SWAN 230 - Introduction to the Fundamentals of Film and Television Writing

3 Credits
Three lecture hours.

This course is required for all SWAN majors. The course provides an in-depth introduction to the principles, theory, forms, and techniques of writing for motion pictures and television. The course surveys philosophers and dramatists such as Aristotle, Campbell, and Egri, as an introduction to dramaturgy (the science of drama). By emphasizing the development of fundamental skills in dramatic structure, character development, narrative form, scene development, dialogue, locale, theme, and script format, the course prepares students for more advanced individual and collaborative work in writing screenplays, sitcoms, episodic drama, and animation. Final Draft software is provided in SWAN labs.

Prerequisite(s) SWAN 101/SWAN 102 or permission of Instructor.
Offered (FALL/SPRING).