Booker, C. (2005) The Seven Basic Plots: Continuum
Campbell, J. (2012) The Hero with a Thousand Faces: New World Library
Mamet, D. (1992) On Directing Film: Penguin
Snyder, B. (2005) Save the Cat: The Only Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need: Michael Wiese Productions
Vogler, C. (2007) The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structures for Writers: Michael Wiese Productions

A full list of recommended reading is listed in the Module Handbook

Various internet sites provide extensive catalogues of commercially produced screenplays.
Articles/guidelines & advice on Blackboard.

You will be required to attend a number of scheduled seminars and workshop group sessions at which individual work-in-progress 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 fulfil the brief.

Key Information Set:
Learning & Teaching: 3% scheduled activities; 97% guided independent learning

This module provides a supervisory framework within which Level 6 students can work independently to produce a fully developed screenplay, either a feature film or a feature-length one-off TV drama. The module requires students to work in the same way a professional would normally be required to work in the industry, producing a Synopsis, Treatments and First Draft to a deadline, then receiving feedback from multiple readers before rewriting the Final Draft. Additionally, students receive guidance in the industry-wide practice of script assessment through the writing of editorial reports/reviews using an industry-standard format.
Students receive creative advice, feedback, constructive criticism and technical guidance throughout the year from a supervisor as well as the support of a reading/feedback group of their peers.

1. A Treatment Dossier (20%) Film treatment and sample script pages, 2000 - 2500 words (LO 1, 7, 8) (RE 6)

2. The Final Draft (60%). A complete final script of 70 - 90 pages, equivalent to 10000 - 15000 words. (LO 3, 5, 6, 10) (SP 1)

3. A Reader's Report (20%) A critical report 1000 - 1200 words. (LO 2, 4, 9) (ER 1)

Key Information Set data:
Assessments: 90% coursework; 10% practical exams

Writing Narratives (AM75462-4) or R.E.A.D. (AM75456-4)
or equivalent (AM25823-4 Introduction to Creative Writing).

Plus

Writing Pictures (AM75119-5)
or equivalent (Rewriting For Writers AM25826-5 or Introduction to Screenwriting ACTFSV75526-5)