The Shooting Script: The Process of Script to Screen

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In this course, students will polish screenplays and develop them into a shooting script for video production. The work in this class involves creating a screenplay that the students will actually shoot and produce. This is a different process than simply writing a script. For example, if the script contains a scene at a swimming pool, but they do not have access to a pool as a location, students must rework the scene to make it work with available locations. The course will only be offered as part of the JMU/SVA summer study abroad program in New York. The class will satisfy the digital video and cinema concentration writing requirement and satisfy the prerequisite for SMAD 340 .