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FILMS-2320-1: Writing for the Moving Image

Fall 2024

Subject: Film
Type: Seminar
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: San Francisco
Course Dates: August 28, 2024 — December 10, 2024
Meetings: Thu 12:00-03:00PM, Main Bldg - 131
Instructor: Xandra Castleton

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 14/15

Description:

This course provides an immersion in the art and craft of writing for moving image media. Students will explore the practice of screenwriters, filmmakers and other artists while developing their own assigned scripts. The course provides a solid foundation in techniques and strategies for script and screenwriting while examining a wide variety of approaches in a critical context. Students master the fundamentals while exploring the limitations and possibilities of a range of methods for approaching narrative, nonfiction, and alternative production models. Course material includes viewing and discussion of works by moving image artists, readings of scripts and related materials, writing assignments and critiques of student work.

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