Writing the Feature Script

Catalog description

Prerequisites: Completion of the Core Curriculum Research & Professional Writing requirement, FMA 121, FMA 222. This course is designed to teach the student the requisite skills and discipline germane to the art of screenwriting. In a context that marries lecture, screening, film analysis, screenplay dissection, creation and workshop discussion of student work, the student will be expected to develop a feature screenplay. Special emphasis will be given to plot structure and character development with a focus on conflict.