WFTV 133 Writing for Film

3 credits 45.0 hours
100 level undergraduate course

This introductory writing requirement exposes students to the principles of screenwriting applicable to the development of short film and animation scripts. Fundamentals of character development, story structure, dialogue and formatting will be covered, and focused on a variety of narrative short film storytelling approaches and script lengths. Learned principles will be applied to feature-length screenplays and television pilots/episodes in more advanced courses.

This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course can fulfill a critical studies elective or general elective requirement.