Brooker, Christopher: 'The Seven Basic Plots' (Continuum 2004)
Campbell, Joseph: 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' (Princeton University Press, 1972)
Vogler, Christopher: 'The Writer's Journey' (Michael Wiese Productions, 1998)
McKee, Robert: 'Story' (Methuen, 1999)
Field, Syd: 'Screenplay' (DTP, 1984 - ISBN 0440576474)
Cowgill, Linda: 'Writing Short Films' (Lone Eagle, 1997)
Goldman, William: `Which Lie Did I Tell?' (Bloomsbury, 2001)
Froug, William: 'The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter' (Silman-James Press, 1992)*
Rabiger, Micheal: 'Directing' film technique and aesthetics' (Focal Press, 2003)
Blake, Carole: 'From Pitch to Publication' (Pan, 1999)
Kelsey, Gerald: 'Writing for Television' (A&C Black, 1999)
Magazines: 'Sight & Sound'; 'Scriptwriter'; 'Empire'

Bookshops stock published screenplays and TV scripts

AM75018-1 Writing Narratives
AND
AM75038-2 Scrrenwriting - Short Film (or equivalent)

Viewing facilities (video/DVD); book and video stock; screenplays available on internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

You will be required to attend regular workshop group sessions, at which individual projects will be presented and discussed, in preparation for peer review of First Draft screenplays. In between, you will work alone, meeting with your tutor by appointment to give progress reports and receive creative feedback and technical guidance. This module is designed to give you the space, time and support required for a sustained piece of creative work, and you will be expected to undertake independent research and study in order to fulfill the brief.

This module will provide you with the opportunity to write a fully developed screenplay, either for a feature film, a feature-length one-off TV drama.
Every stage of the creative process is given its full weight: from initial idea, synopsis and pitch, through research and development, to fully realised Film Treatment, and on to first draft, rewriting and final draft.
You will receive feedback, constructive criticism and technical guidance throughout the year from your tutor.
Peer reviews will also involve the vital industry practise of writing editorial reports on fellow students' screenplays.

1. A Treatment Dossier (20%) 2000-2500 words [Learning Outcomes 1, 7, 8] {RE6}
2. The Final Draft (60%) A complete final script of 70 - 80 pages. [Learning Outcomes 3, 5, 6, 10] {SP1}
3. A Reader's Report (20%) A critical report of between 800 to 1000 words. [Learning Outcome 2, 4, 9] {ER1}