TFT 1280 — Introduction to Screenwriting
This course is an introduction to screenwriting, dealing with the basics of drama, story, character, structure, dialogue, and meaning. It explores these elements with writing exercises that develop skills in plotting, exposition, suspense, and action. It focuses on visual storytelling, helping students to discover observable actions and images that can convey ideas effectively, while constantly emphasizing how well-developed characters' needs and wants drive the structure and conflict of an engaging story. It is intended to acquaint students with the craft of screenwriting; to be a beginning course in the field that will help prepare students for further work.
Part of
- Business Computer Systems and Management AS
- Corrections AS
- Creative Writing AFA
- Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway AS
- Elementary Education Foundations Transfer Pathway AS
- Engineering Broad Field AS
- Ethnic Studies AA
- Gender and Women's Studies AA
- Marketing Specialist AAS
- Pre-Social Work Transfer Pathway AS
- Sociology Transfer Pathway AA
- Special Education Transfer Pathway AS