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IMF 52401 Scriptwriting: Workshop W

IMF 52401 Scriptwriting: Workshop W

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Instructor

Zachary Vickers 

Class Type 

Craft & Workshop

Course Description

Focused Scriptwriting will isolate narrative elements through the construction of high-quality scenes. The course will look at examples of scene from film, focusing on the development of character, setting, tone, subtext, and other important elements. We will also discuss how to show and tell simultaneously—creating visual subtext as well as traditional subtext via dialogue in order to create efficient and urgent moments while moving the story forward. Students will also be expected to write their own scenes—whether self-contained shorts, or a scene for something larger—which will then be workshopped and revised.

Textbook

Screenplay: Foundations of Screenwriting
Author: Field
ISBN: 9780385339032