Module Identifier | TF20220 | ||
Module Title | WRITING FOR SCREEN AND TELEVISION | ||
Academic Year | 2004/2005 | ||
Co-ordinator | Terence F Bailey | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Pre-Requisite | TF10210 , TF10320 , TF10410 , TF10510 | ||
Co-Requisite | TF32330 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | FT20220 | ||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 3 Hours | |
Lecture | 18 Hours | ||
Further details | For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml |
During the lectures and workshops over both semesters you will be discussing and practising a number of approaches to the following building blocks of dramatic screenwriting: subject, story, structure, plot, character, dialogue, narrative devices, presentation and format.
Students will have ample opportunity to develop their own story idea, from initial premise to full online stage. Lectures will provide an ever-increasing collection of techniques that will help students to re-evaluate and improve their work over the two semesters of this course.
TF20220 wil also serve to introduce students to the workings of the film and television industry from a writer's perspective. the course will outline what is expected of a professional writer.
As well as working in detail with a number of short films from my own collection, we'll also be examining techniques used in the following generally available films among others:
The Usual Suspects
Jackie Brown
Citizen Kane
The 39 Steps
The Shining
Raining Stones
Cinema Paradiso
Rosemary's Baby
Hamlet (Brannagh)
Groundhog Day
This module is at CQFW Level 5