Checking date: 10/07/2020


Course: 2020/2021

Screenwriting
(17130)
Dual Bachelor in Journalism and Film, Television and Media Studies (Plan: 384 - Estudio: 231)


Coordinating teacher: MELERO SALVADOR, JOSE ALEJANDRO

Department assigned to the subject: Communication and Media Studies Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:




Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
- Film narratives. - Introduction to Media Studies. - Reading Moving Image.
- 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 and personalcreative work.
Description of contents: programme
- Introduction to Scriptwriting. - Findig and working with ideas. - Structure, acts, plot points. - The character: characterization & the character in action. - Arc and character. - Writing dialogues.
Learning activities and methodology
The writer within the industry. A global approach. The process of creating a story. Synopsis, argument, outline, treatment. Analyzing internal and external conflicts. Examples in feature films: Ranging Bulls vs Rocky Analizing short films. Finding the objective that lead us to the end. Fighting for what we care. What are we talking about Objective, obstacles and premises. Dramatic tension. Analyzing feature films. Plot point, subplot. The classic narrative versus the character driven . Syd Field and his paradigm. Italian neorealism. The nouvelle vague. Drama and Psychology. From Ibsen to James Joyce. From literatura to Cinema. The three fronts. Tools for creating characters. The process of improving the script. Finding what is wrong. The art of fixing problems. From the scene to the structure. Conclusions.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Basic Bibliography
  • Pail L. Stein. Nacida para amar. Vértice Cine. 2014
  • Carrière, Jean-Claude & Bonitzer, Pascal. Práctica del guión cinematográfico. The End. Paidós. Barcelona-Buenos Aires. (1991)
  • King, Stephen. On Writing. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1999
  • Ted Nannicelli. A Philosophy of the Screenplay. Routledge. 2013

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