SCREEN 705

Screenwriting

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for SCREEN 705.

Description

Considers the short film script with a focus on dramatic writing. Studies a range of short films as a way of understanding this aesthetic form. Designed as a high-intensity immersion experience in the principles of scriptwriting. Students will write two short scripts beginning with a two-minute script with minimal dialogue and complete the course with a fully developed ten-minute script for a short film.

Provisional class limits for 2017: Enrolment is limited to 15 students, with selection based on eligibility for admission to a postgraduate programme in Screen Production and the qualitative evaluation of Portfolio submitted.

For information see (under postgraduate study) www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/screen-production

Availability 2017

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Reading/Texts

Points

SCREEN 705: 15 points

Restrictions

FTVMS 758