Screenwriting
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- Screenwriting
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Score Requirements: (Score Table 2)
About the Course: In this course, students will observe the film industry from the perspective of the original creative force: the writer. Students will explore idea development, outlining, treatments, story, character, setting, dialogue, theme, subplots, and alternative poetics within the film industry. In order to learn how the style of screenwriting dictates what the director, cinematographer, actors, and editors put onto film, each week students will read a script of a famous and well-respected film, using the script as a template to see how writers turn words into the action of the film. With the introduction of each new topic, students will develop their own writing skills by completing creative and critical writing assignments. As a culminating project, each student will write and edit a short film script. NOTE: Students will be responsible for obtaining assigned DVDs and/or videos for viewing.
About the Instructor: Rolin Moe holds a B.A. in English from Centenary College of Louisiana and an M.A. in Radio/TV/Film from the University of Texas. A Duke TIP faculty member since 2003, Rolin has taught various writing courses for TIP’s Summer Studies Program, including Screenwriting and The Writer's Workshop. Rolin's work experience includes stints as a journalist, visual and written media instructor, feature and documentary film production assistant, and literary agent for television writers. Rolin's short stories and short films have been published in regional magazines and viewed in national festivals. He is currently writing several feature films, various short fiction pieces, and a how-to book for teenage screenwriters.
Instructor(s) subject to change.