Experimental Screenwriting

Catalog description

Alchemy, Words and the Architecture of Dreams. This experimental writing course will challenge the writer to find their own original voice and learn to express it in the most non-formulaic, non-narrative way. The writing assignments will include daily entrees into a director’s journal; stream of consciousness writing, and additional exercises to learn to explore fantasies, dreams and symbols to express their ideas. Class also includes daily writers’ workshops. Students will be expected to deliver a first and final draft of a 15 page short script by the end of the three week session. Some readings assignments will include Ingmar Bergman’s screenplays Persona and Shame, and The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler.