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