Screen plays and script writing are skills underpinning the impact of the film on the audience, its road map and its atmosphere. This students must be able to translate the original idea or concept into an effective storyline and dialogue, either between the actors and their audience or the director and their audience. To develop these skills students will be introduced to creative writing through the screen writing process and building blocks making up the narrative.
Students will produce a proposal for a short film by creating the pre-production screen play and go onto explore the practicalities of taking the script to small screen (internet-mobile phones-television) by preparing to shoot a short film: the importance of team working, of roles and protocol, conflict resolution, project management, established codes of practice, risk assessment, basic administrative law and regulatory practice and production values.

You will need access to these resources:

The VLE (NETED)
The Internet
Hardware laboratory
Appropriate Software
Word Processing software for use in the coursework
Printed and electronic journals.
Computer system and other devices¿ manuals

The Art of the Storyboard: Storyboarding for Film, TV, and Animation by John Hart (Dec 21, 1998)
The Green Screen Handbook: Real-World Production Techniques by Jeff Foster (Mar 15, 2010)
Storyboard Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques, by Giuseppe Cristiano 2007
Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation by Francis Glebas 2008
The Storyboard Artist: A Guide to Freelancing in Film, TV, and Advertising by Giuseppe Cristiano 2012
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field (Nov 29, 2005)
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee (Nov 25, 1997)
Cut The Crap And Write That Damn Screenplay! by Nicholas Iandolo (Mar 4, 2011)
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences by Nancy Duarte (Sep 28, 2010)
Screenplay Story Analysis by Asher Garfinkel (May 1, 2007)

Produce a script for a trailer of your film with narrative, visual cues and directions together with your story board (50%)
AND
Write the creative back story to your script (50%)

To pass this module student must obtain 40% marks. Re-assessment is capped at 40%

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 300 learning hours, of this there will be 75 hours of class support and 225 hours of independent and self directed study.

Lectures/ lab work/ Presentations /Tutorial
Student managed learning/ directed learning

Apart from the lecture each week, various other methods as mentioned above will be used as learning strategies.
There will be laboratory and tutorial sessions, students will be required to discuss and present various topics of the module in the class. Students will be required to apply theoretical knowledge in practical contexts.
Students are expected to be able to structure their own work and to work relatively independently under the guidance of the module teaching staff.