In the screenwriting minor, you’ll learn about film and the humanities and get hands-on experience writing scrips. You’ll study script analysis, write a short film and explore adaptation and feature film writing.
Note: The screenwriting minor prerequisites take two years to complete.
Screenwriting Minor
Note: students may complete the Screenwriting Minor in five quarters if prerequisites are met upon entering the program
Notes: offered every quarter.
Satisfies: a BACR for humanities and arts.
Explores the varieties of human experience as they are expressed through the vocabulary of the filmic arts. Critical viewing, thinking and writing are central.
Notes: offered fall quarter.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201.
The study of narrative structures in the filmic arts. Topics include story structure, character, plot, theme, story world, symbol, scenes, and dialogue. Three hours of lecture, five hours of screening per week.
Notes: offered winter quarter.
Pre-requisites: FILM 214, FILM 221.
The course provides experience in writing the short film. Students will learn to develop the visual story through focusing on dramatic structure, character development, scene writing, dialogue and action. Criticism and revision are emphasized.
Notes: offered spring quarter.
Pre-requisites: FILM 321.
Adapting pre-existing materials, ideas and out-of-copyright literary work into producible short screenplays. Narrative problem solving, structure, criticism and revision are central.