Scriptwriting for Theater, TV, and Film

Department - LART
Offered - Spring
Course number - LENG-336

This workshop is a scriptwriters' roundtable. Members collaborate on scripts for films (including shorts), one-act plays, or TV. They create stories, characters and dialogue that grab the audience's attention and refuse to let go. Some classes are conducted as writers' meetings for a film or cable series, including role-playing and improvisation. Creative options include drama, comedy, one-man/woman shows, multimedia projects, and composing music for collaborative scripts. As models for writing, we discuss briefly plays and films by dramatists such as the Coen brothers, David Lynch, Charlie Kaufman, Wendy Wasserstein, Wes Anderson, Alan Ball, Edward Albee, and David Mamet. However, the focus of the workshop is on students' original scripts. Completed dramas will be submitted for publication in FUSION: A Magazine of Literature, Music, Art and Ideas.

Credits: 3
Course Chair: Darla Hanley
Prerequisites: LENG-201
Required of: None
Electable by: All