WRI 418 - Screenwriting: What Makes a Good Movie?
53882173
Delivery Options
Online Asynchronous
UCalgary Continuing Education
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Course Description
This course is for anyone who loves movies and is interested in learning how to write a screenplay. Film is a visual medium, but it all starts with a great idea and a well-written script. You will learn to generate concepts, structure a screenplay, and use dialogue, conflict, and characters to bring your story to life on film. Fun and informative, the class incorporates film clips, creative exercises, writing assignments and samples of screenplays from successful movies. This course is open to all levels of writers.Course Details
By completion of the course, successful students will be able to:
- Recognize the difference between screenplays, novels or plays
- Identify and explain the three-act story structure and various plot points in a film
- Describe screenplay formatting
- Identify core elements of a good screenplay such as character, plot, dialogue, and theme
- Develop an outline for a short film
- Write an effective scene
Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Creative Writing Certificate : Creative Writing Courses
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Carol Parchewsky, holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte, a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Saskatchewan, and Certificates in Professional Management-PEG, e-Learning, Creative Writing from University of Calgary. Carol is past president of The Writers’ Guild of Alberta. She was fiction co-editor for QU Literary Magazine. Carol has been publishing flash fiction, short stories, and poetry since 2017. Topics of classes and sessions she’s taught include writing, ESL, and project management. She also provides mentoring, editing, and copy writing services for fiction, journals, and organizations.