Scriptwriting for Film & TV, 180 ECTS-credits
The program lasts six semesters, 180 credits and all courses are within the subject of Moving Images Production. The programme has both a scientific and an artistic basis.
During the first year students acquire basic knowledge of film narrative and dramaturgy, cinematic design and visual narrative and the genre‘ history. They write their own short screenplay. Students learn the basics of filmmaking with pre-visualisation, production planning, film, photography, sound and editing and they produce a short film in a team.
The second year script courses include writing dramatic dialogue, rhetoric and conversation analysis, and studies of TV drama and editorial work. Students create their own TV series editorial teams and they work on excerpts for different types of dramas. In the production-oriented courses the students are studying and analyzing documentary film and they acquire theoretical knowledge of preparatory research and study of the world around. The students then produce a docudrama for recorded television and film documentaries.
The third academic year begins with the study of methodology and essay writing and the students write a scientific essay. The semester ends with a specialization in cinematic design with main focus on the use of images and sound in narration. The program‘s final semester begins with graduation project, the writing of a short story scripts in any style and genre, with an accompanying reflection. The programme ends with a work placement.
Objectives of the Programme
On completion of the programme the student will be able to:
• independently, and acquired through practice, develop their own idea based on genre theory, narrative and dramaturgical skills for an individually portrayed screenplay
• in an editorial team, with diverse roles, collaborate on a common idea to ??produce a TV-series script customised in terms of quality and production
• master various script formats and make judgments in relation to television and film industry‘ genres, audiences, criteria and objectives
• analyze and assess screenplays based on aspects of production such as technology, finance and planning
• demonstrate knowledge of the media industry and its stakeholders
• reflect on and analyze their own and others‘ works in relation to the movie and genre history and current gender and social issues
• carry out an independent written study in the major on the basis of relevant theory and methodology.
