CWR 448 - Screenwriting II: Adaptation

Institution:

Princeton University

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Description:

This course will introduce students to Screenwriting Adaptation techniques, focusing on adapting "true stories" pulled from historical sources or the news. Issues of documentary technique versus fiction, the ethics of adaptation, how to turn facts into dramatic structure and the questions surrounding the need to fictionalize truth for dramatic purposes will accompany the analysis of World Cinema examples of film adaptations through the 20th century. Students will be asked to write one short silent film and one 30 minute film, adapted from a story they find in the news.

Credits:

0.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.princeton.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 258-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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