Module Descriptors
SCRIPTWRITING FOR TECHNOLOGISTS
FILM40079
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Peter Rudge
Email: P.A.Rudge@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 30%
  • ASSIGNMENT - SECOND ASSIGNMENT weighted at 70%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A 50 word outline and 500 word treatment for a five minute, short film (weighting 30%) which will assess Learning Outcomes 1,2,3 and 4.
A five page narrative script plus production script developed from the outline and treatment (weighting 70%) which will assess Learning Outcomes 1,2, 3 and 4.
Module Texts
Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, R McKee (1997), Harper Collins, ISBN: 0-00603-91685
Screenplan Foundations, Syd Field (1998), Fine Creative Media, ISBN: 1-56731239X
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Resources
Scriptsmart software
Module Learning Strategies
3 hours per week Lectures and laboratory sessions.
(1:N, 2:40, 2:40)
Module Indicative Content
Students will learn;
1. How to develop the basic narrative idea
2. The construction and development of character
3. The basic of themes, genre and plot
4. Narrative styles and construction
5. Correct script formatting.
6. How to produce an outline and treatment of the script.