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This course will investigate different forms of scriptwriting by writers from a range of historical periods. We will be considering narrative form and content as shaped by subject selection and storytelling devices and structures. The filmic themes will be considered from aesthetic, historical and theoretical perspectives. Through a series of seminars, workshops and screenings, students will develop approaches to visualising film narratives, culminating in a scriptwriting folio of work.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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From script to screen, this course will focus on the creative fusion of writing with images and writing with words to devise a film narrative. We will investigate different forms of scriptwriting by writers from a range of historical periods. We will be considering narrative form and content as shaped by subject selection and storytelling devices and structures. The filmic themes will be considered from aesthetic, historical and theoretical perspectives. Through a series of seminars, workshops and screenings, students will develop approaches to visualising film narratives, culminating in a scriptwriting folio of work.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Creative extract of four pages of screenplay for an individual feedback session in Week 7 (20%)
Folio of twelve pages of screenplay, and a six-minute video project, together with an introductory essay of 1,500 words to be submitted in Week 12. (80%)
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Factual | Remember | Understanding of historical and contemporary conceptual approaches to photographic and filmic imagery. Able to critically distinguish between different modes of visual representation. |
| Procedural | Apply | Develop and understanding of digital image through workshop exercises and producing practice-based work. Write to deadlines and to commissions |
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