Aesthetics: Genre/Script

Catalog description

The course reviews the characteristics of 15 popular genres including an investigation of the role of theme, plot, casting, iconography, location and style in serving the tacit agreement between filmmaker and audience that any specific genre requires. Students become adept at analyzing the relationship between genre and narrative structure. This process leads to screenplay analysis which includes a study of character, theme, premise, management of time and space and overall structure. Specific scenes are discussed with a close reading of dramatic beats achieved through dialogue and subtext.