preparation Program)

Course contents:

Student is required to propose and develop original idea for the project and learn how to turn it into a viable treatment or dramatic script form.

Recommended or required reading:

Books and films will be suggested by the teacher in the course of the semester.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Based on attendance, participation and results.

Grade, 2 credits.

50% attendance participation / 50% result!

The Academy Preparation Program final assignment is as follows: 10 pages in dramatic form or 2 pages treatment

Cinema and Digital Media (1st year): A treatment/idea of short story

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Note:

Class is devided into the APP one and CDM one.

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject)
• Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting-2014 (qualification subject)