FS 356 - Screenwriting

Semester Hours: 4

This workshop gives students the knowledge and tools necessary to write original screenplays from the story concept to the final draft. Students will have two or three completed short film scripts or one feature-length script by the end of the semester. Elements covered in the course include the three-act structure, main plot, subplots, scene writing, cohesiveness and momentum, tran-sitions and turning points, conflict, character functions and development, dialogue and description, and theme. Students will also learn to use the Final Draft software program. (Also listed as WRI 356.)

Cross-Listed: WRI 356