FILM 3620 - Advanced Screenwriting

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Utah Tech University

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Designed for Digital Film majors with the objective of practicing and reinforcing screenwriting approaches to narrative film production, this course is taught in a workshop format. Having already achieved competency in industry standard screenplay format, students will develop and reinforce their use of the structural elements, characterization, and research methods required for successful narrative screenwriting. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze traditional screenplay genres and how filmmakers use and break genre conventions to make their stories fresh and original. 2. Demonstrate and understand the process of visualization: how does one tell a story visually using character, location, props, action and activity. 3. Analyze the internal elements of the modern motion picture screenplay form, including: set ups and payoffs, polarity, scene, sequence, act, character arc, scenes of recapitulation, revelation, and recognition. 4. Appraise the work of accomplished screenwriters and directors by analyzing effective films and screenplays from a professional perspective. 5. Analyze the impact of culture and its ongoing relationship to the motion picture business. 6. Create a plan for the completion of an original motion picture screenplay. 7. Critique with professional courtesy peer-created original motion picture screenplays. 8.Describe career possibilities within the motion picture industry. Course fee required. Prerequisite: FILM 1130 (Grade C+ or higher). SP

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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