COURSE Code: FMTV 100
2 Credits
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce the student to film writing through the application of creative writing and stories to the structures of film. Students will draw on personal experience as well as imagination to find material that may become the foundation of a film story. They will also learn the basic precepts of rewriting which is a major principle of film writing. Students will create a character and a monologue in the character's voice in order to explore the multi-dimensionality of fictional characters. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate their own work, as well as the writing of their peers.