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Course: 2021/2022

Screenwriting

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Bachelor in Film, Television and Media Studies (Plan: 382 - Estudio: 211)

Coordinating teacher: MELERO SALVADOR, JOSE ALEJANDRO

Department assigned to the subject: Communication and Media Studies Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 3º

Semester: 1º

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

- Film narratives. - Introduction to Media Studies. - Reading Moving Image.

Objectives

- To appreciate the difficulties of finding ideas and developing them. - To understand the complexities of working with other fellow writers: sharing ideas, finding consensus. - To become familiar with teh basis problems of scriptwriting: from structure to character's arc. - To know the traditions in the schools of scriptwriting. - Ability to analyse professional scripts.

Skills and learning outcomes

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Learning activities and methodology

Office hours are offered for the supervision of assignments and final project.

Assessment System

In-class work and assignments is worth 50% of the total grade.
At the end of the semester, students must submit a portfolio with their work and final script (50%). Alternatively, students can attend the final exam (50%). Detailed instructions will be given during the semester.

% end-of-term-examination 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Basic Bibliography

Howard, David and Mabley Edward. The tools of screenwriting. Griffing Edit. 1995
King, Stephen. On Writing. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1999
Ted Nannicelli. A Philosophy of the Screenplay. Routledge. 2013
W.S. van Dyke. Yo vivo mi vida. Llamentol (DVD). Cinemateca.

Additional Bibliography

Huet, Anne. El guión/The script. Paidos. 2006
Ken Dancyger, Jeff Rush. Alternative Scriptwriting Beyond the Hollywood Formula. Routledge. 2013

Detailed subject contents or complementary information about assessment system of B.T.

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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.