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May 15, 2024
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2023-2024 College Catalog [***ATTENTION: THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG***]
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ENG 235 - Fundamentals of Screenwriting
Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three lecture
Integrated approach to basic skills needed for the successful completion of two short screenplays. Extensive screenwriting practice with critical analysis and group workshops to complement the revision process.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- describe and analyze the components of a functional screenplay;
- apply Field’s paradigm for screenwriting: idea generation; Act One, set-up; Act Two, confrontation; Act Three, resolution;
- critique and analyze class generated scripts and scripts provided by the instructor;
- create characters consistent with their respective screenplay’s storyline; create dramatic structures for their respective screenplays;
- practice the writing process by drafting, revising, and editing their scripts;
- complete two short screenplays in the proper format;
- and explain Field’s new paradigm in terms of his or her own script in a written final examination.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
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