Cinema: Directing - Writing the Short Fiction Screenplay

Writing the Short Fiction Screenplay (SCRN 1102)

Total Credits: 3
Lecture Credits: 3.00

Description: Drawing heavily on the basics learned in Screenwriting 1101, this class will examine advanced storytelling techniques and the specific art of dialogue writing. You are expected to develop, draft and rewrite a short fiction script.

Topical Outline:

Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Demonstrate a broad understanding of the short narrative script storytelling techniques
2. 2. Create believable characters with strong drives, conflicts and obstacles in a short narrative script
3. 3. Write script directions and dialogue according to the master-scene format
4. 4. Write dialogue with subtext, purpose and function
5. 5. Write a final six-page narrative script

Prerequisites: 

SCRN 1101.