Status
O
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Poetics of Screenwriting
Term
2020C
Subject area
COML
Section number only
401
Section ID
COML118401
Course number integer
118
Registration notes
Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
All Readings and Lectures in English
All Readings and Lectures in English
Meeting times
MW 03:30 PM-05:00 PM
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
REES111401, CIMS111401
Use local description
No