Module Descriptors
ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING FOR TECHNOLOGISTS
FILM50154
Key Facts
School of Computing and Digital Technologies
Level 5
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
- COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Students will need access to the ScriptSmart software or equivalent.
Module Texts
MCKEE, Robert: Story, Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, 1999, Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 0413715604
FIELD, Syd: The Foundations of Screenwriting, 1984, ISBN 0440576474
GROVE, Elliot: The Raindance Writers Lab, Focal Press, 2001, ISBN: 0240516362
FIELD, Syd: The Foundations of Screenwriting, 1984, ISBN 0440576474
GROVE, Elliot: The Raindance Writers Lab, Focal Press, 2001, ISBN: 0240516362
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of CE00076-1 Scriptwriting for Technologists or equivalent.
Module Learning Strategies
12 lectures and 12 laboratory sessions
12 x 1 hour lectures (1:n)1
12 x 2 hour labs (1:30)2
The lecture will support the single lab session. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module and with be facilitated with booklets, handouts, case studies, Internet resources and guest lecturers. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions.
12 x 1 hour lectures (1:n)1
12 x 2 hour labs (1:30)2
The lecture will support the single lab session. The lab sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module and with be facilitated with booklets, handouts, case studies, Internet resources and guest lecturers. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1. A 10 page treatment document for a feature length film, showing subject research, markets and story structure (weighting 50%). Learning Outcomes 3 and 4.
2. The opening ten pages of the feature script (weighting 50%). Learning Outcomes 1 & 2
2. The opening ten pages of the feature script (weighting 50%). Learning Outcomes 1 & 2
Module Indicative Content
1. Research methods for feature scriptwriting.
2. Feature script structure and paradigms.
3. Advanced story structure and theory.
4. Adapting plays, novels and short stories for the screen.
5. Marketing and selling the script and using agents.
2. Feature script structure and paradigms.
3. Advanced story structure and theory.
4. Adapting plays, novels and short stories for the screen.
5. Marketing and selling the script and using agents.