Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Poetics of Screenplay: the Art of Plotting
Term
2019C
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML118401
Course number integer
118
Registration notes
All Readings and Lectures in English
Meeting times
MW 03:30 PM-05:00 PM
Meeting location
WILL 216
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Vladislav T. Todorov
Description
This course studies scriptwriting in a historical, theoretical and artistic perspective. We discuss the rules of drama and dialogue, character development, stage vs. screen-writing, adaptation of nondramatic works, remaking of plots, author vs. genre theory of cinema, storytelling in silent and sound films, the evolvement of a script in the production process, script doctoring, as well as screenwriting techniques and tools. Coursework involves both analytical and creative tasks.
Course number only
118
Cross listings
CIMS111401, RUSS111401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No