Introduction to Screenwriting Practices (FLTV10023)

This online Breadth subject is an introduction to the process of creating stories for screen media, focusing on concept creation, screenplay structures, story and character generation. Students will study and practice the essential groundwork undertaken by writers in creating works for screen, and will learn how to apply these skills to their own ideas for screen projects. The subject will be delivered through a combination of recorded lectures, live online tutorials, assigned readings and on-line screenings. Students will write an original short script, analyse the screenwriting works of others, and take part in collaborative script development processes.