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Diane Walsh \ dwalsh@uarts.edu \ 215.717.6560
Program Director

Mission

The Writing for Film and Television program is committed to educating students in the craft technique of screen and television script writing. It emphasizes an applied approach to the writing courses along with an appreciation of the history and criticism of both media. Upon completing the program, students are prepared to engage in scriptwriting professionally or to pursue advanced study in creative writing.

Description

Writing for Film and Television is an undergraduate program that teaches future screenwriters, filmmakers, story-development executives, and producers the art of writing narrative scripts for the screen. Students write feature-length screenplays and hour-long teleplays, gain a sophisticated knowledge of story development, and create, write, and produce episodic drama series for the Web. The core of the experience is writing and revising in a workshop environment with close guidance and support from industry-experienced faculty.

Program Objectives

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing for Film and Television will:

• learn dramatic-structure techniques and apply them to their original written work;
• solve story problems creatively and through experimentation;
• gain expertise in critical analysis;
• develop a more sophisticated and evocative use of language;
• demonstrate professional scriptwriting practices;
• generate or find story ideas to develop for movies, television or Web series;
• learn to work with production crews and to participate in the filming of student scripts;
• recognize historical and cultural influences on film, television, and the Web in their own writing.

Program Requirements (120 credits)