STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Develop screenwriting craft.

 2. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of dialogue, character development, narrative, genre, structure, plot and story to revise screenplays.

 3. Demonstrate and apply rewriting techniques.

 4. Demonstrate clear understanding of the script development process.

 5. Demonstrate a working knowledge of how to create a multi-layered approach to film narrative with an emphasis on the entertainment, thematic, symbolic and character layers within the screenwriting form.

 6. Demonstrate how to analyze and interpret feedback.

 7. Develop and apply critical thinking, aesthetic perception and written communication skills to identify strengths and weaknesses in the works of others and to synthesize these analytical techniques into self-reflection and evaluation of their own works.

 8. Create constructive notes, criticisms and feedback in written and oral form for fellow writers.

 9. Evaluate, revise, edit and proofread feature screenplays.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

  I.      The Multi-Pass Approach to Rewriting

  A.  The Character Pass

  B.  The Structure pass

  C.  The Dialogue Pass

  D.  The Conflict Pass

  E.  The Thematic Pass

  F.  The Setting Pass

  G.  The Scene Pass

  H.  The Technical Pass

 

  II.     Workshopping and First Revision of Script

  A.  Table reads and analysis

  B.  Development Notes

  C.  Rewrite 1

 

  III.    Workshopping and Second Revision of Script

  A.  Table reads and analysis

  B.  Development Notes

  C.  Rewrite 2

 

  IV.     Workshopping and Third Revision of Script

  A.  Final Script Passes

  B.  Outside Faculty Evaluations