Module Descriptors
ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING
FILM60144
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 6
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
- A TREATMENT weighted at 50%
- SCRIPT weighted at 50%
Module Details
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
100% Portfolio assessing all learning outcomes
INDICATIVE CONTENT
This module allows students to develop longer scripts for either feature film or TV drama. The module will cover the adaptation of scripts from source material such as novels, plays or short stories as well as understanding the current marketplace for selling and producing scripts.
The module is designed to give students an understanding of how scripts are sold and commissioned, the role of agents and the process of getting scripts in front of commissioning executives both in film and television.
Students will be encouraged to develop ideas that have commercial possibilities and to understand the best route to market for these ideas.
The module is designed to give students an understanding of how scripts are sold and commissioned, the role of agents and the process of getting scripts in front of commissioning executives both in film and television.
Students will be encouraged to develop ideas that have commercial possibilities and to understand the best route to market for these ideas.
MODULE RESOURCES
Screenwriting and planning software such as Celtx or Adobe Story
TEXTS
GROVE, E. (2008) The Raindance Writers Lab. Focal Press
MCKEE, R. (1999) Story, Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting. Methuen
YORKE, J. (2014) Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them. Penguin.
WALTER, R. (2010). Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing. Plume.
HAY, L. (2014). Writing and Selling Drama Screenplays. Creative Essentials.
MCKEE, R. (1999) Story, Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting. Methuen
YORKE, J. (2014) Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them. Penguin.
WALTER, R. (2010). Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing. Plume.
HAY, L. (2014). Writing and Selling Drama Screenplays. Creative Essentials.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. DEVELOP A SCRIPT TO SUIT A VARIETY OF PRODUCTION METHODS
[Application; Problem Solving]
2. UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND IMPLICATIONS OF STORY ADAPTATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
[Knowledge and Understanding]
3. RESEARCH AND ANALYSE THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF SCREENWRITING
[Analysis]
[Application; Problem Solving]
2. UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND IMPLICATIONS OF STORY ADAPTATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
[Knowledge and Understanding]
3. RESEARCH AND ANALYSE THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF SCREENWRITING
[Analysis]
Module Learning Strategies
13 x 3 hours comprising lectures and tutorials that form the basis of delivery and student development. The tutorial 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
Web Descriptor
This module follows on from the short script development you did in your first year and gives you the opportunity to create a script for a feature film or TV drama series. As well as looking at more advanced ideas for characters, dialogue and script structures, we’ll also examine having a career as a screenwriter and how to get your first script commissioned.