Introduction to Script Analysis ((3 Credits ))

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This course is designed to give student actors, directors, producers, designers, writers, and technicians a practical methodology for dealing with the text of a play or screenplay. Students will learn to break down the play or screenplay into its integral units. Each student will learn to come up with and conform to a vital and realizable production concept. This will allow students to make decisions regarding issues of budget, scheduling, casting, rehearsal, wardrobe, props, sets, special effects, lighting, sound, hair and make-up in an integrated and pragmatic manner. Close analysis of plays and screenplays will be assigned and practical aides to organizing the various production elements will be utilized.