Module Identifier TF20200  
Module Title WRITING FOR SCREEN AND TELEVISION  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Carol Byrne Jones  
Semester Semester 1 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Pre-Requisite TF10210 , TF10410  
Course delivery Lecture    
  Seminar    
  Tutorial    
Assessment Assignment   PROPOSAL AND TREATMENT   30%  
  Script / tape   FINAL SCRIPT   50%  
  Attendance and participation   ATTENDANCE AT SEMINARS WITH WRITTEN EXERCISES   20%  

Content
The process: script development from idea to screen; what makes a good script? an analysis of the essential elements with reference to examples in film and television; creation of character: plot, narrative complexity, dialogue; creation of the world of the script; writing exercises bases on these; exploration of genre - different opportunities, different styles of screenwriting; conventions of layout and format, the writer and the law, pitching your script; revision of drafts.

Reading Lists
Books
** Essential Reading
FRENSHAM, Raymond G. (1996) Teach Yourself Screenwriting. Hodder and Stoughton