Advanced Screenwriting
S06
Steven Bach
Writing for the big screen, with emphasis on feature-length narrative film. Dealing with basic principles and form. Students will prepare a full-length screenplay of approximately 120 pages, with problem-solving and development to be explored in class in a seminar/workshop setting, with weekly preparation, rewriting, and revision expected. Class sessions will focus on dramatic techniques and principles, character and thematic development, structuring story, outlining, “carding,” and other aspects of writing practice as they apply to the specific project and student. In addition to weekly writing and reading assignments, there will be required viewing assignments in a weekly evening screening.